Pride Pride is not a symbol for strength‚ but of arrogance. It does not modify you as a powerful individual‚ but as a weakling with feign courage. It is not something to be proud of‚ for it veils you with vanity and ignorance so delicately and innocently that it betrays your conscience into thinking that it is a normal feeling that has no consequence whatsoever. An example of this infamous trap is presented in the play of tragedy Antigone‚ written by Sophocles himself. A character by the name
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Both Oedipus and Herakles‚ lost their family by their own hands‚ but in the long-term the death of Oedipus’s children and the fall of Thebes weigh a heavier consequence. The civil war that Eteocleus and Polynices waged brought inconsiderable amount of distress‚ and the death of Antigone and Ismene resulted in the extinction of the royal family. Herakles never had the opportunity to rule his own kingdom‚ but Oedipus lost not only his family‚ but his city as
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Antigone and Oedipus The King‚ written by Sophocles‚ are deeply tragic plays with a dramatic ending. In both plays‚ fate arises the question: could have Creon‚ Oedipus‚ Antigone‚ and the rest of the family‚ prevented the misfortunes‚ which fell upon them? Or were their lives cursed upon by determination? With every event that took place‚ the possibility of another occurrence was either higher or lower. One can see that every action brings upon an ironic outcome. Also‚ the deadly flaw of hubris can
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Describe how you would want the audience to respond in the final scene (beginning from Eurydice’s entrance) The final scene of Antigone is where the tragedy of the situation is revealed; Creon‚ in simply doing what he thinks his right‚ has angered the Gods to the point where Antigone has died‚ Haemon has killed himself in fury with him‚ and Eurydice has also committed suicide upon hearing this news. The audience should feel sorrow; they should feel pity for Eurydice‚ as she hears the news. And they
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Laius. An oracle warned the parents that their son would murder his father‚ so they ordered him killed. Oedipus survived‚ however‚ and returned to Thebes‚ where he unknowingly killed his father. He then married his mother‚ who bore him Eteocles‚ Polynices‚ Antigone‚ and Ismene. When they learned that the prophecy was true and their shameful secret revealed Jocasta returned to her home and cursed the bed upon which she had slept with both Oedipus and Laius. She then hung herself. Indeed‚ both authors
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is too headstrong for her own good. The only opinion that matters is hers; no one’s words could make her change her outlook on life and death. Antigone is so hell-bent on burying one of her two brothers that died in a battle against one another. Polynices‚ an enemy of the state‚ was not buried‚ while Eteocles was because he was fighting for the country. Antigone decided to bury him in spite of how against it the king is. Antigone believes that the gods’ law is stronger than the law of
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Tragic Character Thesis: Although both Antigone and Creon experience supreme pride and a sense commitment‚ only Creon the tragic hero of the play‚ experiences transfiguration. Creon‚ the new ruler of Thebes decides that Antigone’s brother Polynices will not be given a proper burial because he betrayed his homeland. Antigone tried to give him a proper burial and is supremely proud of her deeds and herself because she believes them honorable and if she must be punished for them‚ she will bear
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In Antigone‚ Sophocles positions the readers to condemn Creon as a misogynist. In Antigone‚ Creon is the newly appointed ruler of Thebes‚ and after banishing all burial rights to Antigone’s brother‚ Polynices‚ Antigone refuses to obey this order and buries him anyway. Creon is pitted against Antigone who holds up the will of the gods and the honor of her family above all else‚ and thus he appears to be against these values. His behavior‚ however‚ suggests otherwise. He aggressively preaches the
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Tiresias knows that regardless of what Oedipus does or believes in‚ his fate will be played out just as the gods intended. Another vivid example of humans trying to change their fate would be in Antigone. Antigone defies Cenon’s order for giving Polynices a proper burial she is punished.
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Introductory Paragraphs for Antigone 2. Antigone violated the laws set forth the land of Thebes by her uncle Creon and planned to defy Creon’s order and bury Polynices. Antigone possesses a remarkable ability to remember the past. Whereas her father Oedipus defies Tiresias‚ the prophet who has helped him so many times‚ and whereas he seems almost to have forgotten his encounter with Laius at the three-way crossroads‚ Antigone begins her play by talking about the many griefs that her father handed
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