Question

Which event is associated with the peripeteia in the play? Teiresias prophecy Antigone s death Haemon s death Eurydice s death

Answer 1

The event which is associated with the peripeteia (or turn of events) in the play is Teiresias prophecy. It changed the whole course of the drama afterwards.

Answer 2

The event that is associated with the peripeteia in the play is Teiresias' prophecy. Option A is correct.

Peripeteia is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily employedto refer to works of literature.

Tiresias  was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes, known for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years. He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo.