1. Although sophocles called his play antigone, many critics say that creon is the real tragic hero,pointing out that antigone is absent from the last third of the play,evaluate this view.
2. In some Greek tragedies,fate plays a great role in bringing about the downfall of the tragic hero. Though there are references to the curse on the house of oedipus in antigone, do we feel that antigone goes to her death as a result of the workings of fate? do we feel that fate is responsible for creon's fail?is the messenger right to introduce the notion of fate(exodos line 4)?or are both antigone and creon the creators of their own tragedy?
3. Do the words bamartia and bubris apply to antigone?to creon?
4. Why does creon contrary to the chorus's advice bury the body of polyneices before he releases antigone?does his action show a zeal for piety as shortsighted as his earlier zeal for law? is his action plausible, in view of the facts that teiresias has dwelt on the wrong done to polyneices, and that antigone has ritual food to sustain her? or are we not to worry about creon's motive?
5. A foil is a character who, by contrast, set off or helps to define another character. to what extent is ismene a foil to antigone?is she entirely without courage?
6. What function does eurydice serve? how deeply do we feel about her fate?