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Use these essay questions as writing and critical thinking exercises for all levels of writers, and to build their literary analysis skills by requiring textual references throughout the essay.
Differentiation Suggestion: For English learners or struggling writers, strategies that work well include graphic organizers, sentence frames or starters, group work, or oral responses.
Scaffolded Essay Questions
Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the below bulleted outlines. Cite details from the play over the course of your response that serve as examples and support.
1. In Scene 3, Antigone and Kreon argue their points about the burial, alluding to a much larger thematic discussion on God and Man’s Law.
2. The Chorus, a constant presence in the play, repeatedly returns to the theme of Fate and its Inescapability.
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