Theme | SHAMPOO | Greek Mythology/Allutions | Background/Bio of Sophocles | Characterization |
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True
True or False. Antigone favored loyalty to family over law.
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Simile
"A rocky death like hers puts me to sleep.."
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Zeus
King of the gods
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495 B.C.
When was Sophocoles born?
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Antigone
Tragic hero in Antigone
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True
True or False. Ismene favored family loyalty over law.
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Simile
"On the kill like hunters.."
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Thebes
Played an important role in Greek mythology; largest city of the region of Boeotia
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Over 120
How many plays has Sophocles written?
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King Creon
Antagonist
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True
True or False. Antigone's view of family loyalty was supported by Zeus.
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Simile
"The clang of our arms like thunder at his back!"
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Mount Olympus
A mountain in Greek mythology known for being "home of the gods"
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7
Antigone is one of how many plays that have survived?
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Antigone
Protagonist
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True
True or False. A single characters actions can alter the theme of a story.
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Personification
"Two blows of fate in the same day, cut down by each others' hands"
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Dionysus
God of wine, fertility and harvest
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Electra
What is Sophocles' greatest character drama?
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Antigone
Round
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False
True or False. SHAMPOO does not help portrey the theme of a story.
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Metaphor
"When he beheld them coming on in a great stream, in the haughty pride of clanging gold"
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Dirce
Former queen of Thebes
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405 B.C.
When did Sophocles die?
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Ismene
Flat
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