above the love for his family He’d rather kill Antigone to uphold his law and win the respect (or fear) of people of Thebes than pardon his niece and one of his last living relatives. When he sends Antigone to her death he has an argument with his son Haemon. Creon is now killing the love of his son’s life for his own love of power. He tries to take back what he has done but it is to late‚ Antigone‚ Heamon‚ and Eurydice are now dead. Creon had cause his own son and wife to die because of his love for
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Similarities/Differences of Romeo and Juliet/Antigone Rossiter Worthington Raymond once said‚ “Life is eternal‚ and love is immortal‚ and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” Many themes can be illuminated in this quote‚ but there are three that stand out and relate to the plot lines of these two tragic plays‚ in a way that makes the emotions and perception of the characters much more palpable and heartfelt. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Sophocles’
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traditionally reserved for men‚ such as surreptitiously meeting with Ismene in the dark before dawn and burying Polyneices (Woodruff xviii). Furthermore‚ Antigone generally subverts the concept of a feminine‚ maternal woman‚ instead giving up her marriage to Haemon for death and acting “hard and unloving” (Woodruff xviii). The all male audience of Greek theatre would resent how Antigone takes on the role of a man. Sophocles mimics this resentment through Creon’s outrage towards Antigone. At one paint Creon exclaims
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of some women that start to rise in the respective time period. In Antigone‚ society generally views women as cruel people. For example‚ Creon‚ in Antigone‚ exemplifies the general view of society towards women in a monologue to his son‚ Haemon. Creon speaks of how useless women are in his eyes: “the man who rears a brood of useless children…nothing but trouble for himself‚ and mockery from his enemies laughing in his face” (Sophocles‚ 766). When Creon‚ who represents the societal view
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feature: Naturalism pg 247-249 15. Which of the following conventions is seldom found in Elizabethan theaters: Soliloquy or Elizabeth’s Sonnet 16. Know the plot summary of Oedipus Rex. Antigone: Creon condemns both Antigone and Ismene to death. Haemon‚ Creon’s son and Antigone’s betrothed‚ enters the stage. Oedipus the King: Oedipus naturally refuses to believe Tiresias’s accusation. After Tiresias leaves‚ Oedipus threatens Creon with death or exile for conspiring with the prophet. That baby was
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GREEK VOCABULARY USED IN THE PLAY ANTIGONE. 1. grievous causing or marked by grief or anguish EXAMPLE SENTENCE: To me‚ Antigone‚ no word of friends Has come‚ or glad or grievous‚ since we twain Were reft of our two brethren in one day By double fratricide; 2. lament a cry of sorrow and grief EXAMPLE SENTENCE: No man may bury him or make lament— 3. promulgate put a law into effect by formal declaration NOTES: "Mandate" and "edict" are synonyms for a law that King Creon
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Individual Vs. State The clash between individual conscience and governmental law is a time-honored struggle of mankind‚ involving the conflict between adhering to civil law and giving allegiance to a higher law‚ or power. Everyone has their own beliefs as to what is moral and immoral. Many people today will oppose the government and sacrifice themselves because of their personal belief that certain laws are unjust. Gandhi‚ the leading advocate for independence in India‚ demonstrated this when
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divine law‚ which is true for all time. Antigone acted upon the moment‚ a moment when her actions were just. Her defiance of the state sets in motion a series of events that test the bonds of filial piety and what it means to live under divine law. Haemon loved Antigone and wanted to marry her. When his father condemned her to death and would not see the error‚ he committed suicide. Upon learning about her son’s death‚ Creon’s wife commits suicide. Creon was not loyal to his family and disobeyed divine
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Pride Essay Antigone “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and‚ of course‚ as long as you ’re looking down‚ you can ’t see something that ’s above you.” (C.S. Lewis). Pride can take over the lives of people who have it within them. It is ok to feel proud but if the sense of pride is exaggerated it will lead to arrogance and therefore to problems. In the book Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ pride is displayed as good and bad. Pride can have a big impact on people when it is taken
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LASMAIDA MIKHA THERESIA ROGATE 7B 1104913 DIMENSION OF JUSTICE IN THE PLAY OF “ANTIGONE” In this second essay entitle ‘Dimension of Justice in the Play of “Antigone”‚ I would like to compare the understanding of “justice” in Creon and Antigone’s point of view as well as the justice’s point of view according the truth. There are number of reasons why I am interested to analyze the term of justice in this second essay. One of them is that it is a challenging issue to discuss. To support the essay
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