Kylie Bartlett Per. 3 4/1/11 Antigone essay Remember those people who always thought they were right‚ and they always ended up in trouble for it? I Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ the main characters Antigone and Creon show how being so hubris can be tragic to your life. Set back in ancient Greece an epic battle takes place and brothers end up killing each other. One was allowed a proper burial‚ yet Polyinesis was not. Antigone felt disappointed by this and decided to bury them yet Creon the newly
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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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centered around the concept of hubris being a negative influence in life. In short‚ this poem talks about a selfish man who feels entitled to the attention of his wife and child. To begin‚ one way the poet‚ Sherman Alexie‚ attempts to show hubris is towards the beginning of the poem where it says‚ “So I comforted and kissed him in the dark Bedroom‚ but my comfort was not enough… It’s hard for fathers to compete with mothers’ love.”(5). With these lines Alexie introduces the hubris with the father. The father
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necessary mechanism to create a solid‚ working tragedy: hamartia. Defined as the “error of the tragic hero which causes his fall” (Scheepers 1) or simply a “miscalculation” (Brown)‚ hamartia can be easier to explain than identify. Romeo and Juliet‚ for example‚ has many scenes or dialogue that could be deemed such a fall: Mercutio’s accidental death or Romeo and Juliet’s marriage may spring to mind. The Greek tragedy Agamemnon may find its hamartia in the prelude to the Trojan War when Agamemnon sacrifices
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Antigone Essay Pride is a powerful emotion‚ it can lead us to be people we are not‚ and lead us to be hurt. The act of being prideful comes from the power we are given through society‚ to say we are something others cannot say they are. Its also what makes everyone who they are‚ but too much pride can seize control of us causing an uproar of karma to surge our way. In Antigone‚ the blind prophet‚ Tiresias warns Creon that‚ “A corpse for a corpse the price‚ and flesh for flesh‚ one of your own
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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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Daniel Nierenberg Comparative Essay 11-20-01 "Oedipus Rex" & "Antigone" It is only natural that an author use similar vessels of literature‚ such as figurative language‚ literary devices‚ and elements in his/her work. It is even more apparent between works that are connected by character‚ time‚ and theme. Sophocles did this when he wrote "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone". When comparing the two pieces‚ it becomes evident that very similar vessels connected these very different plays. Sophocles uses a
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Antigone: Protagonist or Misinterpreted Innocence? A literal “age old” argument that has sparked intelligent conversation since the BC era is still as potent as ever in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy‚ Antigone. Since the play’s origin‚ there has always been a toss-up as to who the true tragic hero‚ or protagonist‚ is. A popular misconception is that the character Antigone must be the protagonist due to her direct name being the title. Sophocles intends the play to highlight Antigone and her soon to
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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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