Antigone’s Purpose In the story of Antigone‚ originally written by Sophocles‚ explains the story‚ of a woman who stands up for her own beliefs against the king. At the time of Sophocles‚ women had little power and authority. They were expected to listen to their husband‚ king‚ or any man that speaks to or asks a woman of something. The story starts up where the story of Oedipus ends‚ in his death. Trouble and war are about to begin in Thebes‚ so Antigone travels there to try and stop what may
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Answers I wrote a short essay on a similar topic a few years ago‚ which I may as well paste below. It may give you some inspiration. Actually it was a response in a History exam‚ so don’t look for brilliant writing here‚ or indeed for literary analysis. Don’t copy it either‚ or your marker will find out - they do internet searches for bits of plagiarism. If you have any questions about any of it‚ you can post them here. QUESTION 5: Select an artefact and explain its importance for understanding
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Song Representation of Antigone The song I chose to represent Creon is Pray by Sunny Hill. The song pray fits Creon because in several lines of lyrics fit regret and guilt of what Creon had done. A couple of the lines from the song related to Creon asking for Tiresias help but then not liking the answer‚ for example "Someone told me to pray to dream‚ that it will come true no matter what it is. Tell me everything- look at me and tell me‚ tell me to please stop." Inside Creon knew Tiresias was right
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STEP BY STEP INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL English Paper-1 Submitted by: - Naman Jain XI-B Sophocles’ Antigone proves that divine law is more powerful that human law. The concepts of divine law can portray as the law of God. Divine law involves beliefs that are presented by God. The idea of divine law as being the "oral laws of the Gods". This type of law is most likely in effect when the idea of morals is apparent‚ such as when a moral decision must be made. This type of decision
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Antigone through the lens of Judith Butler’s “Survivability‚ Vulnerability‚ and Affect” Introduction Antigone is tied by two key sentances to the message in Judith Bulter’s “Survivability‚ Vulnerability‚ and Affect”‚ “It has been since at least the time of Antigone‚ when she chose openly to mourn the death of one of her brothers even though it went against the sovereign law to do so. Why is it that governments so often seek to regulate and control who will be publicly grieved and two will not
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that a different way is the way to go. This is exactly what happens in Sophocles’ play Antigone. Ismene‚ Haimon‚ and Creon all have a difficult time choosing between following what their conscience is saying and what society thinks‚ which leads to conflict between the characters. Ismene faces this conflict of conscience vs. society when deciding whether to help Antigone bury Polyneices or not. When Antigone asks her if she is going to bury him with her‚ and if she even cares about her brothers
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Hello Sidney‚ I recently received your letter regarding the revision of Antigone. After reading‚ I have gladly decided to accept your offer and give you my insights on revising Antigone to your needs. I have come up an answer for your first request‚ which was “Can we do something about Creon’s hamartia? Can we change the story in some way to make him more pitiful to the audience? Creon’s hamartia was his inability to be a good ruler who canable to make good decisions‚ reconsider his actions‚
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admirable in Antigone and the audience is void of sympathy for the character as he continues to indulge in his hamartia. Oedipus on the other hand was once a well liked character and so the audience is able to experience catharsis as he falls from grace. Both Oedipus and Creon’s fatal flaw was pride. Strophe 2 brings up their hamartia saying “No pride on earth is free
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The play opens up with Antigone trying to convince her sister Ismene to be on her side with the burial of their brother‚ and while Ismene yields to what kind Creon wants‚ Antigone’s pride keeps her mind set on wanting what she wants best for her brother. “ But I will bury him; and if I must die‚ I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death‚ and I shall be as dear to him as he is to me.”(Sophocles‚55). Obviously Antigone makes it clear that she has made her choice and stands by
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Antigone’s Relations In the two Antigone plays that we read‚ Anouilh’s 1940’s modern version and Sophocles’ version‚ there are many contrasts. Everything from the setting to the message is different‚ however the relationship between characters is the most striking difference; relationships with Antigone in particular. In Sophocles’ version‚ the character relations are rather underdeveloped‚ which is an extreme contrast from the relationships shown in Anouilh’s version of Antigone. The relationships that
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