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Burying Her Brother Line Of Kings
1,463 wordsIn Sophocles' Greek tragedy, Antigone, two characters undergo character changes. During the play the audience sees these two characters' attitudes change from close minded to open-minded. It is their close minded, stubborn attitudes, which lead to their decline in the play, and ultimately to a series of deaths. In the beginning Antigone is a close minded character who later becomes open minded. After the death of her brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, Creon becomes the ruler of Thebes. He decide...
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Bury Her Brother Concept Of Fate
444 wordsSophocles Antigone concerns the struggle of a young woman battling for justice at all costs. The idea of fate is a staple throughout Greek Literature, and Sophocles uses the concept of fate to dictate the actions of a character. Antigone's destiny is one of predestination, a mission of the gods which begins with her ill-fated family and Creons decree, and ends with her own actions. The Ancient Greek plays contain a concept of fate that dictates every action taken by, and every word spoken by a c...
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Feels That Creon Laws Of Heaven Antigone
757 wordsHistory 100 9 / 29 / 99 Adrian Kick Antigone During the ancient years of Greece, new ideas came up that complicated life. These new beliefs came with the strong development of science, where people started to get new aspects of Gods. But yet they were encouraged to exercised Gods and the heavenly matters in city-states. These new ideals often conflicted with each other creating complex moral dilemmas. In the play, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war dealing with the controversy of the ...
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Bury Her Brother Great Job
864 wordsMake these excuses, I will heap/ The earth over my brothers body (63). Although no one would help her, Antigone took a stand against injustice and honored her brother by burying him, even though Creon said this act would be punishable by death if anyone committed this act of insubordination. Especially in the age that Antigone lived in, it was considered foolish to simply go against a mans orders, let alone the Kings. Not to mention that Antigone was related to the King, making the situation eve...
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Bury Her Brother Antigone
339 wordsIn everyday life, the outcome of your day can be altered by the simplest or most complicating choices. Antigone's decision to bury her brother, Creon's choice to sentence Antigone to death, and again Antigone's choice to end her life were important decisions that other characters based their conclusions around. The choices of the characters in Antigone change the outcome of the play and the lives or choices of other characters. The famous "first" decision of Antigone was to bury her brother Poly...
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' P Loved One
1,150 words... the gods celebrating traitors? Inconceivable!' (p 73) Creon speaks of citizens that loyally submitting to their king would follow their kings in good times as well as bad. But his own nephew turned against him and his state, and an audience can understand the problem Creon was faced with as the ruler of the city and can empathize that the decision not to pay the last rites to a traitor is just. By empathizing with this it gives credit to Creon as a ruler, but raises ambiguity about Creon's c...
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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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Antigone And Ismene Ismene Is Loyal Brother
639 wordsTwo sisters destined to love each other, but conflict interrupts their paths. The firsts journey is one of self-exploration and discovery; the others of continual oppression and hardships. Ismene and Antigone are the troubled sisters whose decisions take them on different courses, but these same choices also brought them together. Even though their actions show differently, Antigone and Ismene's morals and philosophies show that they are true sisters at heart. Antigone shows the attribute of bol...
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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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Divine Laws Driving Force
1,820 wordsIn the play Antigone, Sophocles poses many different themes and moral lessons. The specific component I would like to focus on is selfishness and its effects. Through the characters various actions and ultimate fates, Sophocles teaches us that selfish, self-serving motives lead to destruction, loneliness and loss. Two characters that exemplify the consequences of selfishness are Creon, the King, and Ismene, Antigone's sister. Antigone, of course, being the heroin of the story reinforces this les...
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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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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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Tragic Hero Tragic Flaw
729 wordsThe intelligence and wit that Hamlet was so respected for would unknowingly be the end of him. The drive for revenge that was originated by his father's murder seemed to disappear by his exceeding careful movement and thoughtful postponement. Hamlet became too concerned with the things that might happen and lost sight of what needed to happen. The tragic end that Hamlet saw was only due to the character flaws that he had. Hamlet was a tragic hero, because of the tragic end that he brought upon h...
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Antigone Vs Midsummer Night Dream
1,479 wordsAntigone Vs Midsummer Night's Dream Within the scope of this research, we will discuss the role of irony in the two plays Antigone and Midsummer Nights Dream. Although the plays are written by different authors, and are quite different in their nature, irony plays a significant role in understanding the plays at large. In Antigone, Antigone displays the tragic flaw of disproportionate ambition. The irony of the play is in the fact that while Antigone appears to be a tragic hero, she herself is r...
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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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Goneril And Regan Internal And External
1,911 wordsFamily dynamics and dysfunction considering Antigone, Medea, and King Lear Throughout history novelists and playwrights have to created dysfunctional families. These families lead tragic lives. Within these families, there are both internal and external battles to be dealt. In William Shakespeare's King Lear the author reveals truly dysfunctional families. In King Lear there are two families that display dysfunctions, the Lear family and the Gloucester family. Within the two families, there are ...
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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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Bury Her Brother Inferior To Men
1,998 wordsAntigone In ancient Greece, women were inferior to men, for they were expected to stay home all the time and keep the house. In fact, the only women who were ever outside of their house were usually courtesans or hereditas. The families of ancient Greece were very strong, for the poles consisted of many extended families. Gender issues are very apparent in Antigone, and these issues lead to why Antigone breaks Creon's man-made laws and followed the divine laws that Antigone felt was moral and ju...
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Divine Will Is More Powerful Religious Beliefs Creon
607 words2. In many ways, the plot of Antigone had to do with power. Which of these do you think Sophocles favors most strong in Antigone? POWER TRIPS In the play, Antigone, written by Sophocles, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war dealing with moral versus political power. In essence, Sophocles demonstrates that divine will is more powerful than that of the state. Antigone's side of the conflict is a more heavenly approach as opposed to the political venue taken by Creon. Antigone feels that C...
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