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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
Symbols
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
Section Quizzes
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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Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
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Further Study
Part VIII Quiz
Further Study
Part VIII Quiz
1
of 5
Why won't the Guard take the letter or the ring from Antigone?
He thinks it would upset the gods.
He is worried about losing his job.
He does not provide help to criminals.
He fears she's trying to catch him in a trap.
2
of 5
Why does Antigone have the Guard scratch out her first letter?
So no one can know of her moment of doubt
So she can make it sound more poetic
So he can rewrite it in a neater hand
So Haemon will not be able to read it
3
of 5
What did Haemon do after Antigone killed herself?
Kissed her corpse and buried it
Burned her body and stabbed Creon
Struck Creon and killed himself
Cried briefly and comforted Ismene
4
of 5
What does the Page hope never to do?
Anger the gods
Ignore his duty
Laugh again
Grow up
5
of 5
Where does Creon go as the play ends?
To mourn Eurydice
To bury Haemon
To a meeting
To flee Thebes
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