follower. In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ a misunderstanding is depicted. Antigone‚ the main character‚ is seen as someone who is completely defiant against the King’s wishes. Antigone’s brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices‚ went to battle after Eteocles refused to share the throne with Polynices. Both of them perished in the battle and only Eteocles was given a proper burial. Antigone‚ being a good citizen‚
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The Power of Love In the play Antigone‚ there are negative and positive qualities each character possesses such as: determination‚ willfulness‚ deceit‚ greed for power‚ freewill‚ and fate. Eteocles‚ Polynices‚ Antigone‚ and Ismene all grew up in harmony and peace. Until their father‚ Oedipus‚ realizes that he had fulfilled a prophecy that his parents were trying so desperately to avoid. Oedipus who was abandoned by his parents as a child fulfilled the prophecy by unknowingly killing his father and
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using good judgement. In the beginning of Antigone‚ Creon refuses to let anyone give Polynices‚ Antigone’s brother‚ a proper burial‚ because he “dishonored” his country and family by fighting against Thebes. Creon believes that burying Polynices will cause him to lose his power and control‚ because Polynices was Creon’s enemy. Creon clearly states that any man or woman who disobeys his laws by burying Polynices will be punished with no exception. By enforcing the law‚ it shows that Creon lacks
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king of Thebes. Her brothers Polynices and Eteocles battle for who was going to be next king. Antigone seems well liked because Haemon tells his father that the people believe Antigone should burry her brother Polynices. This shows that Antigone was well known and well liked throughout the story. Therefore Antigone shows her tragic flaw which is her abundance of pride. Polynices and Eteocles the brothers
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Rendition of Antigone proposal by Director: Dawson Gundlah For my rendition of the famous play of Antigone from the Oedipus Trilogy I propose a new age adaptation to the play. I propose we make it a little more fun‚ and lighter‚ but we should not change what the play supposed to do and that was to be a tragedy. It will be the best of both worlds and provoke emotion in the reader like the original. Antigone is a powerful story about a daughter of a man who married his mother on accident‚ a sister
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I think he goes wrong with not being able to see all aspects of not wanting to bury Polynices. Polynices was not just a traitor that tied with other countries‚ to attack his brother in order to become the king of Thebes. Creon fails to recognize the familial ties between Antigone and her brother Polynices. Antigone just wants her brother to have a proper burial. Creon rules that anyone who tries to give Polynices a proper burial will be stoned to death. His one track mind eliminates his feelings
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main goal is to seek justice for his kingdom and in doing so he deemed Polynices‚ Antigone’s brother‚ a traitor. Power blinds him and he sentences Antigone to life on a deserted island for going against his wishes. Creon comes to his senses a little too late‚ losing his family in the process. On the other hand Antigone feels that if the state is going against the law of God by Creon not giving proper burial honors to Polynices‚ then a person has the right to take matters into their own hands. When
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father rules the city as a tyranny but not as a government. Also‚ Creon does not even believe to Teirsesias‚ who made him king in the first place. Tiresias‚ the blind prophet warns Creon that the gods are angry about the blasphemous treatment of Polynices’ body and will punish the city for this sacrilege. “Only a fool is governed by self-will‚ “the advice given by Tiresias means that a fool does not use his reason or wisdom but his emotion or what he wants. Creon does not care and suspects Tiresias
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ruler. Creon’s rule brought more devastation to Thebes which worsen the situation after violating the laws of the gods. When Antigone’s brothers—Eteocles and Polynices—died with one killing the other‚ Creon decided that Polynices’ corpse be left unburried with no honor unlike Eteocles’ and prohibited anyone to mourn over Polynices’ cadaver. However‚ being affectionate and reverent to his brother’s corpse‚ Antigone did not follow Creon’s rules. When Antigone was caught in the act of burrying
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Sophocles in this play I found that my attitude and morals are quite similar to the protagonist Antigone. In the story Antigone has been told that if she buries her brother‚ who died fighting against the city Antigone lives‚ she would be put to death."Polynices‚ I say is to have no burial; no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him" 1.55-58. However‚ she defies the law and buries him anyways‚ because she knows that the law of God surpasses that of man. That is one way we are similar along with
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