How does motives do characters’ the Chorus you think fates are argue she has for closely tied to against this making this the histories view in lines public of their 45–48? request? families. do you side How do some feel about notes in Ode people today the Chorus’s 4 explain account for opinion, in allusions to their current lines 47–48, three Greek circumstances that myths. by looking to Antigone is Reread those the past? responsible notes. What for her own does death? Antigone line 69, have in SCENE V Antigone common [Enter TEIRESIAS, blind led by a boy. The asks that with Danae, TEIRESIAS opening speeches of Lycurgos, should be in singsong contrast to the realistic punishment and CREON.] lines of equal her Cleopatra? TEIRESIAS: own. What Do you This is the way the blind man comes, Princes, do you think Princes, predict will Sophocles is Lock-step, two heads lit by the eyes of one. happen to using this CREON: Creon in the ode to What new thing have you tell us, old Teiresias? final scene? condemn TEIRESIAS: Why do you Antigone for I have much to tell you: listen to the prophet, think so? her pride or Creon. to praise her 775 CREON: Antigone’s courage in I admit my debt to you. But what have you to last lines in accepting say? the scene, her fate? TEIRESIAS: what does Explain. Listen, Creon: she ask the Extending the Text I was sitting in my chair of augury, at the gods to place remember? Greek What tragedies,
How does the Chorus argue against this view in lines 45–48? do you feel about the Chorus’s opinion, in lines 47–48, that Antigone is responsible for her own death? line 69, Antigone asks that punishment equal her own. What do you predict will happen to Creon in the final scene? Why do you think so? Antigone’s last lines in the scene, what does she ask the gods to remember? What motives do you think she has for making this public request? side notes in Ode 4 explain allusions to three Greek myths. Reread those notes. What does Antigone have in common with Danae, Lycurgos, and Cleopatra? Do you think Sophocles is using this ode to condemn Antigone for her pride or to praise her courage in accepting her fate? Explain. Extending the Text Greek tragedies, characters’ fates are closely tied to the histories of their families. How do some people today account for their current circumstances by looking to the past? SCENE V [Enter blind TEIRESIAS, led by a boy. The opening speeches of TEIRESIAS should be in singsong contrast to the realistic lines of CREON.] TEIRESIAS: This is the way the blind man comes, Princes, Princes, Lock-step, two heads lit by the eyes of one. CREON: What new thing have you tell us, old Teiresias? TEIRESIAS: I have much to tell you: listen to the prophet, Creon. 775 CREON: I admit my debt to you. But what have you to say? TEIRESIAS: Listen, Creon: I was sitting in my chair of augury, at the place
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