Despite tradition‚ Sophocles chose a woman to lead his story. Strong willed and quick witted‚ Antigone proves to be a loyal sister and pure wife. Antigone is noble of birth. Her hamartia is she shows hubris‚ a classic tragic hero trait‚ when telling Creon‚ “And I‚ whom no man’s frown can frighten‚ Am far from risking heaven’s frown by flouting these‚ I need no trumpeter from you to tell me I must die‚ we all die anyway.” (210) She takes on the role of her better‚ a man. When she buries he brother
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The Themes of Antigone Antigone is credited as one of the best works of Sophocles‚ ranked by most modern critics above Oedipus the King. There are many aspects of Antigone that make it the play critics love to ramble about. "Antigone must be received as the canon of ancient tragedy: no tragedy of antiquity that we possess approaches it in pure idealism‚ or in harmony of artistic development" says one critic named Berhardy. Tragedy is usually concerned with a person of great stature‚ a king
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living and not with the breathless dead. As Antigone prepares to be taken to her “rockbound prison‚” she surrenders her resolute façade and reveals her vulnerable‚ humbled side as she feels estranged and doomed as an outcast forever from her loved ones and society as whole (939). Antigone begins calling out to her city saying “O you mock me!” personifying Thebes‚ giving the city power over herself; power to judge her transgressions (930). Antigone uses many apostrophes as she calls out to Thebes
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Hubris as a Major Element in Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound Aristotle created the basis for many different subjects including drama‚ politics and philosophy. Today‚ many of his works are constantly studied and his modern ideas are still prevalent in society. In Poetics‚ Aristotle focuses on the best kinds of tragic plot (Aristotle 20). One of the most important aspects of a perfect tragedy is hamartia‚ sometimes misinterpreted as tragic flaw. The true definition of hamartia is a fatal error committed
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quote was important because this was the basis for the drama of Antigone. This quote was from Creon referring to Polyneices. He was saying that since Polyneices went against Thebes‚ that Polyneices will not get buried. If this piece of the book was not said‚ this drama would not be a drama. 2. “Curse you! Find the love for your outlet down there. No women while I live shall govern me.” (Creon) This quote reflects Creon’s hubris. At this point of the second episode‚ Creon was saying that a woman
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The Hubris Hypothesis of Corporate Takeovers Author(s): Richard Roll Source: The Journal of Business‚ Vol. 59‚ No. 2‚ Part 1 (Apr.‚ 1986)‚ pp. 197-216 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2353017 Accessed: 10/02/2010 10:10 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that
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Thebian play of Antigone has excited many debates over the years. The most prevalent being who exactly could be characterized as the tragic hero in the story. The argument that Antigone is the hero is deffinatly a strong one. There are many critics who believe that Creon‚ however‚ is the true protagonist of the play. In order to determine whether or not Creon is the tragic hero one must first examine what a tragic hero is. Aristotle states that a hero is neither purely innocent nor purely malevolent
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Women Vs. Men * Ismene is for the submissive role of women‚ quote on page 4 * On page 13 Creon talks about taming Antigone. Antigone needs to be tamed because women are supposed to be submissive and Creon’s ability to rule is in his ability to have everyone‚ especially women submissive. * On page 14‚ Creon’s comment about snakes suggests that women are snake like in nature‚ with a manipulative duplicity to their nature. He suggests that women hide their evil qualities behind attractive
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terrible truth about everything. Oedipus is a tragic hero and displays hubris. He also shows much passion for the people he cared about‚ however in the end‚ he invokes pity because no matter how hard he tried he couldn’t change his fate. “You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin‚” Teiresias says this about Oedipus‚ perfectly describing his hubris. The irony is that Teiresias is really the blind one in the situation. Hubris to greeks is excessive pride or self-confidence. It is also a characteristic
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The Themes of Antigone Antigone is credited as one of the best works of Sophocles‚ ranked by most modern critics above Oedipus the King. There are many aspects of Antigone that make it the play critics love to decipher and rave about. "Antigone must be received as the canon of ancient tragedy: no tragedy of antiquity that we possess approaches it in pure idealism‚ or in harmony of artistic development" hails critic Berhardy (Theatre History). He goes on to rave "It is the first poem produced by
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