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Oxford English Dictionary Bury Her Brother
1,309 wordsThroughout history mankind has always been faced with judgments. According the Oxford English Dictionary, judgment means the mental ability to form an opinion (AHD, 454). We are forced to make decisions based on our mental opinions. Then, ones actions are based on mental opinions which are judged by other people. Then there is the inevitable justification of these actions by other people or the person themselves. According the Oxford English Dictionary, justify means to demonstrate sufficient le...
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Antigone And Creon Source Of Conflict
1,275 wordsIn the following paper, I plan to discuss the source of conflict between the title characters of Antigone and Creon in Sophocles' "Antigone." I also plan to discuss how each character justifies his or her actions and what arguments they give for their justifications. I will also write about the strengths and weaknesses of these arguments. The final points I try to make are about who Sophocles thinks is right and who I think is right. The main source of conflict between Antigone and Creon is the ...
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Empathy For Characters In Antigone
1,110 wordsSophocles's tragic play Antigone, written in 441 BC, is a theatrical piece of drama in which an audience is compelled to empathize with its character's. When empathizing with characters in Antigone the audience can, in imaginative and cognitive ways, participate in the understanding of a character's feelings, ideas as well as their situations. Antigone, Creon and Ismene all struggle with decisions that concern the laws of their city and the cosmic law of religion and moral judgement. Characters ...
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Antigone Pride And Conflict Of Law
970 wordsSophocles Antigone, in its later phases is no longer about the conflict of law; It is about stubbornness and self will, about the sin of refusing to listen; about a man who has never been told. Conflict of law, presents the initial disturbance within Thebes. Creon, King of Thebes, refuses to bury the body of Polynices, for in his eyes Polynices is his countrys enemy Antigone pg. 131. Thus, despite breaking the laws of the gods, Creon holds his power higher than that of God and heavens and enforc...
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Law Of Man Antigone
516 wordsThrough the many centuries and numerous civilizations, men have clearly taken the role as dominator. For many generations of men, their names and property pass down to an eligible male member of the family. Those men that favor these hierarchical systems are Patriarchies. Patriarchy refers to a social situation where men are dominant over women in wealth, status and power. Antigone, a Greek tragedy by Sophocles, is a classic example of patriarchy. The drama tells of how a daughter of Oedipus, An...
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Written Law Vs Unwritten In Antigone
1,065 wordsIn the play Antigone there is quite a difference in opinion to whether Antigone's actions to go against Human Law or in other words Governed Law was justifiable. Is there a line we can cross when it comes to set laws? Antigone sure thought so. Or was Antigone fighting for her rights as a women to do as she pleased, or was she doing what was best for her brother, "I intend to give my brother burial. I'll be glad to die in the attempt, -if it's a crime, then it's a crime that God commands" (Sophoc...
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Bury Her Brother Tragic Hero
699 wordsTragic Hero What qualities generate a hero? Must heroes possess superhuman abilities? In the Greek era, heroism was much more practical. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero must be royal. He / she must be a good, moral person. Yet, every tragic hero must exhibit flaws. His / her flaws must lead to downfall. A hero must be punished or experience suffering. He / she must invoke catharsis into the audience. A tragic hero must recognize his / her wrongs and accept all consequences. Beyond all doub...
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Antigone Sophocles And My Perspective On Greek Drama
1,055 wordsBorn in 495 B. C. , Sophocles was to become one of the great playwrights of the golden age. The son of a wealthy merchant, he would enjoy all the comforts of a thriving Greek empire. He studied all of the arts. By the age of sixteen, he was already known for his beauty and grace and was chosen to lead a choir of boys at a celebration of the victory of Salamis. Twelve years later, his studies complete, he was ready to compete in the City Dionysia -- a festival held every year at the Theatre of Di...
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Fascination With Death Father In Law
1,502 wordsSophocles is very concise in laying out the issues of the play and the values most cherished by his characters. In the argument between Antigone and Ismene, Ismene seems doubly powerless. She provides a contrast to her stronger sister throughout the play. Though she is saddened by the fate of Polyneices' body, she does not believe that there is anything she can do. She reminds Antigone that they are only women and are relatively helpless. Though she is sorry to be unable to help her brother, she...
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Burying Her Brother Bury Her Brother
1,756 wordsIt takes a lot of courage to stand up and defend an action or idea that is forbidden by society. This is what Antigone does in Sophocles's tory Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon's order that no person should bury Antigone's brother, Polynices, which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case, though, is Antigone's decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively; they cause problems within the royal family, disagreement among the people and direct...
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Bury Her Brother Pg 750 Line Antigone
576 wordsAntigone is a very strong willed character. In the very first scene of the book Antigone is talking to her sister (Ismene) about how their two brothers (Eteocles and Polyneices) killed each other fighting over the thrown. Antigone is enraged over the fact that Creon (Antigone's uncle and the new king) has buried Eteocles with military honors but has left Polyneices to rot. Creon has declared that any person who buries Polyneices will be killed, but Antigone doesn't care. Antigone is driven to bu...
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Ethics Of Personal Law
1,009 wordsEthics of Personal Law The central conflict of Antigone is focused between Antigone and Creon. This conflict is formally the conflict between the state law represented by Creon and a gods law or being more precise the personal law or human law of Antigone. Antigone recognizes the divine law only and she neglects the state law of Creon. To avoid verbosity in the future analysis the term divine or gods law will be associated with the personal law of Antigone. The conflict of Antigone is a question...
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Laws Of The State Divine Laws
861 words[Course Title] Antigone: Pillar Of Righteousness Antigone is the resolute and strong-willed daughter of King Oedipus. She is determined to give her brother, Polynices, a decent burial. She consciously risks her life with this action, which violates both Creon's unjust decree, as well as the ancient custom of denying burial to enemies of the state. She obeys only the laws of the gods and the dictates of familial loyalty and social decency. Antigone is led by the demands of her conscience. Antigon...
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Bury Her Brother Antigone And Ismene
707 wordsThe Role of Ismene in Antigone In Sophocle's Antigone, the characters show a variety of traits. However, Antigone's life of aspiration, family of noble rank, and display of good mentality portray her as the tragic hero of the story. A tragic hero must include three main traits. The hero must have a tragic flaw, a family of high class or rank, and must be a fundamentally good person. Antigone fulfills all three traits painstakingly in the mythic story of Antigone. A tragic flaw plays a very imper...
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Tragic Heroes Antigone And Hamlet
1,675 wordsTragic Heroes Antigone and Hamlet Aristotle once defined a concept of tragic hero, which should be a character with a flaw in personality or judgment that will lead this character to some actions resulting into disaster. In tragedies Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and in Sophocles Antigone main characters fit the concept of a tragic hero perfectly as they meet all of the requirements to be a tragic hero which are: a person of noble birth who occupies a powerful enough position to make choices wh...
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Beginning Of The Play Antigone
1,043 wordsAntigone by Sophocles is one of the most distinguished pieces of theatrical work that reflects upon Greek mythology and culture. Antigone has several themes and circumstantial settings that can be indirectly referred or related to in modern society. Sophocles uses various and strategically placed characters to present his play as well as his themes. The play mainly revolves around Antigone who acts alongside her elder sister, Ismene. Both are daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta who are in the conte...
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Antigone Creon
939 wordsHeroism is defined by cause. Bravery is a factor, however, it depends on what one is putting oneself out on a limb for that makes one a hero. It is not enough to be brave. Antigone? s character has many different layers. In some respects, she is a heroine, but in others, she is merely a victim of her own pride. At the beginning of the play, the chorus describes Antigone as a little helpless creature that keeps to herself, and is in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Ismene. They describe Antigo...
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Burying Her Brother Divine Law
945 wordsDivine Law vs. Human Law Sophocles famous play, Antigone, can be perceived as a conflict between individual conscience and state policy. Yet the issue of the play goes beyond that conflict and touches the universal conditions of suffering, religion, and loyalty. Through Antigone's character which represents the spheres of family loyalty, divine law, and human suffering, Sophocles conveys the idea that a law of man that violates religious law is not a law at all. He expresses this idea by having ...
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Creon Is Making Antigone And Creon One
981 words? If they only Knew? When two people have an uncompromisable difference in opinion they are forced to become enemies. Sophocles illustrates this in the tragedy Antigone through the main characters, Antigone and Creon. Antigone, King Oedipus? s daughter, has come back to Thebes after king Creon has put her two brothers Polyneices and Etocles to death. After being killed only one brother is given a proper burial, the other one, Polynecius, is left out to be? chewed up by birds and dogs (page 168 l...
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King Of Thebes Brother Polyneices
589 wordsGreek Values Through Antigone Antigone reflects the worldviews and cultural values of the Greeks through honor, fighting for her will and the right thing, and destiny. Antigone showed honor because she knew she had to bury Polyneices. She was fighting for what was right, because she knew it was right to bury her brother, Polyneices. Finally Antigone showed destiny because she knew her fate was to die for her brother. Antigone reflected the Greek values in three main ways. Throughout the story An...
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