Name: ________________________________________________________ Antigone PreReading Notes: The Oedipus Trilogy
For Homework tonight, research the Oedipus myth to answer the following questions. This worksheet will serve as our prereading notes for the background of the play. 1. Who wrote the Oedipus Trilogy? ________________________________________________________________ 2. When were these plays written?_________________________________________________________________ 3. What are the titles of the three plays (in order) in the Oedipus Trilogy? a. ___________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________ c. ___________________________________________________ 4. What happened to Oedipus when he was a baby? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How was Oedipus able to marry Queen Jocasta? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What are the names of Oedipus and Jocasta’s children? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Why did Oedipus blind himself? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What curse did Oedipus place on Eteocles and Polynices? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. How does Oedipus’ curse come to fruition for his sons? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Who is Creon? _______________________________________________________________________________ 11. In Antigone’s time, how old were girls when they were betrothed to be married? _________________________ 12. Why was Antigone living with Creon? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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