...relations to ensure mutual love, keep balance, and prevent madness from becoming a deadly power. Antigone by Sophocles uses conflict and allusion to describe how the protagonist feels about uniting family rather than dividing and letting power choose family’s destiny. To commence with, families do seem to find problems with each other, yet in this story or play the protagonist (Antigone, (Obeying all her instincts of love, loyalty, and humanity)(Taplin). seeks a way to stop Creon’s madness, her royal uncle, from becoming the ultimate king of Thebes. Sophocles inserts conflict within the characters to resemble how Antigone wants to show the people of Thebes that not all laws and orders that her uncle demands, should...
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...directly correlates to the problem of violence within society among the works of Sophocles’ Antigone, Plato’s Republic and Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. Creon from Sophocles’ Antigone, Thrasymachus from Plato’s Republic and the Melian Dialogue from Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War all illustrate how force can be used for personal gain. The characters involved in these three works evidently reveal that those who are awarded with the utmost power may not always be the people who deserve the right to make decisions. Creon, from Sophocles’ Antigone, is a prime...
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...They express their views through their stories of Greek mythology. This is best expressed in the Greek plays and stories such as Sophocles’ Antigone and Oedipus the King. In the story of Antigone and Oedipus theKing, male are predominantly superior to women, yet some of the women in the stories transgressed their roles in society to their own. The roles of women in Greek society were very similar to the roles of women all around the world. Their role in society was to be the care takers and was known as nothing more than a child bearer and object of sex. They were portrayed as weaker and obedient to men. In Sophocles play of Antigone, Antigone’s sister says, "We who are women should not contend with men; we who are weak are ruled by the stronger. . . Pardon me if I obey our rulers since I must" (Sophocles, Antigone 61-66). This shows us how typical women act and believe in Greek society. In Oedipus the King, the inferiority of women is shown through the portrayal of Jocasta, being shown as the weaker sex. As we have learned from history, in these Greek plays, the women were played by men, showing that they did not trust women because of the presumed inability to do so or they believed that they were not mentally capable. This is shown in the line "Go, one of you, and bring the shepherd here. Let us leave this woman to brag of her royal name."(Sophocles, Oedipus the King, 749), as said by Oedipus. This line suggests that women of high power just brag about what they have, even though...
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...Antigone: Analysis Contrary to popular belief, Antigone is not trying to be martyr, but instead someone who deeply cares for her brother. A common belief at the time was that without burial, one could not enter the underworld. She cannot stand by and watch as her brother sits, trapped in limbo, unable to travel into the underworld. She knows that her brother was a traitor, and still risks her life to save his soul. She faces the question of whether to be loyal to family or to government. Although most people would choose the latter out of fear for their lives, Antigone cares too much for her brother and cannot live knowing that he is trapped in the mortal world without a body to inhabit. She believes that dying and joining her brother is a fate far better than living and knowing that he is trapped. This selfless affection is something anyone could have for someone they love. A theme in Antigone is "love conquers all" because no matter what rules Creon puts in place; love and devotion will always overpower them. Throughout the story, Antigone and Creon represent a lot of opposing ideas. However, the most important one is Antigone’s family devotion vs. Creon’s civic duty. In his play, Sophocles writes, ANTIGONE You smile at me. Ah Creon, Think me a fool, if you like; but it may well be That a fool convicts me of folly. (272-274) Antigone calls Creon a fool for angering the gods, and thinking that he is above even them. Because of her crimes...
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...in high regard. Many characters in the play Antigone, either are an example, or just the opposite, of one or several of the virtues. The ruler of Thebes, King Creon, illustrates several of the Greek virtues throughout the play. The three that the king exhibits rather well are Kalokagathia, Sophrysne, and Arete. Balance can be a difficult thing to not only achieve but more often is even harder to sustain. Kalokagathia is the Greek character virtue of balance. It is however, important in keeping the universe in order. There are plenty of opposing topics that have been an issue for thousands of years. Balancing is finding the happy medium for two opposing topics. For example: church and state, law and justice, man and the gods, one’s self and other people, and a job and family. As ruler of a kingdom, King Creon certainly had to deal with balancing many different facets of life. As the highest ruler in the land he has much more to balance than the average man and there are many people who are affected by the way he tries to maintain this balance. He takes his role as king quite seriously, he strives for excellence. He makes this clear when addressing the elders, “A man who rules the entire state and does not take the best advice there is, but through fear keeps his mouth forever shut, such a man is the very worst of men”. [178-182] He shows the importance of maintaining the desired midpoint of wise counsel and his own ideas. King Creon shows that his scales tend to lean in favor...
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...and vultures. Is this a crime?'"(554-557) Antigone is a victim of her own actions, but the true, tragic victim of Sophocles’ Antigone is Haimon; torn between the two people duty tells him to hold the highest. As an immensely patriarchal society, Haimon should have put his father’s wishes before Antigone’s and that’s his fatal flaw, but there was no winning either way. There is no denying that Antigone had pure intentions for what she was doing and believed that the gods should be held above man’s law, regardless she broke Creon’s rules and was punished for such; Haimon was only...
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...many differences. Humans can hold multiple moral ideas and when situations arise to cause these ideals to overlap in a conflicting manner, everyone has to decide for themselves what is the best moral resolution. Every individual has to balance for themselves when, if ever, an immoral act is acceptable or if there are reason for an act once thought immoral to no longer be immoral. Both Antigone and Socrates are examples of threat to the political order of their societies. Antigone does this by challenging the orders of the city's new ruler in name of her dead brother and her religious beliefs which states that he should be...
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...Some speeches go a long way to exemplifying one’s views and mindset, in ways to garner support. Creon’s speech to the council-session in Sophocles’ Antigone is one such example. This speech accomplishes two things. It gets him support in the story, as well as gaining him support in the eyes of the reader. Creon uses this speech to express his reasons for his actions in ways that will appeal to his council. One of his central themes is ‘friends’ of the state and ‘enemies’ of the state. From the beginning, he addresses his audience as ‘friends’ and stresses about how they remained faithful throughout the turbulence of the recent power struggle in Thebes. He then points this loyalty as being directed to the state and those who have lead it. The...
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...Maslow’s pyramid is the ability of people to accept themselves, their surroundings, and to think of things on a higher level. From the beginning of man’s existence to the current day human, we have changed dramatically. People often get swept up in their jobs and families but their basic needs are important. This can also be seen in current novels where people run around so much but they forget to sit down and think. In Antigone and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun few people are able to get past their mental barriers yet three people persist. Antigone, Beneatha, and Asagai all have this ability to balance their busy worlds and their mental needs. Antigone, a play by sophocles is set in Greece after the War on Thebes. Two brothers of the heir were killed in battle. One believed to be a savior...
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...raw and tacky like undried clay or hard and mature like cut diamonds, emotions construct not only minds but also the hearts and souls of everyone. To be able to express anything close to explicit human emotion, especially when it comes to converting such into words, is an otherworldly art only prodigies can master. And when it comes to prodigies, history raises the classic words of The Odyssey by Homer, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and Antigone by Sophocles and puts them on a pedestal of perfect implementation. Throughout the course of these stories, there is one uncut emotion that makes today’s world go round: love. Often times in life people search for the perfect partner -- a true love and a happily ever after. In The Odyssey, Odysseus and Penelope could be considered a power couple even in modern-day society. Although Odysseus is gone for twenty years, he never forgets his faithful wife in Ithaca. This love seems to help him persevere through the many hardships that he encounters on his journey home. On the other hand, Penelope, of course, maintains balance in the scale of affection by unraveling his shroud and delaying her marriage to the suitors...
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...-CD Aeschylus The seven against Thebes of Aeschylus ?CO O -co Presented to the library of the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO by Mr. Edgar Stone J£Vf<- J£ The Nelson Playbooks Edited by JOHN HAMPDEN, M.A. THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES No. 304 THE VILLAGE DRAMA SOCIETY In association with the British Drama League The Society sends out sets of plays for selecand gives advice on questions of production. It will arrange Drama Schools, and provides Lecturers and Adjudicators. The Costume Department makes a speciality of beautiful and accurate historical costume, tion, taking into account not only stage lighting for indoor plays, but distance and daylight on outWell-known portraits have door performances. The department been copied in many instances. can now undertake to dress Pageants, Mystery plays, Shakespeare, Restoration, Eighteenth Century, and early Nineteenth Century plays, as well as Greek drama. Further particulars may be had from : The Hon. 274 Secretary, Village Drama Society, New Cross Road, London, S.E.14. The Seven Against Thebes of iEschylus RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY EDWYN BEVAN AUTHOR OF "THE HOUSE OF SELEUCUS" THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, Ltd. LONDON AND EDINBURGH LIBRARY ( All rights in this translation ai-e reserved 3§ PREFACE Out of the old festivals of the wine-god, Dionysos, in which songs had been sung by a chorus, dealing with stories of the legendary past, there was developed at Athens, in the fifth century B.C., the drama,...
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...ARTS TEACHERS’ GUIDE Grade 9 ARTS Teacher’s Guide Unit I WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS GRADE 9 Unit 1 ARTS TEACHERS’ GUIDE GRADE 9 Unit 1 WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS LEARNING AREA STANDARD The learner demonstrates an understanding of basic concepts and processes in music and art through appreciation, analysis and performance for his/her self-development, celebration of his/her Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and expansion of his/her world vision. key - stage STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of music and arts of the Philippines and the world, through appreciation, analysis, and performance, for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision. grade level STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of Western music and the arts from different historical periods, through appreciation, analysis, and performance for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision. CONTENT STANDARDs The Learner: demonstrates understanding of art elements and processes by synthesizing and applying prior knowledge and skills demonstrates understanding that the arts are integral to the development of organizations, spiritual belief, historical events, scientific discoveries, natural disasters/ occurrences and other external phenomenon ...
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...evaluate whether or not a practice is ethical is to determine the ultimate effect of that practice. For example, if the manager of a store paid his cleaning employee less than the going rate to clean his store, knowing exactly what the going rate is, several things could happen to damage the business. The employee could suffer serious financial implications or the employee could leave and find another position where she does not feel exploited. The subject of ethics is often considered abstract or relative by those who believe that rules do not always apply to them. Rules and laws apply to everyone. It is unfortunate that some employees in the upper echelons of the corporate ladder decide to act unethically, but it is a fact of business and of life. For this reason, it is best for a business to be careful of who they promote within their company. Corporate responsibility is a phrase heavily used in the business world. Often mentioned to enhance the image of an organization, corporate responsibility does have a true meaning. Businesses that use energy efficient lighting and offer their employees a fair pay rate are practicing corporate responsibility. Corporate responsibility is an integral part of business ethics and should be practiced by all entities, whether large or small. Corporate responsibility simply means that each individual within a company is practicing personal and professional responsibility in a way that will benefit him and others Business ethics as an academic...
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...Ancient Greece The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, located on the Acropolis in Athens, is one of the most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks. Part of a series on the | Modern Greece.Septinsular Republic.War of Independence.First Hellenic Republic.Kingdom of Greece.National Schism.Second Hellenic Republic.4th of August Regime.Axis occupation (collaborationist regime).Civil War.Military Junta.Third Hellenic Republic | History by topic.Art.Constitution.Economy.Military.Names | History of Greece | | Neolithic Greece.Neolithic Greece | Greek Bronze Age.Helladic.Cycladic.Minoan.Mycenaean | Ancient Greece.Homeric Greece.Archaic Greece.Classical Greece.Hellenistic Greece.Roman Greece | Medieval Greece.Byzantine Greece.Frankish and Latin states.Ottoman Greece | | Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BCto the end ofantiquity (c. 600 AD). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in ancient Greece is the period ofClassical Greece, which flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries BC. Classical Greece began with the repelling of a Persian invasion by Athenian leadership. Because of conquests by Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Hellenistic civilization flourished fromCentral Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. Classical Greek culture...
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...ought to play in argument about public policy in a pluralistic society. He examines the potential political implications of Christian belief and the ways in which it may be deployed in political debate. The book is a contribution to the modern debate about the moral pluralism of western liberal societies, discussing the place of religious belief in the formation of policy and asking what sorts of issues in modern society might be the legitimate objects of a Christian social and political concern. Raymond Plant has written an important study of the relationship between religion and politics which will be of value to students, academics, politicians, church professionals, policy makers and all concerned with the moral fabric of contemporary life. r ay m on d pl an t is Professor of European Political Thought at the University of Southampton and a Member of the House of Lords. He was a Home affairs spokesperson for the Labour Party from 1992 to 1996, and Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford, from 1994 to 2000. Lord Plant's main publications are Social and Moral Theory in Casework (1970), Community and Ideology: An Essay in Applied Moral Philosophy (1974), Hegel (1974), Political Philosophy and Social Welfare (with H. Lesser and P. TaylorGooby, 1979), Philosophy, Politics and Citizenship (with A. Vincent, 1983), Hegel: Second Edition (1983) and Modern Political Thought (1994). POLITICS, THEOLOGY AND HISTORY R AY M O N D P L A N T University of Southampton...
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