Antigone by Sophocles: Scene 4, Ode 4

Question 1

Aristotle refers to plot as __________.

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“the arrangement of the incidents”

Question 2

Analyze the graphic organizer below and answer the question that follows. Which action completes the graphic organizer?

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Polyneices rebels against Thebes

Question 3

Which ancient Greek belief is revealed through the causal relationships among tragic plot events?

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Nothing happens by chance.

Question 4

Read the excerpt below from the play Antigone by Sophocles and answer the question that follows. CHORUS:And the hot-tempered child of Dryas,king of the Edonians, was put in prison,closed up in the rocks by Dionysus,for his angry mocking of the god. What does this passage reveal about the beliefs of the ancient Greeks?

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Disrespecting the gods was punishable.

Question 5

“Tone” refers to the __________.

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attitude of the speaker

Question 6

Which comparison does the allusion to Niobe make?

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Both Antigone and Niobe mourn the loss of family.

Question 7

What is Antigone’s attitude about her death sentence?

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accepting

Question 8

Read the excerpt below from the play Antigone by Sophocles and complete the statement that follows. CHORUS:In her brass-bound room fair Danae as wellendured her separation from the heaven’s light,a prisoner hidden in a chamber like a tomb,although she, too, came from a noble line. In this passage, the playwright uses allusion to __________.

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compare Antigone’s situation with Danae’s

Question 9

Tragic plot events are structured to reveal __________.

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the downfall of the protagonist

Question 10

Which line from the play shows an example of an allusion?

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“But Niobe was a goddess, born divine—”

Antigone by Sophocles: Scene 4, Ode 4 Answers

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