Reading: Under the Feet of Jesus

Read Chapter 1...the will be a few quiz questions

Speech Assignment - Antigone Post Assessment 3 (project and 6 weeks test) Due 2/8

Activity

As the play progresses, the characters and chorus make a variety of statements that reflect both individually and societal views of life. Some of these viewpoints have not changed significantly in the centuries since Sophocles’ time, and others have.

1. First, select ONE of the statements from the list and think about its meaning.

• What ideas come to mind when you read the statement?

• What societal view is being expressed?

• How is this view similar to or different from our modern societal view of a similar topic?

• Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

2. Next, using the questions above as a guide, write notes on your reaction to the statement and prepare a speech expressing your position. Include logos, pathos, ethos, and one counter argument in your speech.

3. Support your answer with evidence from the play, experience, appeals to authority (hard evidence).

4. Give a three-minute speech on the statement to your classmates.

5. After each speech, discuss reactions to the statement as a class.

STATEMENTS THAT REFLECT SOCIETAL BELIEFS

• “Do but consider how most miserably/We too shall perish, if despite of law/We traverse the behest or power of kings.” (Ismene,)

• “We must remember we are women born,/Unapt to cope with men; and, being ruled/By mightier than ourselves, we have to hear/These things—and worse.” (Ismene)

• “Far longer is there need I satisfy/Those nether Powers, than powers on earth; for there/For ever must I lie. You , if you will,/Hold up to scorn what is approved of Heaven!” (Antigone,)

• “Him too, who sets a friend/Before his native land, I prize at nothing.” (Creon)

• “Because it was not Zeus who ordered it,/Nor Justice, dweller with the Nether Gods,/Gave such a law to men; nor did I deem/Your ordinance of so much binding force,/As that a mortal man could overbear/The unchangeable unwritten code of Heaven;” (Antigone)

• “Truly if here/She wield such powers uncensured, she is man,/I woman!” (Creon)

• “So is it right, my son, to be disposed—/In everything to back your father’s quarrel” (Creon)

• “Obedience is due/To the state’s officer in small and great,/Just and unjust commandments.” (Creon)

• “Do not persist, then, to retain at heart/One sole idea, that the thing is right/Which your mouth utters, and nought else beside./For all men who believe themselves alone/Wise, or that they possess a soul or speech/Such as none other, turn them inside out,/They are found empty;” (Haemon)

• “A city is no city/That is of one man only.” (Haemon)

Antigone Assessments

Antigone Quiz with Dramatic Terms

1. Voice Lesson
2. Quiz
3. Short Answer Responses - passages from text including odes.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS.

😈😨Antigone scene 4 and 5 - due 1/29 UPDATED😨 😈

Socratic QUESTION:  To what extent do Creon and Antigone control their own fates? 

ALL ANSWERS MUST BE COMPLETELY SUPPORTED WITH TEXT EMBEDDED IN YOUR RESPONSE. ONE AND TWO SENTENCE RESPONSES WITH NO SUPPORT WILL BE RETURNED WITH A 50 UNTIL COMPLETED.

Antigone Scene 4 lines 667 - 700

1. Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist in the play?

2. How does the chorus view Antigone’s punishment for her act of conscience and loyalty?

3. How does Antigone show qualities of a tragic hero?  Reference notes and text.

 ODE IV

1. What insights into Antigone’s situation do you get from the myths that this ode alludes to? Look up the myths and connect them to Antigone with specific text reference.

Socratic Question: What is the major theme of the play? 

Antigone Scene 5 819 - 843

1. What does Creon’s exchange with Teiresias reveal about Creon’s view of himself and others?

2. How and why does Creon’s attitude toward Teiresias change during the scene?

3. Why does Creon level charges of corruption against an acknowledged wise man?

Antigone Scene 5   1020 - 1042

1. To what extent does Creon assume responsibility as a tragic hero? 

2. What theme does the Choragus express in the final words of the play? 

Socratic Questions 

Are Creon and Antigone the victims of the whims of the gods, or are their actions the result of their own free will? 

In what ways are Creon and Antigone similar?  Different? 

In what ways is Antigone a threat to Creon?

In his tragedy Antigone, Sophocles portrays a variety of characters who are convinced they are living their lives the best way they can in the world as they see it. Virtually every character reaches a point where his or her sense of morality conflicts with that of another character.

Analyze the nature of Creon's and Antigone’s tragic flaw. Identify errors in judgment or weaknesses in character and indicate how this flaw brings about the causes of death and affects all of Theban society. Who better fits the definition of a tragic hero, Antigone or Creon?  Support your statements with examples and quotations from the play.