Question From Antigone

Will Creon maybe loss power of this city?

Day 4 pg. 39 - 45

Question From Antigone

Why does the king think that he can do nothing wrong?

“Think about these things, my son. All men make mistakes.” (pg. 44)

Why did Polyneices burry her brother without thinking about the consequences?

“but Creon thought that what I did was worng, dreadful and arrogant. And so he marches me away to death. I know no marriage bed, hear no bridal song, take no husband in my arms not hold a baby to my breast.” (pg. 41)

Will Creon maybe loss power of this city?

“And so you govern our city well” (pg. 43)

“And so you govern our city well” (pg. 43)

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Day 5 pg. 46-54

How can one persons death lead to so much tragedy?

“she was hanging by the neck in a noose made of her own linen veil." (pg. 50)

"Death Sentences and Executions 2012." AMNESTY International. Amnesty International USA, 9 Apr. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/research/reports/ death-sentences-and-executions-2012>.

How can one person’s death lead to so much more tragedy?

“she was hanging by the neck in a noose made of her own linen veil." (pg. 50)

Why does Creon still not take any responsibility for the death of his wife and son”

“Lead me away, the man who in his madness killed… oh you my son and you my wife. I did not mean to do it!! Where can I turn, where lay my head to rest? Whatever my life has touched has turned to dust. I cruel Fate has struck me down.” (pg. 54)

Why does Creon look for help, but when someone says something that he does not like he disregards them?

“No mortal can pollute the gods. Teiresias, it is a shameful thing when wise man sell their knowledge, tell lies to make profit.” (pg. 45)

Opening Questions

Example

Day 2 (pg. 18-28)

How can one person have so much power?

How can Two sisters be so different?

Antigone says to Ismene, " I ask nothing of you. Nothing. Even if you chose to join me now... I would not permit it... It is too late. Be what you are" (13)

1. Why is Antigone not afraid of Creon like everyone else is?

“I am not afraid of any man. Man’s power means nothing.” Page 26

2. How can you disown someone for doing one thing wrong?

“Men of thedes, Etecles who returned from exile to burn and pillage his own father’s land, to overturn his native gods, who sought to spill the blood that was his own, who sought to make us his slaves … no one in this town may bury him nor mourn for him.” Page 18

3. How can one person have so much power?

“I kept thinking: go there and you’ll pay for it! Idiot! Get going! For if Creon finds from someone else it’ll be even worse” Page 19

“I kept thinking: go there and you’ll pay for it! Idiot! Get going! For if Creon finds from someone else it’ll be even worse” Page 19

Girrell, Becca. "We Your People, Ours the Journey." We Your People Ours the Journey. The Digg 3 Colunm Theme, 7 Jan. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.

Why does Creon look for help, but when someone says something that he does not like he disregards them?

“No mortal can pollute the gods. Teiresias, it is a shameful thing when wise man sell their knowledge, tell lies to make profit.” (pg. 45)

Kenthal, S. "Arrogance..... Is It a Cover for Insecurity?" / MyLot. MyLot, 20 Aug. 2008. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.

Day 3 pg. 29-38

Why are younger people looked down upon in the community?

How can a father and a son be so different?

“She would not leave her dead brother to lie unburied in the dust, for birds and hungry dogs to make an end of him.” Pg. 34

How can one person, the king have so much power?

“Whoever the states has put in power must be obeyed – in the things, important unimportant, just and unjust.” Pg. 33

Why are younger people looked down upon in the community?

“At my age I am to be taught by him? I am to be schooled by a boy? In nothing that is unjust. True, I am young. But look not at my age but at what I do?” Pg. 35

“At my age I am to be taught by him? I am to be schooled by a boy? In nothing that is unjust. True, I am young. But look not at my age but at what I do?” Pg. 35

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