It’s important to think before one acts rather than acting on irrational emotions because it could ultimately lead to a person’s downfall. In “Othello” and “Antigone‚” both Othello and Creon are confronted by their tragic flaws of irrational passions—excessive pride and jealousy. While possessing differing tragic flaws‚ both men ultimately suffer from the results of their decisions after it was too late to recognize their flaw. In Shakespeare’s “Othello‚” Othello is highly respected and looked
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Istahil Ibrahim Prof. Sophie Bourgault POL2107 June 13th‚ 2012 Creon: The Complicated Tyrant Since the beginning of political thought‚ the issues surrounding the ‘ideal’ regime and the ‘ideal’ ruler have been hotly contested. These issues have been manifested in various works ranging from ancient plays to philosophical dialogues. How various thinkers argued the ‘ideal’ was to juxtapose it with the opposite – the rule of a tyrant. The philosopher Plato‚ in his Socratic Dialogue The
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Haemon and Creon is similar in certain ways. Haemon serves as a foil like character. Creon is his anger‚ disrespect and unreasonableness Haemon’s words‚ actions‚ and ideas contrast with Creon’s character to the point of these two characters having conflicts. These conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of anger‚ disrespect‚ and stubbornness to be highlighted within Creon’s character. Creon is developed as a tragic hero because he is a good leader‚ he has a couple flaws that makes him into
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conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of anger‚ hate‚ and disappointment to be highlighted within Creon’s character. Ultimately‚ these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by putting his niece in a cave to die‚ caused other deaths. That particular mistake put a lot of people in the grave. Creon argues that the welfare
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the play‚ Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ two characters‚ Antigone and Creon‚ have thee of these four. The possession of the fourth quality is what sets one apart as the main character. Even though the title of the play is Antigone‚ the main character-the protagonist- is Creon. Antigone may seem to be the only character to have everlasting loyalty ‚ as she is willing to die for her brother‚ Polyneices‚ right to a proper burial; however‚ Creon also displays this trait. It is Creon’s duty as a Greek man and
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Creon’s downfall This is an analysis of the character Creon from the story‚ Antigone. Creon is the uncle of Antigone and the king in the story. In my opinion he is very insecure and cocky. He is also very nasty‚ rude‚ ignorant‚ unforgiving‚ and acts like a dictator. He doesn’t listen to others‚ and he thinks he is always right about everything. He doesn’t like to be proven wrong‚ and gets aggravated when he is challenged by others and is proven wrong. Creon’s human flaws and emotions such as pride
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one person‚ her uncle‚ Creon. In Sophocles’ famous play Antigone‚ Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ suffers from greater hubris than Antigone because he is selfish‚ stubborn and domineering. One of the reasons why Creon suffers from excessive pride is because he is selfish. An example that shows that he is egoistic or selfish is that Creon does not care about how his son’s life would turn out to be after Antigone’s death. Before Antigone is taken away Ismene says to Creon “But your own son’s bride
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defense of Antigone’s and Creon’s cause. Between Antigone and Creon‚ Creon suffers the greater sacrifice. This is shown in the way that he sacrificed his own family’s life‚ while Antigone took her own life on purpose so she was not sacrificing anything‚ she wanted to die. This is also shown in the fact that Creon lost all respect from his kingdom‚ or citizens‚ and his self‚ while Antigone died with respect. Throughout the course of Antigone‚ Creon lost all respect from his kingdom and own self by choosing
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Enemies are a threat to one’s personal public life. In Antigone‚ Creon states “An enemy is an enemy‚ even dead.” Creon’s unwillingness to show compassion and compromise to bring healing to his kingdom have tragic consequences. There are some people in reality who are living to intentionally hurt people. Between the first sentence and Creon’s statement‚ their relation acts as an answer to a statement from somebody’s own belief. Even if someone is to say how true it is for an enemy to cause a threat
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Creon: A Virtuous King? Antigone is a Greek Tragedy that was written in 441 B.C. by Sophocles who is considered one of the great tragedians of the Greek time period and even today. Antigone is a complex play which centers on the two main characters‚ Antigone and Creon; Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and the niece to Creon. This play starts with brothers to Antigone‚ Polyneices and Eteocles dying in war; they killed each other tragically while fighting over the throne of Thebes. Eteocles
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