her own uncle‚ Creon‚ to bury her brother. After reading this short play‚ I believe that Antigone was right to bury her own brother’s body. I believe that Antigone is correct in burying her brother. Now‚ although Antigone’s brother betrayed the city of Thebes and its law of the new king‚ their uncle‚ he rightfully
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The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once identified the key ingredients of the tragedies that his culture is so famous for. These ingredients include a character with a fatal flaw‚ the realization of the fault for a particular problem and the final sudden reversal of fortune. For many tragedies‚ the fatal flaw is demonstrated as excessive pride‚ which usually serves as the driving force of the play’s action. It is common‚ even beneficial‚ to have pride in oneself‚ but when it becomes expressed
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Creon‚ a Dynamic Character who Instigates Emotions Sophocles is one of the three most revered Ancient Greek playwrights. His works are complex‚ captivating‚ and are still studied to this day‚ over 2400 years after his death. In Antigone‚ Sophocles manages to make Creon a complex character that evokes emotional responses in the readers and forms an emotional attachment with them. It is unusual to go through different feelings about characters as most characters are not developed enough to exhibit
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In the play Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles‚ foil and parallel characters are very common. The foil character in a story is the character who is the exact opposite of the main character‚ or in other word‚ the parallel character‚ and therefor serves to magnify certain characteristics of the main character. Such characters for example could be Ismene‚ the foil character and Antigone‚ the parallel character. Ismene is cowardly and prefer to follow the rules‚ while Antigone is much more
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CrHow is Creon’s character introduced through his opening speech in the First Episode (lines 159-195) and how does this speech create tension? Time spent: 2 hours Starting in media res‚ the audience are informed of the death of Eteocles and Polyneices through the Oedipus’ family sisters‚ Antigone and Ismene’s heated conversation. Creon‚ as the closest blood relative of the throne‚ succeeds as ruler of Thebes and comes to power. Creon gives a full and honorable burial to Eteocles‚ praising his loyalty
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In Book 3 of The Odyssey‚ Homer characterizes Telemachus as confident and authoritative‚ as demonstrated through his speech and physique‚ despite his initial self-uncertainty. In the process‚ Telemachus’ character transforms dramatically. At first‚ Telemachus was unconfident in his abilities to converse. He explicitly revealed this uncertainty to Athena as he stated‚ “How can I greet him‚ Mentor‚ even approach the king? I’m hardly adept at subtle conversation” (Homer 108). His lack of confidence
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“Looks- what’s Creon is doing to our brothers? He is honoring one with a full funeral and the other one disgracefully”(30) Antigone’s words‚actions‚and ideas contrast with Creon’s character to the point these two characters having conflicting motivations.These conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of anger‚and injustice and harsh to be highlighted within Creon’s character.In the end these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero because someone disobeyed him and didn’t agree
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A common theme in literature is that of the tragic hero‚ a character that has suffered due to a flaw in his or her own self. Antigone by Sophocles has a few examples of this trope. King Creon excellently fits this mold of tragic hero. The flaw that makes Creon a tragic hero is his paranoia. Creon often believes his citizens and even close friends and relatives are out to get him. He is convinced that there are “anarchists putting their heads together’ in opposition to his rule all over the city
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It influences the emotions and actions of characters‚ thus often overpowering their mindset and their decisions. Many times‚ these decisions lead to negative consequences. In the stories of Jason and Medea and Ariadne and Theseus‚ the central characters make rash decisions and manipulate love for their personal advantages which leads to their destruction or destruction around them. In several Greek myths‚ love is a selfish act on behalf of the characters and this selfishness leads to tragedy. In
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Julius Caesar is very much a warrior and he thinks that he is above every one else and that he is more than an ordinary man. As a result he is very arrogant and takes very little notice of the people around him. As far as he is concerned‚ they are meaningless and not worth his time. He believes he is honourable but really is not. In a way he wants to be trusted and to be a trusted leader of the Roman people but he is very unwilling to do anything to gain trust. Ordinary people have a great deal of
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