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Antigone Motifs

Motifs and symbols tracked across analyzed chapters, with links back to chapter summaries and chapter analysis pages.

authority's blindness

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

blood

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

burial

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

burial rites

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

choral prophecy

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

crown

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

curse

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

defiance

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

edict

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

familial loyalty

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

guard’s watch

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

hanging rope

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

palace gates

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

power

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

prophecy

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

rock

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

rock‑hewn chamber

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

sealed tomb

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

sisterhood

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

storm

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

suicide

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

throne

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 1Analysis ch. 1

urn of dust

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2

Zeus

1 occurrencessingle-hit
Summary ch. 2Analysis ch. 2