Antigone

Type in your Socratic Seminar Questions: Would Kreon still have been fated towards misery if he had not punished Antigone? 2/8 Would Antigone's punishment have been the same had Ismene stood beside the whole way? 3/8 How would the story have changed had Ismene been the one that buried Polynecies? 0/8 What would Antigone's punishment have been had she been a he? 12/7 2/8 What if Haimon had commited the crime? Kreon said that he wouldn't let family change the punishment. 1/7 7/8 Is it ever wrong to do the right thing? Yes!/7 Yes/8 Did Antigone die in honor or in vain? Yes/7 10/8 Who is to blame for Kreon's abusive power? Those who relinquish their power, or Kreon who abuses it? 0/7 1/8 Was Antigone's suicide a result of a regret for her actions or was she tired of living in an unjust world? 2/0 Yes/8 Why is the Chorus so blind to Kreon's terrible ruling if even the sightless can see his faulty leadership? 0/7 3/8 Do all the dead deserve equal honors? Yes/7 Yes/8 If there is no happiness where there is no wisdom, then why is ignorance bliss? 11/7 6/8

Second set of questions:

Is it right to change the punishment of a law if the circumstances are not ideal? 0/7 0/8 Was Kreon really trying to change his ways, or was he just trying to avoid his fate? 9/7 11/8 Are there other ways to resolve your problems beside suicide? What and why? 0/7 0/8 Was Antigone punished because she broke the law, or due to the fact that she is a woman? 0/7 4/8 Do we lose part of our humanity in trying to avoid the influence of love? 7/7 9/8 Did Kreon deserve what came upon him? yes/7 yes/8 Did Haimon use Antigone to go against his father and speak his mind or was it Haimon's true love for Antigone that made him speak up? meh/7 1/8 Since Haimon killed himself in the end, was it for Antigone or was it because he had to fulfill his promise just like his father did? 0/7 2/8 Following the end of the story could it be assumed that Kreon kills himself? meh/7 0/8 Is it right to kill someone for disobeying the law even when it's just? 1/7 3/8 Did Antigone make the right choice to bury her brother? yes/7 3/8 Is Ismene right to not help her sister? 1/7 0/8 Was Kreon's argument to Haimon a good one? m— /7 0/8