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Catharsis and Theme in Antigone — Homework
Review the play's final scenes (the three deaths) before answering.
- 1.Define catharsis in your own words.
- 2.List the three deaths in order and explain why that order intensifies the play's effect.
- 3.Why is "defying unjust laws is always right" too simple a theme for this specific play?
- 4.Write and defend, in five or more sentences, a theme statement for Antigone that accounts for both Antigone's and Creon's downfalls.
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