Antigone Question Review Appearntly the answers are in the first 5 pages

Prologue and Parodos

How are Antigone and Ismene related?


Who are the two brothers mentioned in the prologue?


How did they die?


What does Antigone plan to do?


Why does Antigone have to sneak around to do it?


What does King Creon think of….

Polyneices

Eteocles

What is King Creon’s command that Antigone is breaking?


What is Ismene’s reaction to King Creon’s command?



Speculate: Why do you think King Creon’s decree and what Antigone desires to do is so important to each of them?