Antigone Vocab List 1

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Across
  1. 3. To make foul, dirty, unclear, or impure
  2. 4. To go above or beyond limits; to exceed
  3. 6. Inborn capacities
  4. 7. An expression of grief
  5. 8. A slow, mournful piece of music; a funeral hymn
  6. 9. Pointed; expressing much in a few words
  7. 10. To willfully determine to go against what is expected or desired
  8. 11. Leads to a disastrous conclusion – twists of fate play a key role in the hero’s destruction
  9. 14. Oppressively hot or moist; inflamed
  10. 15. Having the ability to compel; having an irresistible, irrational impulse to do something
  11. 16. A play that recounts an important series of events in the life of a significant person, which culminates in an unhappy catastrophe; the purpose is to arouse the emotions of pity and fear and produce a catharsis
  12. 17. Satisfied fully
Down
  1. 1. Limber; physically flexible
  2. 2. One who disrespects laws or rules
  3. 3. Inciting moment, introduction/exposition, rising action, complication, climax, reversal/turning point, falling action, catastrophe, moment of last suspense
  4. 4. To violate or break a law, command, or moral code
  5. 5. Group of dancers/singers who comment on the action; in ancient Greece, their songs used to make up the bulk of the play (15 members)
  6. 12. Promising success; favorable
  7. 13. An order put out by a person in authority
  8. 15. Leader of the chorus – gives insight into the message of the play; represents the response of ordinary citizens to the tragic events unfolding