Antigone Compare and Contrast Essay Sophocles’ and Jean Anouilh’s versions of the famous Greek tragedy; “Antigone” raise some interesting themes‚ motifs‚ and topics. The most prevalent theme throughout both versions was Human law Vs. Divine law. This helped me conclude that; in both versions of Antigone‚ characters that only adhere or favour man-made law or divine law‚ lead unstable lives and themselves suffer through isolation‚ loss‚ and deterioration. Both versions have a tragic hero that only
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Compare / Contrast Antigone and Creon There is always going to be some kind of conflict in a family. It may happen often‚ and sometimes rarely. In the century-old story Antigone there is a huge conflict. Antigones brother‚ Polyneices‚ refuses to pass on the throne. Therefore‚ he and his brother Etheocles go to war‚ and they both end up killing each other. Therefore‚ it resulted in Polyneices death. When he died‚ Creon; the ruler of Thebes‚ refuses to let anyone bury him. So he will be left in
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but in the process‚ it is descriptive yet gets to the point faster than in my writing. I wrote Act 3 Scene 1 lengthier and a tad more on the violent side. I did this so my audience could get a feel from everyone’s perspective of the fight. Unlike play wrights‚ poems are supposed to tell the story in an appeasing nature‚ but they are not necessarily supposed to be in full detail and descriptions about what is happening during each event. This is most of my reasoning for writing this scene differently
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Antigone Compare and Contrast One of Sophocles many achievements was a Greek tragedy called Antigone. Two of the main characters have one main conflict‚ which was burying Antigone’s brother Polyneices. Having different opinions on it both Antigone and Creon have different personality traits but with all of the differences they are also alike in many ways. Antigone is a teenage girl who is caring in a variety of ways like she looks after her little sister Ismene‚ while being compassionate
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excuses. In the play Antigone by Sophicles‚ and the movie A Few Good Men‚ by Aaron Sorkin‚ Antigone‚ Dawson and Downy stand up for what they think is right at that moment‚ and go against the laws they were to follow. The Greek Tragic Hero Antigone is characterized as a person with great honor and has a conflict with going against the civil law under Creon‚ and not burying Polynices. Polynices was a traitor to Thebes and was killed in war against his brother Eteocles. Antigone‚ Eteocles’s and
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Antigone Analysis Antigone is a tragic play with many characters differing in morals and behavioral patterns. All of the main characters have different sets of moral principles they adhere to allowing differing interpretations of their behaviors by the reader. From the very beginning of the story‚ the conflict is laid out to the reader between Antigone and Creon. From the outset of the play‚ Antigone knows what she must do‚ shown by this quote made by her early on in the play. “I intend to give
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The 5th century Greek play Antigone written by Sophocles‚ explores the plight of a young woman named Antigone who rebels against man’s authority to bury her brother her dead brother. Her actions lead herself and several others to their death‚ while Creon is left in anguish for his mistakes. Today‚ several people would look upon Antigone and believe that it is an exhilarating‚ entertaining play – the issues presented in the play are commonplace in today’s society; such as putting god’s will first
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Gürbüz ÇİMEN 13.04.2012 0902020045 As a Tragic Hero‚ Creon Antigone was written by Sophocles. While some people say Antigone is the tragic heroine in the play‚ I believe Creon is our protagonist and he is the most tragic character in Sophocles’ play. Because Antigone was killed by her uncle Creon tyrannically‚ it is difficult to remember that Creon is the one who lost everything he held the spirit of his age. Audience can ffffeel compassion for Creon if you think of his poor situation
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Thebes Antigone and Creon were the two main characters in the play Burial at Thebes. Even though they are antagonistic counterparts‚ their acting styles were much different. The actor who played Creon chose to modernize the way he spoke his lines. On the other hand‚ the actor who played Antigone stuck to a more Shakespearian reading; she was much more dramatic with her lines. It is interesting to have the two main characters use two different reading styles; it seemed to make the play less compelling
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Compare and contrast the part that the city or state (polis) plays in Antigone and Oedipus The King. Antigone is a play about the tension caused when two individuals have conflicting claims regarding law. In this case‚ the moral superiority of the laws of the city‚ represented by Creon‚ and the laws of the gods‚ represented bt Antigone. In contrast‚ Oedipus The King is driven by the tensions within Oedipus himself. That play both begins and concludes within the public domain‚ the plot being driven
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