Write three quotes (on separate sheets of paper) from the play that you find important or intriguing. Please decorate or illustrate as you feel appropriate. Please include the title of the play, scene or ode, and the line number on the front of your mini-poster. Put your name, class and date on the back.
*10pts for illustrated quotes, 10 pts for citation

The heart of Antigone is a moral dilemma (a problem where there is no good solution). The dilemma in the play requires a difficult choice between law and conscience, law and religious beliefs, and law and loyalty to a friend or family member. Please write three or four sentences describing a moral dilemma that you have created on your own. Please only describe the moral dilemma. Do not try to solve the dilemma.

*10pts for MORAL dilemma, 10pts for story line

Look at Ode 1 (p.738-9). Find two examples each of assonance, alliteration and internal rhyme. Please also remember that the strengths of this ode are sometimes due to Sophocles and sometimes to the translators who rewrote the work from Ancient Greek to Modern English.

*3 pts for each example (6pts per term), 2 pts overall appeal

Find five examples of dramatic irony. Copy the passage that contains the irony (or in the case where it is better to explain the situation, just explain what is going on in the scene), give the scene and the line numbers that contain the example, and explain what is ironic about the scene or passage.

*4 pts per example: 3 for explanation, 1 for citation

Ismene's main purpose in the play is to emphasize Antigone's strength through her own weakness. In one detailed paragraph, please explain how Ismene is a foil for Antigone.

*5 pts Ismene’s weaknesses, 5pts Antigone’s strengths, 10pts relationship between weaknesses/strengths in play

React to Haimon by writing a brief impressionistic poem. The poem can either praise Haimon for his bravery in standing up to his father or condemn him for his ineffectuality. Do not go into too much detail; the poem should present a single feeling. Please copy your poem onto a sheet of paper and decorate as you feel necessary. Put your name, class and date on the back.
*10 pts poem, 10pts decoration

The following words come to English from Greek drama. Consult a dictionary for the etymology (origin: latin, german, etc.) of these words and comment on the words you think have relevance to Antigone. Create a chart that includes: the word, the definition, the etymology, and the connection to Antigone.

chorus

comedy

episode

exodus

imitation

melodrama

orchestra

prologue

scene

theater

tragedy

thespian

*5pts chart, 5 pts definition, 5 pts etymology, 5 pts connection to Antigone

If you are artistically inclined, prepare a poster advertising a production of Antigone. In addition to including the necessary information about location, dates/times, and tickets (cost and where to purchase), each poster should feature a striking visual that relates to a theme or conflict in the tragedy.

*10pts visual, 10pts details

In his Literary History of Greece, Robert Flaceliére writes, “what was genuinely new in the plays of Sophocles . . . was their greater emphasis on the development of individual character. . . . His characters are no longer simply the playthings of the gods. . . . They act in accord with definite ideas of their own. . . . All of Sophocles’ protagonists display . . . unshakable will power. . . .”

In a one-paragraph essay, explore who you think was the best example of unshakable will power. Explain also whether you think Sophocles saw this “unshakable will power” as a virtue or a flaw.

*10pts define will power w/ character from play, 10 pts virtue/flaw explanation