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    Antigone Rainy River

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    morals can sometimes be problematic to retain when conflicting with the written law. In Antigone by Sophocles‚ Antigone disregards the decree of her uncle Creon‚ King of Thebes‚ which forbids anybody to bury Antigone’s brother Polynices who was killed in battle. Although Polynices is considered a traitor to the land of Thebes‚ Antigone feels that to respect the wishes of the gods she must burry him. She faithfully acts upon her morals‚ even though they oppose the law. However‚ in the story “On the Rainy

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    a time seems to be difficult. Antigone wishes to honor the gods by burying her brother‚ but the law of Creon says that he shall have no burial since her brother is technically a traitor to the state. Antigone has determined to give her brother‚ Polynices‚ the proper burial even if it cost her own life. Antigone said to Creon:

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    Foils in Antigone

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    the tragic ending of his own life. The conflict between Antigone and Creon in the play is very outstanding and intense. Creon commanded that Eteocles would be buried in formal way‚ meanwhile‚ Creon also made laws to prevent people from burying Polynices. Let his corpse rot and be eaten by animals. Antigone buried the body without any hesitation that she was violating the laws. Because Antigone believed there is nothing can be superior to the gods‚ the gods would agree with her action. She argued

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    She is a strong and independent woman who is the daughter of Oedipus and the sister of Ismene‚ Polyneices and Eteocles. Starting at the beginning of the story‚ Antigone is very upset about the fact that Creon‚ the new king of Thebes‚ decides that Polynices does not deserve a burial because he invaded Thebes to attempt to

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    Antigone: Movie vs Book

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    tells Creon that the queen killed herself because she heard about Haemon and Antigone’s suicides. Also‚ in the movie there is a scene where Antigone and the guard take an elevator and a car to get to a cave where she will be trapped in for burying Polynices. Since this book was written in about 442 B.C‚ Sophocles would not even know what and elevator or a car was let alone put the both in his book. Back in his day they would have walked to wherever they were going and definitely not to an elevator.

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    Antigone

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    risking her life to give her brother Polynices a proper burial she is willing to do it. Using the psychological approach I thought about what would influence Antigone to be so brave and risk her life. She knew the orders Creon gave was against the orders of the Gods‚ and her brother deserved a burial. Antigone doesn’t feel that it is right for one brother (Eteocles) to be honored‚ though they were both killed under the same circumstances‚ and the other brother (Polynices) should be cursed and called a

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    opens with Antigone discussing the burial of her deceased brother Polynices with her sister Ismene. Creon banishes anyone who buries the traitor of Thebes yet Antigone takes no heed of the punishment. "No‚ / he has no right to keep me from my own‚" (Line 59) Antigone believes that no one but her can decide her destiny and her choices are made by her only. In her heart‚ Antigone feels that she did not do anything wrong by burying Polynices. "I did it. I do not deny a thing‚" (Line 451) She sees that

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    Antigone vs Creon

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    Antigone is characterized as a rebellious girl‚ who turns into a martyr‚ and just lost both her brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices‚ in a war between the city-states of Thebes and Argos. Eteocles was fighting the war on Thebes’s side‚ Thebes is where they live‚ but Polynices was fighting for the Argos army. Creon‚ the king of Thebes as well as Antigone’s uncle‚ has made a law that Polynices may not be given proper burial rights on the account of him being a traitor to Thebes. Antigone feels personally

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    ENG 9 HONORS MINICOZZI ANTIGONE SEPT ANTIGONE ENRICHMENT HW QUESTIONS [pic] PROLOGUE AND PARADOS VOCAB: |Decree | |Gouge | |Defy

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    characters to convey that who they are influences what they do. Throughout Antigone‚ Sophocles reveals that Creon is a prideful king who commits to the laws of the city-state. Creon decrees that Polynices‚ who died attacking Thebes‚ is a traitor who can’t receive a burial. However‚ Antigone decides to bury Polynices anyway‚ due to her belief that loyalty to family is more valuable than loyalty to the city-state. Furious that Antigone has knowingly flouted his edict‚ Creon sentences her to death. Convinced

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