Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Creon are to choose with whom their loyalty resides--the State or the gods. Courage presents itself in people who fight for a cause greater than themselves. King Creon believes that fighting for his kingdom shows true power and courage. Creon’s main goal is to seek justice for his kingdom and in doing so he deemed Polynices‚ Antigone’s brother‚ a traitor. Power blinds him and he sentences Antigone to life on a deserted island for going against his wishes. Creon comes to his senses
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characters‚ Antigone being one of them. In the beginning of Antigone Creon the ruler made a proclamation the Polynecies‚ Antigone’s brother was not allowed to have an honorable burial. He was to be left out in the open where animals could do as they wish to him. Since he is the ruler‚ he assumed no MAN would ever go against his final ruling. When he found out that he was properly buried he was flabbergasted. On page 704 Creon states “ I swear by god and by the throne of God the man who has done
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Antigone Essay The Greek play by Sophocles; Antigone‚ tells a story of a sympathetic sister trying to bury her dead brother; Polyneices‚ but cannot because of the “evil” King Creon. Although‚ that is how the play seems instead‚ I see it as one person’s actions leading to series of events that end up making everyone’s day just miserable. The theme of this play is morality‚ which is what you personally think is right from wrong. In my opinion‚ Antigone’s morals were wrong for all the right reasons
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fought for Thebes. The uncle of the family‚ whose name is Creon‚ has taken the throne in absence of a male descendant of Oedipus. Creon decrees that the burying of Polyneices be forbidden‚ and provides a proper religious burial for Eteocles. The sisters are very alike in many ways. Antigone and Ismene are both fairly outraged about the fact that their brother will not have a proper entrance into the afterlife. They don’t think that Creon should disallow them to bury their brother properly. Both
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brother‚ Eteocles. Issued in a decree by King Creon‚ Polyneices was not to receive burial‚ as he should be considered an enemy of the state. ISMENE “But as for Polyneices‚ who perished so miserably‚ an order has gone out throughout the city--that’s what people say. He’s to have no funeral or lament‚ but to be left unburied and unwept‚ a sweet treasure for the birds to look at‚ for them to feed on their heart’s content. That’s what people say the noble Creon has announced to you and me” (31-39). Antigone
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actually does as he says. The decisions that Haemon takes indicate how he doesn’t back up on what is important to him. Creon decides that Antigone should be executed for burying her brother‚ Haemon her fiancé tries to make Creon back off on his judgment. Haemon says‚ “Don’t be too single-minded‚ then… there’s no disgrace in being able to learn‚ being flexible” while talking to Creon. This demonstrates how Haemon is trying to get his father to double think his decision about condemning Antigone. This
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plague that has struck‚ and the citizens are gathered around the palace to ask him to put a stop to it. Oedipus worriedly asks his brother-in-law Creon to find out from the oracle how to put a stop to the plague. The rising action begins when Creon returns from the oracle and delivers the news to Oedipus about what he learned from the god Apollo. Creon tells Oedipus that the murderer of Laius‚ who was the king of Thebes before Oedipus‚ is living in Thebes‚ and in order for the plague to come to an
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One of the brothers‚ Polynices‚ wanted to commence a war with the kingdom since he wanted the king status for himself only. The main ruler‚ at the time‚ Eteocles and Polynices fought each other‚ therefore wistfully killing each other. Their Uncle Creon‚ who prehended position as King after the deaths of the brother decided that only Eteocles will have a proper burial; Polynices body should lay rotting with no legitimate burial. Antigone‚ the deceased king’s sister‚ concludes that Creon’s decision
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MEG 2 Assignments Ans. 2 Shakespeare’s “Midsummer’s Night Dream” is interwoven with supernatural elements such as fairies‚ elves‚ unrealistic dreams that have been used as a tool to create confusion and therefore comedy within a dream about romance. Like the witches in Macbeth‚ the fairies in “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream” are very much a part of life and interact with men and this can be clearly seen when Oberon accuses Titania of having an affair with the mortal Thesus. Dreams within a
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to his rule. However‚ he did not follow through with his promises‚ but instead worsened the conditions of North Korea. In comparison with the previously discussed texts‚ Kim Jong-un also had a false image similar to that of King Pellinore and King Creon and betrayed the trust of their people. All of leaders had false appearances due to the people’s belief in them. This illustrates that humans prefer to place their trust in their leaders in order to alleviate the pressure of their existing problems
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