Antigone Study Guide: Scene 1 & Ode 1 – Flashcards
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Who is the new King of Thebes?
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Creon.
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How did the new King of Thebes claim heir to the throne?
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Polyneices and Eteocles both died.
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What crime has Polyneices committed in the opinion of the King?
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He is a traitor. He brought back an army to fight his own city .(Thebes).
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What new does the sentry bring to Creon?
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Someone has buried the body of Polyneices.
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How was it decided which of the sentries would bring the news about Polyneices to Creon?
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They shot dice to see who had to go.
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How does Creon believe the act of burying Polyneices was carried out?
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Creon thinks someone buried the body to usurp his power, and he thinks the person was bribed.
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What does Creon demand that the sentry do?
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Find the cuprit
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According to Ode 1, what is the most wonderful of all the world's wonders?
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man.
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Of all the winds, man has made himself secure against all except one. Which wind is that?
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He cannot withstand "the late wind of death" (Ode 1 18).
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List man's accomplishments according to Ode 1.
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Man has the ability to lord over all the animals, he withstand harshness, and he has "clear intelligence" (Ode 1 19).
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auspicious
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Attended by favorable circumstances
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contempt
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The feeling or attitude or regarding someone or something as inferior
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sentries
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Soldiers posted to prevent the passage of unauthorized persons
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comprehensive
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Marked by or showing extensive understanding
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anarchists
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Those who reject of all forms of coercive control and authority
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demoralizing
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to undermine to confidence or moral of; dishearten
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prow
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The forward part of a ship's hull
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lithe
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Marked by effortless grace
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sultry
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Very humid and hot
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deflects
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Turns aside or cause to turn aside
