Name: Section: Reading Date: Heading: Reading Questions, Scene 4 and Ode 4 (723-726) Antigone Scene 4: The play is moving toward its climax. What dramatic action is about to occur? Compare and contrast Antigone to the following characters: Niobe Tantalos What do these characters have in common? What change do you notice in Antigone’s manner? What two things does Antigone ask of the elders of ? What does Antigone mean in line 41 when she says that her father’s strikes from the grave to “marriage murder” her own marriage? How does the Chorus argue against this view in lines 45-48? Why do you think that Creon publicly reasserts that his hands are clean in this matter? Do you think his hands are clean?
Name: Section: Reading Date: Heading: Antigone Reading Questions, Scene 4 and Ode 4 (723-726) Scene 4: The play is moving toward its climax. What dramatic action is about to occur? Compare and contrast Antigone to the following characters: Niobe Tantalos What do these characters have in common? What change do you notice in Antigone’s manner? What two things does Antigone ask of the elders of ? What does Antigone mean in line 41 when she says that her father’s “marriage strikes from the grave to murder” her own marriage? How does the Chorus argue against this view in lines 45-48? Why do you think that Creon publicly reasserts that his hands are clean in this matter? Do you think his hands are clean?
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