Final Flashcards
(26 cards)
How are Ismene and Antigone related?
They are sisters
Who does Creon not want to bury?
The body of Polyneiceis
Who tries to reason with Creon about Antigone’s fate?
Haemon
“Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust.” Says who?
Creon
How are Antigone and Creon similar in the play?
They both want to do what is morally correct.
Those who dwell in the cave are…
Ignorant, prisoners, and chained
Who are the two speakers in the allegory?
Socrates and Glaucon.
The sun represents…
In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, the sun represents the Form of the Good, which is the ultimate source of truth, knowledge, and enlightenment
Who is the author of the allegory of the cave?
Plato
What does Socrates say about enlightenment, coming to understand the truth?
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing,”
what does SPACECAT stand for?
Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Tone
What are the three appeals?
Logos, pathos, ethos
What is a target audience?
a particular group at which a film, book, advertising campaign, etc., is aimed.
What is an antithesis?
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
Sure, litterbugs account for a lot of the trash blowing around our city’s streets, but there are other villains too. What about people who set out their trash days ahead of their scheduled trash pickup time? Worse yet are the stores that pile boxes in back alleys, and restaurants whose mounds of green—bagged trash draw rodents and roaches.
Ancient Greek plays follow ___’s idea of a tragedy
Aristotle
What is one element of a tragedy?
A tragic hero, tragic flaw, downfall, catharsis,
Define what a tragic flaw is
A tragic flaw is a character trait that leads to or contributes to a character’s tragic downfall.
Who would be considered the tragic hero in Antigone.
Antigone and Creon
What is Catharsis?
the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
Who wrote Antigone?
sophocles
what is parallelism?
the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.
What is a philosopher king?
A philosopher king, a concept explored by Plato, is a theoretical ruler who combines philosophical knowledge with political skill and power
What is creons tragic flaw?
Hubris, he is prideful
