Antigone (2021)

Lesson 8
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ELA

Unit 14

10th Grade

Lesson 8 of 10

Objective


Explain the factors that lead to Creon’s demise.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Antigone by Sophocles; Translated by Robert Fagles  pp. 42 – 47

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Target Task


Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains Creon’s reaction to finding Antigone’s dead body?

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Which of the following best conveys the mood on p. 47?

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Which three phrases best prove your answer above?

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Writing Prompt

Why does Sophocles include the death of Haemon? What lesson is Sophocles communicating to his readers/viewer?

Key Questions


  • Who is the Chorus speaking to in the first paragraph? p. 42
  • What is the Chorus describing in the second paragraph? pp. 42–43
  • How did Dionysus’s mother die according to the third paragraph? p. 43
  • How does the Chorus feel about Dionysus according to the fourth paragraph? p. 43
  • What did the Messenger previously think of Creon? How has his opinion of Creon changed? p. 44
  • What news has the Messenger brought? p. 44
  • How has the news impacted Creon’s wife? p. 45
  • How did Creon react to the death? p. 46
  • What did Creon find in the tomb? p. 46
  • Why did Haemon kill himself? p. 46
  • Why does Eurydice leave? p. 47
  • What is the mood on p. 47?

Notes


Today’s reading ends at the exit of Eurydice.

Next

Articulate Sophocles’s message.

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