Antigone Jan14th2011

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January 14th 2011 : 

January 14th 2011 Ms. Dunne Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? : 

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? DJ: In 25 Lines or more: Feminist critics often criticize traditionally canonical literature as, at best, patriarchal in nature, or, at worst, misogynistic. Write a well-organized essay in which you assert whether Antigone is deserving of such criticism and then defend your statement. Avoid plot summary.

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? : 

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? Homework: Study for Final Exams.

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? : 

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? Vocabulary Words of the Day: DEFERENCE Yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of another. DEFLECTS Turns aside or causes to turn aside. DEFY Refuse to submit to or cooperate with. DEMORALIZING Undermining the confidence or morale of; dishearten.

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? : 

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? So far, Antigone and Ismene have informed the audience of Eteocles’ and Polynices’ killing one another. The Chorus has repeated it, and now Creon again announces it. Why is Sophocles emphasizing this point so strongly?

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? : 

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? What does the Chorus’s ode—after Creon and the Guard both exit—seem to celebrate? What is the effect of this ode?

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? : 

Aim: How does Antigone fit Aristotle’s conventions on Tragedy? When the Guard returns with Antigone, what makes the reader feel that the Chorus cares for her? What are the sources of the Chorus’s sympathy?