convicted of being. Antigone’s actions went against her homeland. Creon had declared that "Our country is our safety. Only while she voyages true on course can we establish friendships truer than blood itself. Such are my standards. They make our city great."( Act I: Scene II: Line 382) He says this meaning that if everyone acted as a whole they would always prosper. If someone were to go against the laws and ideals put by Creon it would only cause dissension. When Antigone went against the law
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trap is presented in the play of tragedy Antigone‚ written by Sophocles himself. A character by the name of Creon was a victim of pride born from his position as ruler of the city of Thebes. It wasn’t long before he wallowed in sorrow‚ as pride swallowed in whole‚ smothering his familial views‚ killing his feel for care‚ and taking its place beside the ones he loved so. The motive by which Creon committed was a lethal mistake. His law of a deadly penalty crushed his son’s wife’s heart. That wife‚ Antigone
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this event happened‚ Creon‚ his uncle‚ took the power as king and planned a cue d’état in which both Antigone´s brothers died in battle. On the one hand‚ because Eteocles was fighting for Creon‚ he was given an honorable funeral. On the other hand‚ Polynices‚ who fought against Creon and Eteocles‚ was destined to rot his body and exposed to public shame. According to what was just mentioned‚ it becomes easier to realize the equalities in which Antigone such as Mandela lived. Creon‚ in his visceral way
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conflict with one another. Your culture and the people around you may be telling you to do one thing‚ while in your heart; you feel that a different way is the way to go. This is exactly what happens in Sophocles’ play Antigone. Ismene‚ Haimon‚ and Creon all have a difficult time choosing between following what their conscience is saying and what society thinks‚ which leads to conflict between the characters. Ismene faces this conflict of conscience vs. society when deciding whether to help Antigone
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in the tragedy of Oedipus Rex and Antigone‚ Oedipus and Creon do foolish actions. In a way they had eyes yet were blind to the actions they created. The story of Oedipus was well known to Sophocles’ audience. In Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus was born from Jocasta and the king as a prince‚ but a prophet foretold that he would kill the king and "lay" with his mother. So the king and Jocasta let him bleed out on a mountain. Afterward he was then raised by the people who found him. when he grew up he then
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The play Antigone supports Creon’s claims that the rule of the king must be obeyed even if it is wrong in order to avoid anarchy and chaos. It is tragic that so many lives had to be lost. It is hard to be a king and maintain the rule of law. King Creon is a strong king that demands to be obeyed no matter what the cost. Tragically he lost so many that he cared for. First his brother dies‚ then his two nephews fight over the throne and end up killing each other. Eteocles was the king however his brother
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Antigone. When he first approaches his father‚ Haemon appeals to his father’s sense of morals and values by cautioning him to use reason in his decision-making. He does this by explaining to Creon how he is not capable of ¨knowing everything¨(Sophocles). He says this to try to knock some sense into Creon that no one can make these huge decisions without a little help and advice. It is important to Haimon that he tries his hardest to prove to his father that it is okay to take some advice‚ and it
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whatever she wants even if they don’t agree with her style of clothing. In Antigone it says‚ “but Polyneices [her brother]‚ they say that Creon [the king and Antigone’s uncle] has sworn that no one shall bury him‚ no one mourn for him‚ but this body must lie in the fields.” (Sophocles Prologue.17‚ 19-21). Antigone is not allowed to bury her brother by order of Creon. In those days‚ it was believed that if you didn’t bury the dead they wouldn’t be able to enter the afterlife. All Antigone wanted was
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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 of others and is unable to see the errors of his own ways until
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is anxiously trying to appeal her sentence. The music makes the audience drawn is drawn to feel sympathy and pity her when she is preaching her views on death. For instance‚ a solemn melody is played when Haemon’s dead corpse is brought to King Creon. Creon grieves by himself as he is overcome with devastation caused by his foolish actions; his emotions are intensified by the sorrowful and sombre background music. The music is able to complement the play‚ while accentuating the more significant events
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