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Antigone
Jean Anouilh
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII
Characters
Character List
Antigone
Creon
The Chorus
The Guards
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
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Analysis of Major Characters
Character List
Context
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII
Plot Overview
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
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Further Study
Character List Quiz
1
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Which describes Antigone and Ismene's relationship best?
Mutually supportive
Ismene terrorizes Antigone
Antigone envies Ismene's femininity
United in the end
2
of 5
Why is Antigone often read as a symbol of the French Resistance?
She's loyal to her country
She opposes state power
She forms an army
She's brave and reckless
3
of 5
What is Creon's defining interest?
Political and social order
Helping Antigone
Reinforcing his power
Executing Antigone
4
of 5
Under what sign does the Chorus introduce the characters in the prologue?
Revolution
Fatality
Prosperity
Destruction
5
of 5
Which characters remain indifferent to the tragedy?
The chorus and the messenger
Creon and Eurydice
Ismene and Antigone
The guards
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