‘How would you perform the role of either Creon or Antigone in their scene of confrontation after the Soldier has brought her before the King’ The desired audience response of this scene is to make the audience feel uncomfortable and on the edges of their seats‚ as the way that Antigone is defying Creon would not have been acceptable in that time‚ and the audience will not know how Creon is going to act. On entry‚ Antigone will be held on both arms by soldiers‚ but she will not struggle. She will
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brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ has more lines than Oedipus. The story of the deterioration and eventual loss of Creon’s family is a plot point emphasized more in the final play of the Oedipus Cycle‚ Antigone‚ than in the latter two plays‚ Creon’s deterioration‚ however‚ is brought about by the same cause that triggers Oedipus’s downfall: his hubris. Though Creon is the voice of reason in Oedipus Rex‚ his hubris in the latter two plays causes his deterioration and eventual downfall. Throughout Oedipus Rex‚ Creon acts
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Compare/Contrast Creon and Antigone In Antigone written by Sophocles‚ there are two main characters‚ Antigone and Creon. In the play‚ King of Thebes‚ Creon has announced to everyone in the city that no one can mourn or bury Polyneices. Before Creon became a king‚ Polyneices and Eteocles were fighting to be the king of Thebes after his father‚ Oedipus died. Polyneices and Eteocles both killed each other in a war. Creon honored only Eteocles but not Polyneices. Their sister‚ Antigone believes that one’s
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In both plays Creon is of high social status. In Antigone he is the king of Thebes. In Oedipus the King he is the brother in law to Oedipus and becomes king at the end of the play. In Antigone‚ Creon is portrayed as a main character as the plot revolves around him and his decisions as he is the King of Thebes. In this play Creon’s character is irrational‚ as he does not obey the Laws of the Gods by sentencing his son’s fiancée to a slow death‚ ’she’ll never escape‚ she and her blood sister‚ the
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Antigone Essay The question to be posited is how different would the story of “Antigone” have been if Creon had permitted the simple task of allowing both brothers to have proper burials? Creon exhibits several characteristics of a tragic hero in the Greek tragedy “Antigone”. This self-destructive character expresses hubris – his tragic flaw‚ anagnoris (recognition)‚ and peripety (reversal of luck) leading him to the tragedy that is his life by the end of the play. The most common tragic flaw illustrated
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Creon and his hubris made his downfall In Sophocles play Antigone‚ who really fits the definition of Aristotle’s definition of tragedy? Or tragic hero? Creon fits better than Antigone. At the beginning‚ he is a good leader for his kingdom‚ has all kinds a good characters on him‚ loyalty‚ justice. But just because of his stubbornness and hubris‚ he get to this title. Antigone might be the big hero that defended women and human rights during that time‚ but she doesn’t really have a hubris. Instead
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“Looks- what’s Creon is doing to our brothers? He is honoring one with a full funeral and the other one disgracefully”(30) Antigone’s words‚actions‚and ideas contrast with Creon’s character to the point these two characters having conflicting motivations.These conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of anger‚and injustice and harsh to be highlighted within Creon’s character.In the end these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero because someone disobeyed him and didn’t agree
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Creon the Tragic Figure Throughout the play Antigone‚ Creon is portrayed as the king of discipline and pride. Creon’s pride is what makes him the tragic figure of Antigone. Though Antigone takes her life as the result of her sentence from Creon‚ it is not her pride that defines her fate but her unwillingness to accept her fate. Creon‚ King of Thebes‚ suffers his fate of pride. Not by his own demise‚ but his denial of Antigones brother Polynices burial; this caused catastrophic events in Creon’s
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In Antigone‚ Antigone buried her brother‚ Polyneices‚ against Creon’s law. Creon warned the city of Thebes that if anyone were to bury Polyneices‚ a stoning would take place as a punishment in front of the public. Antigone‚ Polyneices’ sister‚ went to her sister asking for her help in burying her brother and when she refused to help‚ Antigone went ahead and buried Polyneices herself. Once Creon found out what Antigone had done‚ he sent her away to the middle of the woods in a closed tomb where she
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perished or suffered for their beliefs or their religion. The story of‚ Antigone‚ includes many examples of martyrs and the ways they suffer for their beliefs. Although they do not have the same actions‚ Creon and Antigone share the same motive of restoring respect to their despised‚ incestual family through different ways. Some examples are such as how Antigone tries through gaining honor as the last great leader of her kin and how Creon attempts by using power as the ruler of Thebes. Through these two
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