Antigone Project
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
Antigone Reading
Analysis Questions
1. What is King Creon’s decree?
2. What does Antigone plan to do?
3. How does Antigone demonstrate pre-feminist ethics?
4. Is unshakeable will power a virtue or a flaw?
5. Which is more important: civil law or divine law?
6. Why does Ismene object to Antigone’s plan to bury Polyneices?
7. What is the seeming reason for Haemon’s suicide? Is it only out of desperate love of
Antigone?
8. Is Antigone ever apologetic for burying Polyneices? Explain.
9. Were you surprised that Antigone decided to take her own life? Why or why not?
10. Overall, did you enjoy the play? Why or why not?
Analysis Questions
1. What is King Creon’s decree?
2. What does Antigone plan to do?
3. How does Antigone demonstrate pre-feminist ethics?
4. Is unshakeable will power a virtue or a flaw?
5. Which is more important: civil law or divine law?
6. Why does Ismene object to Antigone’s plan to bury Polyneices?
7. What is the seeming reason for Haemon’s suicide? Is it only out of desperate love of
Antigone?
8. Is Antigone ever apologetic for burying Polyneices? Explain.
9. Were you surprised that Antigone decided to take her own life? Why or why not?
10. Overall, did you enjoy the play? Why or why not?