Identify Creon’s hamartia. What is Antigone’s?
ANTIGONE 1. Identify Creon’s hamartia. What is Antigone’s? 2. In Greek tragedy, what are the purposes of the Chorus? How accurately are these purposes fulfilled in Antigone? 3. What does it mean to call Tiresias a seer? 4. Identify the Aristotelian unities in Antigone. 5. According to Aristotle, what two emotions do we experience as a result or a catharsis? Why do these occur at the end of Antigone? 6. A major theme in the play is the importance of being true to oneself. Each of the characters in the play, for better or worse, are true to themselves. What does it mean to say that the following characters are true to themselves: Creon, Antigone, Tiresias, Ismene, Haemon, Eurydice, Chorus?
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