Is Pride to Blame in the Antigone tragedy? The fate of Creon is sealed by his decision to make an example of his niece‚ and quickly becomes tragic in Antigone. Creon shows us his lack of leadership skills by creating situations in which he loses the respect of his advisors‚ and the love of his family. The inability to overcome foolish pride is Creon’s greatest fault and the direct cause of his fall from grace. Initially‚ the author uses foreshadowing to hint at the upcoming turn of events. Choragos
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the tragedy Antigone written by Sophocles in 441 B.C‚ complication and denouncement are seen throughout the play as a sister‚ Antigone stands up for her brother’s burial rights as King Creon denies him of any. Complication and denouncement are used by Sophocles to aid in the character development of Antigone and Creon whose mindsets are altered from close-minded to open-minded. Both characters situations prove that being close-minded in life can result in things unraveling for the worse. Antigone
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I do not think Creon is a bad ruler. Creon is presented as a very stubborn ruler for Thebes. I think he goes wrong with not being able to see all aspects of not wanting to bury Polynices. Polynices was not just a traitor that tied with other countries‚ to attack his brother in order to become the king of Thebes. Creon fails to recognize the familial ties between Antigone and her brother Polynices. Antigone just wants her brother to have a proper burial. Creon rules that anyone who tries to give
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Haemon should have been direct “Father‚ the gods instill good sense in men” (776) Haemon states when he is pleading with his father for his fiance’s release. Trying to make Creon understand that what he is doing is not good in the slightest‚ but is in fact very mean spirited. He later states “The people here in Thebes all say the same— they deny she is.” (834) even the very people he rules believe his judgement is wrong and that Antigone is innocent and was doing well by the gods. Because
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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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citizens. Oedipus sends Creon‚ the brother of Jocasta‚ to the oracle to learn of a way
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author incorporated the concepts used in classical tragedies in relation to the downfall of the heroine‚ Antigone. These factors being; hamartia‚ hubris‚ and fate clearly demonstrate how Antigone providing a proper burial for Polynices put her against Creon and her provocation against his power. Throughout the play there are various instances where Antigone displays such factors and ultimately they contribute‚ to a great extent‚ her demise. The use of the classical tragedy concept of hamartia
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oracles and prophecies. In Antigone‚ when Creon is visited by the great prophet Tiresias‚ who gives a chilling omen too Creon about his future if his current decision making continues on its path. “Once the wrong is done‚ a man can turn his back on folly‚ misfortune too‚ if he tries to make amends‚
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been treated as and given less than men. In Antigone‚ Creon shows his sexism by saying‚ "We keep the laws then‚ and the lawmakers‚ and no woman shall seduce us. If we must lose‚ let’s lose to a man‚ at least! Is a woman stronger than we (Creon‚ 792)?” Judging from this statement‚ Creon believes that it would be better to lose to a man stronger than him than a woman‚ Creon also appears to have pride issues. Even though the lawmakers and Creon looked down on Antigone for being a woman‚ she still fought
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‘Antigone’ Paper 2 Essay (e). Evil not only fascinates people in general‚ but writers as well. In what ways and with what effect has “evil” been treated in Antigone? In the play of ‘Antigone’‚ evil appears in many forms. There is the soldier who is a traitor to his nation; the sister trying to prove her love for her family yet ends up breaking the law; the king who so eagerly tries to stop rule-breakers yet he himself neglects his flesh and blood. Here the difference of the two works is seen:
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