Antigone Study Guide: Prologue and Parodos – Flashcards
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How are Antigone and Ismene related?
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They are sisters
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Who are the two brothers mentioned in the prologue?
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Polyneices and Eteocles
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How did the two brothers die?
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In a battle against each other
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What is King Creon's decree?
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That whoever buries Polyneices will die by stoning to death.
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What does Antigone plan to do?
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Bury Polyneices
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What is Ismene's decision regarding the King's decree?
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She will not help Antigone because she feels as though women should not go against the King's decree.
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What does the Choragos compare Polyneices to in the Parodos?
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Polyneices is called a "wild screaming eagle" (Parados 10)
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What city has "seven gates in a yawning ring?"
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Thebes
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What does the Chorus compare Thebes to?
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Thebes is compared to a "dragon" (Parodos 20)
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According to the Choragos, what does God hate?
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God hates "The bray of bragging tongues" (Parodos 22)
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decree
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An authoritative order having the force of law
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carrion
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Feeding on dead and decaying flesh
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yield
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To give up to another (an advantage, for example); concede
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consider
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To think carefully about
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roused
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To excite, as to anger or action; stir up
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eddy
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A current of water moving against the direction of the main current
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marshal
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A military officer of the highest rank in some countries.
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sated
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To satisfy to excess
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bray
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A loud, harsh sound resembling that of a donkey
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swagger
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To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut
