Antigone‚ from the play Antigone‚ is like her father Oedipus‚ from the play Oedipus Rex‚ through the two classical values‚ justice and courage. Antigone showed justice by doing what she believed was right. Her brothers body‚ he was killed in war‚ was cast from the city with no rights and without a proper burial‚ and no one was allowed to bury it. Antigone‚ seeing this as an injustice decided to make it right by burying her brother anyway at the expense of herself. This shows justice because to do
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In Antigone by Sophocles ( a perfect example of a Greek tragedy) ‚ the downfall of both the protagonist Antigone and antagonist Creon is brought about by their tragic flaw which is following their own concept of justice; Antigone- a strong willed egocentric girl- followed religious law over civil law while Creon- the huborous stubborn king of Thebes- followed civil law over religious law. Antigone’s mortal righteousness to uphold the gods
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Kylie Bartlett Per. 3 4/1/11 Antigone essay Remember those people who always thought they were right‚ and they always ended up in trouble for it? I Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ the main characters Antigone and Creon show how being so hubris can be tragic to your life. Set back in ancient Greece an epic battle takes place and brothers end up killing each other. One was allowed a proper burial‚ yet Polyinesis was not. Antigone felt disappointed by this and decided to bury them yet Creon the newly
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follow whether good or bad are can only be blamed on us. Sophocles’s Antigone portrays human emotions and consequences that follow two distinct choices. We can broaden the spectrum by saying that Creon represents public policy and Antigone represents individual conscience. According to E.S. Shuckburgh we must examine which is more important “state law or divine conscience”. (Shuckburgh xviii) Antigone is a story about two people who choose to make choices that each are passionate
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hours each. Sophocles was a Greek tragedian and the playwright of the famous tragedy‚ Antigone‚ which astounded the audience due to the dominant woman tragic hero of Antigone. He incorporated the Chorus‚ a group of elders‚ into this tragedy as all Greek plays did. The Chorus was used to provide wisdom‚ advice‚ and morals directly to the characters‚ and also provide background information to the audience. In Antigone‚ the Chorus uses the literary device of allusion to introduce a different atmosphere
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to the play Antigone because they all have something to do with dying in honor and control who you are. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices’ body. Ismene refuses to help her because Ismene is afraid of getting the death penalty. Antigone says if she dies from trying to bury her brother Polyneices‚ she will die in honor knowing that she will do anything to have her brother die peaceful and the way he is supposed to. The poem “If we must die” best represents to Antigone because Antigone wants to die
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fortes‚ and a positive mindset. Sophocles uses the dealings between the law of the Gods and the law of man to portray that by conquering stumbling blocks we discover what who we are. Antigonê is a strong woman with religious convictions that compel her to do what she believes is right‚ regardless of consequence. Antigonê finds herself in a dilemma torn between submitting to Creon’s laws‚ and her obligations to her family. King Creon dishonored Polyneicês who fought against Thebes‚ and granted full
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every action is a motive. In Sophocles’ work of art Antigone‚ there are many possible motives for the character’s actions. Creon causes Polyneices burial to be forbidden‚ sentences Antigone to death‚ and locks Antigone in a stone room because his motives were to be a fair and unbiased ruler. Creon says‚ “and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare‚ -I have no use for him‚ either” (1. 153-154). Creon punishes Antigone because he knows that pardoning a guilty person just
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living and not with the breathless dead. As Antigone prepares to be taken to her “rockbound prison‚” she surrenders her resolute façade and reveals her vulnerable‚ humbled side as she feels estranged and doomed as an outcast forever from her loved ones and society as whole (939). Antigone begins calling out to her city saying “O you mock me!” personifying Thebes‚ giving the city power over herself; power to judge her transgressions (930). Antigone uses many apostrophes as she calls out to Thebes
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considered to be citizens. Unsurprisingly‚ this dynamic of male dominance extended into their theatre practice‚ in which men played all of the characters--even the female characters--and men composed the entire audience (Della Gatta). Remarkably then‚ Antigone and Lysistrata both feature strong and assertive titular heroines‚ despite the androcentric culture in which they were were conceived and performed. Rather than challenging the patriarchal organization of society‚ however‚ these plays reinforce the
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