be death‚ as said by Creon. Ismene also tried to persuade Antigone. Regardless she goes and buries her brother. When she realizes that she has made a wrong decision at the end of the play. Antigone was not able to change what had happen which makes her a tragic heroine. In the play‚ it seems to the fate of the heroine overpowers her freewill; she was fated by the gods that she is going to die young‚ her freewill to bury her brother leads to her tragic ending.
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Thebes to be ruled by Jocasta’s brother Creon‚
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As Creon made decisions and orders towards the body‚ Antigone also stood for herself and made here own decisions. First‚ at those times it was very rare that a woman would speak out‚ because they didn’t have the chance to say what was in their minds and express themselves. In other words‚ it was very rare that a woman was caught in some type of trouble. Also‚ woman had any importance or value in the ancient Greek society. At those times men were superior to the woman. Therefore‚ they were the only
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Haemon disregarded the declarations and that was seen as the height of disrespect against Creon‚ but in the eyes of the civilians Creon is entirely in the wrong. The greatest iniquity committed by Haemon is the fact that he did not believe Antigone was guilty or deserved to be put in a tomb to die. Engulfed in all his power‚ Creon did not realize he was the only one that felt it was right to punish Antigone for performing a proper burial. Although it is not popularity but respect that he is searching
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reluctant to voice his true opinion when speaking to his father. His apprehensiveness leads him to start glorifying Creon by saying he would “be the last person to deny what [Creon says] is true”(49). This way‚ he is protecting himself by feeding Creon’s ego‚ thus hiding the true meaning of his words. Most importantly‚ Haemon’s conversation with his father becomes useless because Creon remains unchanged. Since the problem has not been resolved‚ Haemon’s opinion may come off as worthless to the reader
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However‚ due to Antigone’s loyalty towards the gods‚ it gave her the strength to argue at Creon on his flawed law. Antigone takes into consideration prior to the argument that the gods will be observing what she says. During the throwing of insults between Creon and Antigone on the burial of Polyneices‚ Antigone affirms that “religion dictates the burial of the dead” (24). By using the word “dictates”‚ Antigone informs us that
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of women. As such‚ Sophocles punishes Ismene for embodying traditional attitude. Moreover‚ Creon is punished for misogyny. Sophocles‚ accordingly‚ uses characterization to promote feminist ideas. Sophocles introduces a female character in Antigone who is a strong believer and who demonstrates feminist logic. This is Antigone‚ as she rejects the traditional role of women. Antigone disobeys her king Creon‚ in various ways causing her to be portrayed as a feminist. For instance‚ Antigone struggles
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270 we are given a clear insight into Creon’s character here‚ an honest man who is scared and will put his family first. We are able to relate to this character‚ he is given mortal characteristics which makes us more likely to sympathise with him. Creon then admits that Medea is "clever‚ skilled in many evil arts." line 273‚ we are unable to relate to these arts‚ we do not poses the same abilities that Medea had and as a result‚ we are less sympathetic to her from the start‚ she is set apart from
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the city of Thebes‚ Creon‚ who both have different beliefs about Antigone’s dead brother Polyneices. Creon makes a rule that no one can bury Polyneices because he was a traitor to the city and attacked it with an enemy army. So as an insult to him‚ he will not permit his burial. Antigone‚ on the other hand‚ believes that even though what he did is wrong‚ that family is family and she has a right to bury him. She does so‚ defying Creon’s law‚ but gets caught in the act and Creon sentences her to death
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Polyneices proper burial rites. This form of justice directly conflicts with Antigone’s idea of justice‚ which doesn’t differentiate between the “wicked” and the “just.” These two conflicting thoughts on justice illustrate two classic philosophies. Creon represents a Paramenidean view of justice‚ while Antigone represents a Heraclitean view of justice. Paramenidean thought splits the world into two systems‚ where “Being” is primary and “Becoming” is secondary (Ulfers‚ Lecture). To Paramenides‚
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