Question

*PLEASE HELP DUE IN A FEW HOURS*

1. How did Teiresias know that the gods were angered by Creon’s actions?

2. Why does Creon finally decide to change his mind about Antigone’s death sentence? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

3. How does Haemon react to learning that Antigone has killed herself?

4. What does Queen Eurydice say when she learns of her son’s death? What does she do?

5. The Chorus provides a “moral of the story” of sorts in the last lines of the play. What are these morals? Cite evidence from the text in your response.

Answer 1

1.Teiresias kept a dead man.

2.Creon believes that if Antigone is allowed to starve to death, he and the state are not really killing her, and the gods will not be angry with him. ... They think Creon is being too harsh, and that he should allow Antigone to bury her brother.

3.Haemon responds by saying: She'll not die with me just standing there. And as for you— your eyes will never see my face again. After this speech, Haemon exits and kills himself offstage.

4.In Sophocles' play Antigone, Haemon is engaged to Antigone, and the son of King Creon and Eurydice. When Antigone is sentenced to death for disobeying the king, Haemon follows her. Eurydice learns of her son's death, and blames her husband the king. She seeks to punish him for Haemon's death.

5.The Pardoner is telling a sermon about greed, and his sole motive is greed. The topic itself makes poor people more willing to give up their money. His ulterior motive in choosing this topic is a sign of his corruption