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The True Tragic Hero In Sophocles Antigone
475 wordsAntigone, is the drama written by Sophocles. There is still a great debate on who is the true tragic hero in Sophocles' Antigone, Creon or Antigone. Many people believes that it must be Antigone, herself. This is because Antigone is an outstanding example of someone who did what she thought was right, while she was among fools, many hardships, and people who were discouragingly un courageous. When the king Creon ordered that the body of Polyneices, Antigone's brother, be left to rot unburied bec...
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Death Of Socrates Laws Of The Gods
1,247 words... sition. Regardless of the righteousness of his condemnation of Antigone, he believes that, should Antigone be allowed to defy the law and live, his own rule would suffer. To Creon, the most important element of the situation is the disregard for his decree -- the strength of the state, he vows, must never be held in check by an individual (especially a woman). During Socrates' trial, he also maintains his innocence on grounds that he was doing only what the gods required of him. However, the...
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Martyr A Masochist Antigone A Martyr A Masochist Creon
427 wordsAntigone: A Martyr, a Masochist, and a Victim of Tyranny The play Antigone written by Sophocles takes, place in the 400 's B. C. in the town of Thebes, Greece. When Antigone hears her brother shall not have a proper burial, she breaks the kings order and sprinkles dirt over Polyneices body. Antigone pleads for her life, but Creon, the king locks her up in a room of stone in the wilderness. Haimon, engaged to Antigone attempts to rescue her, but finds her dead. Then Haimon kills himself after an ...
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Tragic Hero Creon Fits Antigone
977 wordsA tragic hero, according to Aristotelian definitions, is a "highly renowned and prosperous" character. This figure is not perfect and has to be on some level responsible for his or her downfall. The hero's punishment usually exceeds the crime. By the end of the play, this hero recognizes his or her own error or flaw and accepts the overwhelming retribution. Through this experience, he or she finally gains wisdom. In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon fits the term tragic hero more adequately than Anti...
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People Of Thebes Antigone
415 wordsSecond, Creon will be forgotten because he decides to execute Antigone. Her punishment is to be locked in a blocked cave until she dies. Although later on in the story, Creon does decide to free her, it is too late. The people of Thebes are astounded at the fact that Creon would even conceive of such a horrible punishment. Antigone acted on family honor, which is understood. Therefore, his people will forget Creon. Third, Antigone is a wonderful example of a martyr. Her legacy will live on, and ...
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Realization Of His True Oedipus Threatens Creon
1,406 wordsA Puppet without Strings The theory behind fate or predetermination has been embedded in todays society partially due to literature. Sophocles Oedipus The King perpetuates this ideology that the title character pursues a path which happens to be foretold. Oedipus was determined to save his city and discover his identity, however he ultimately assists in his own downfall. An Oracle reveals that Oedipus is destined to murder his father and marry his mother, and Oedipus, unable to face his unspeaka...
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Law And Order Moral Beliefs
987 wordsPeople with different views of the way humanity and its laws function reach certain stages of moral development. Kohlbergs presents us with these stages of moral development. The individual is categorized under his or her moral priority and the way he or she would handle unexpected situations. In Sophocles play, Antigone, characters illustrate Kohlberg's moral development principles. Ismene embodies Kohlberg's pre-conventional stage throughout Sophocles play Antigone. In Kohlberg's first level o...
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Marry His Mother Brother In Law
1,496 wordsClark 1 The play Oedipus The King begins with the king and queen of Thebes, Laius and Jocasta. Laius was warned by an oracle that his own son would kill him and that he would marry his mother, Jocasta. Determined to reverse their fate, Laius pierced and bound his newborn sons feet and sent a servant away with him with strict instructions to leave the child to die on the mountain of Cithaeron. However, the servant felt badly for the infant and gave him to a shepherd who then gave the child to Pol...
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Power Go To His Head Leads To His Destruction Pride
978 wordsPride is a quality that all people possess in one way or another. Some people take pride in their appearance, worldly possessions, or position in society. The story of Antigone written by Sophocles has two characters who have a tragic flaw of pride. I will show how Creon's pride of power leads to his destruction, and how Antigone's pride makes her an honorable character who should be treated as a hero. Creon is a man who has just become the king of Thebes and has a flaw of having too much pride....
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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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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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Proper Burial Character Flaws
728 wordsThere are many critical mistakes that one can make that have the potential to ruin your life, or possibly take your life. Both William Shakespeare and Sophocles both portray their protagonists character flaws through the critical mistakes they make in their plays Othello and Antigone. In Shakespeare's play, Othello is a noble general who is well-respected by everyone around him. He is happily married to Desdemona. In Sophocles play, Creon is also in a position of nobility, being the king of Theb...
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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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Ancient Greeks Divine Laws
688 wordsAntigone Sophocles tragedy Antigone is often examined within the limits of the conflict of divine law and mans law. The theme of omnipotence of destiny runs all through the play. Sophocles tells the story of Oedipus elder daughter Antigone. Oedipus sons, Eteocles and Polyneices were at war with each other. Eteocles seized power in Thebes. Polyneices with his friends declared the war against his native city. Both brothers died during the battle. The new king, Creon, prohibits Polyneices burial as...
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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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Tragic Heroine Tragic Character
389 wordsTragic Hero By reading Sophocles, Antigone, one may think that the name of the play should be Creon instead; this is because his tragedy is the axis of the work. It is also clear that he is a tragic character, but not the only tragic character in the play. Antigone is battling against Creon, but she is also clashing against patriarchy, the power of the state, and the rules of the society, all in good virtue. Through her actions, Antigone proves to be more of the tragic heroine than simply a trag...
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Plato And Aristotle Oedipus The King
1,158 wordsAn Introspective Look on Fate and Initiation Concerning the Tragedies of Ancient Greece Is man free to mold his own destiny, or is he a mere thread on the spool of life the Fates, the three female deities of Greek Mythology, cut and control? Can, in fact, man determine his life and destiny based on his own free will through successful initiation or is he subject to the web of fate that is woven for him? The force, which controls the path of man, whether from fate or through successful transcendi...
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Story Of Oedipus Oedipus Rex
1,157 wordsSummary for Oedipus Rex The storytelling method that is employed in most classical writing, i. e. the Iliad and the Odyssey as well as Greek tragedy, allows for the development of two stories. One is the story of the now. The now is told through the actions and events of the play or story. The other story that is told is the past. The past is composed of stories that are told by characters and gives needed background information about the main characters and events. In Oedipus Rex, the realizati...
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Excessive Pride Tragic Hero
553 wordsKing Oedipus Excessive Pride Theban play of Oedipus the King talks about one of the Greek tragedies like the Odyssey. Oedipus is the tragic hero of this story that cursed till death to suffer greatly with the knowledge that he married his mother, and killed his father. He ranks himself as a god like being, when he said children, addressing the people of Thebes means that he thinks he is above the people in some way. Every Tragic hero has a flaw, Oedipus tragic flaw is his excessive pride. Oedipu...
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Creon Antigone Polyneices
286 wordsAntigone tells the story of Creon, King of Thebes. The situation arises when our tragic hero, Creon, makes a declaration regarding the death of a traitor. Polyneices was killed in battle and was to remain unburied to demonstrate the punishment for treason. Antigone, Polyneices sister, rebels against Creon and buries her brother, denouncing the decree as an offense against the law of God. Polynese, Creon's son, pleads with his father to listen to his citizens and empathize with Antigone's action....
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