Break Down of the Tragic Character Thesis: Although both Antigone and Creon experience supreme pride and a sense commitment‚ only Creon the tragic hero of the play‚ experiences transfiguration. Creon‚ the new ruler of Thebes decides that Antigone’s brother Polynices will not be given a proper burial because he betrayed his homeland. Antigone tried to give him a proper burial and is supremely proud of her deeds and herself because she believes them honorable and if she must be punished
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antagonist and theme are addressed in this paragraph. Antigone is the only one who placed moral law above civil law. So‚ from those elements in this paragraph‚ it shows that moral law is more important than civil law. Second: Compare your answers to the other members of your group. Between all answers from part one‚ create a better answer as a group below which answers: What is the main literary argument of the paragraph? In Antigone by Sophocles‚ the conflict between moral law and civil law
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Antigone’s Room. She sits with her head bowed. Enter Creon. Creon: Antigone. You are the daughter of a traitor - Oedipus. While you wait upon your judgment to be dealt‚ please tell me. Tell me why you have done what cannot be undone and damned yourself to this fate. Antigone: I do not feel damned. I do not lie here and claim my actions as regrets for they were of my own will. I believe that I have done what is right for my family and to the gods. I have stood up and apart from those that condemn
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universe through his third ode in “Antigone.” Its powerful message foreshadows the death of Antigone and her lover‚ Haemon‚ through its crisp imagery and perfect diction. The chorus passionately sings the evils of love while closely examining the situation of the Lovers’ potential ends. Force emanates from each word that Sophocles conducts‚ forcing the viewer to be enthralled in their meanings. The chorus ardently depicts the specifics and evils of love throughout “Antigone” through subtle repetition‚ personification
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it with the opposite – the rule of a tyrant. The philosopher Plato‚ in his Socratic Dialogue The Republic‚ describes the psychological make-up of this ruler. The character of Creon in Sophocles’ play Antigone shares some of the personality flaws and actions described by Plato. If Plato had read Antigone he would have considered Creon a tyrant because of decisions and swift actions against the citizens of his city-state. The image of the tyrant was fully developed in Plato’s The Republic. In the five-fold
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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 for by sentencing Antigone to death‚ he is still putting himself before his country’s well being. Haemon is indirectly saying that
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highly renowned and prosperous a. Oedipus‚ Son of King of Thebes‚ King of Thebes‚ “Adopted” son of King of Crones b. Antigone‚ son of Oedipus c. Prometheus‚ Titan 2. The tragic hero(ine) must not be a perfectly good man or woman brought from a high status to low. This would merely be a shock; there must be justification for the fall. a. Oedipus‚ killed the King of Thebes. b. Antigone‚ buried her dishonored brother‚ disobeying Creon c. Prometheus‚ stole Zeus’s fire 3. Tragic hero(ine) cannot go
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ANTIGONE SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS: 1. The Chorus compares Polyneices to a bird causing havoc in Thebes‚ thus drawing on the idea that he is something to be feared in the town. 2. The fact that Creon refuses to entomb Polyneices (who is dead)‚ but insists on entombing Antigone (still alive)‚ shows how far from rational he has become. This brings to light the symbolism of the double blasphemy he has committed. 3. Teiresias‚ studying augury by birds‚ tells Creon how the birds are quarrelling
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tragic hero is one who is in power or associated with power. They have a hamartia‚ or flaw‚ that will ultimately cause their own downfall. Many would use this and claim that Antigone is the tragic hero of the self-named play‚ but one character has a much more grand fall from the heavens after he losses both wife and son to Antigone (isn’t exactly their main reason‚ but Antigone’s actions do lead to their untimely deaths.) The true tragic hero is then Creon‚ for he put the law over his own family‚ and
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prevents him from being able to know how to handle situations well. Creon was not able to lead well‚ because he let the huge amount of power he had go to his head. His pride and selfishness clouded him from using good judgement. In the beginning of Antigone‚ Creon refuses to let anyone give Polynices‚ Antigone’s brother‚ a proper burial‚ because he “dishonored” his country and family by fighting against Thebes. Creon believes that burying Polynices will cause him to lose his power and control‚ because
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