a good person and a good leader. The chorus outlined these things in the last lines of "Antigone" (pg 162). According to the chorus‚ Of happiness the crown And chiefest part Is wisdom‚ and to hold The gods in awe. This is the law That‚ seeing the stricken heart Of pride brought down‚ We learn when we are old. These lines simply put‚ state that wisdom is good‚ reverence for the gods is necessary‚ pride is bad‚ and fate is inevitable‚ and in order to be a good you had to follow these rules
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JOEY HEPNER Stand out quotes of Antigone 1. “If you think what I’m doing now is stupid‚ perhaps I’m being charged with foolishness by someone who’s a fool” (Sophocles469) This quote is very impressive. At this point in the play Antigone has been caught breaking the laws Creon has set forth by burring her own brother. When confronted with these charges she does not deny committing them‚ nor does she deny her knowledge of these
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Excessive Pride and Bull-Headedness Leads To Demise and Downfall Antigone’s relentless pride and ego leads to her overall downfall and‚ ultimately‚ she pays with her life because of her excessive pride. Kreon‚ the King of Thebes‚ is obligated to his duties as a king to rule his kingdom. Kreon is Antigone’s uncle‚ and he is an older man that surrendered himself to his throne‚ “You cannot measure a man’s character‚ policies‚ or his common sense- until you see him in action. I’ll always speak out when
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Obsession In the very moment when life begins we humans are exposed to the world. With nothing more than a blank canvas we learn‚ adapt and do what we have to do to survive. We humans fall prey to our pride and obsessive minds which cause more harm than good; in this case this describes Victor Frankenstein. Born and raised in Geneva Victor Frankenstein had an everything handed to him on a silver platter. His father‚ Alphonse and mother Caroline Beaufort both cherished him like “their idol” (16)
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A well-known proverb states‚ “Pride comes before the fall of man.” Pride is the deadly sin of superiority that breeds conceit and arrogance and is the most known characteristic of a poor leader. No literary piece better illustrates this point than Sophocles’ classic story‚ Antigone. In this tragic story‚ King Creon of Thebes is a prideful monarch who rules with an unyielding approach. Due to his arrogance and excessive pride‚ he is unwilling to abide by the laws of the gods‚ disregards the advice
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There is a quote by an unknown author that states‚ “Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.” Now this may not apply to every example of a proud person; however‚ it directly applies to John Proctor. In the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor‚ a well-respected farmer‚ is confronted with a difficult decision and because of his pride decides to keep his reputation while saving the innocent; unfortunately this is the ultimate cause of
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Pride in Antigone Gandhi once said‚ “Anger is the enemy of non-violence‚ and pride is a matter that swallows it up.” Pride is never an acceptable notion and it often leads to ones downfall‚ as we see often throughout Sophocles’ play‚ Antigone. Multiple characters in Antigone experience prideful thoughts and actions during the course of the play resulting in the tragedy of negative outcomes in the end. In the beginning of Antigone the two sisters‚ Antigone and Ismene‚ are discussing their
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what he was doing; and almost without effort‚ almost automatically‚ he brought the blunt side down on her head. He seemed to have no strength. Yet the moment he started bringing the ax down‚ strength sprang up in him” (74). In this excerpt from “Crime and Punishment” the narrator is describing how Raskolnikov killed Alyona Ivanovna. Alyona is an old women who lends money to Raskolnikov. The passage helps show that even though Raskolnikov was feeling weak he was still able to commit a murder.
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Antigone Creon is the king in the play Antigone. Antigone is about a princess‚ Antigone‚ who buries her brother after he and her other brother fought each other to death. As a result‚ King Creon wants to punish/kill Antigone for this while still him remembering that he had raised her. Due to the brothers fighting to death‚ a place to be king opened up for Creon to become the new king. The quote‚ “Where love rules‚ there is no will to power; and where power predominates‚ there love is lacking. The
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hamartia and lastly they need to realize their mistakes and accept their consequences. In Antigone‚ there are two main characters that fit the criteria of a tragic hero‚ but only the protagonist‚ Antigone meets all of the conditions. Antigone meets the second requirement of a tragic heroine‚ by fulfilling the criteria of being neither entirely good nor completely bad. In the opening of the play‚ Antigone asks her sister‚ Ismene to help her give Polynieces a proper burial but Ismene disagrees because
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