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
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Throughout time, women have always been thought to be insignificant and less important when compared to men. The role of men in history had always been that they were to handle the dirty work and provide for their family while the women were seen as only an outlet to reproduce more children. In The Oedipus Cycle, the role of women have been portrayed as helpless and owned possessions of men. The statement that Sophocles tries to show in the plays is that women are for more capable to reach the same
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wrote many plays. Three of which being a trilogy called The Oedipus Cycle. Within the three plays, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, three characters experience pride in various degrees. Creon and Oedipus, who both exhibit an excessive amount of pride, eventually come to regret the poor choices that they have made because of the trait. Antigone, who exhibits an appropriate amount of pride, is able to use it in order to become more confident when justifying what she thinks is right
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In Sophocles’s play Antigone Creon produces the law stating no one is allowed to bury the body of the fallen soldier, Polyneices because of his traitory towards the state. Directly defying that law, Antigone portrays civil disobedience by burying the body and performing rites. Antigone’s unpeaceful approach to what she thinks is an unjust law is what renders the civil disobedience ineffective. The stubborn tone in Antigone’s voice and unwillingness
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English 1020-02 Essay V 8 August 2014 A Critique of Antigone The story of Antigone, by ancient Grecian author Sophocles, is a tale of two conflicting systems of law and morality. On one side of the parallel there is Antigone, Oedipus daughter, who defies stately law by obeying divine law, and on the other there is Creon who is the enforcer of rule in the city and ignores the laws of the divine. Which system was in the wrong? In the case of Antigone, she is charged with the responsibility of giving
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Jack Wardlaw Matt Turner English 102 March 12, 2014 The Original Rivalry: Conflict in Antigone Antigone is a dramatic piece of literature written by Sophocles and translated by Robert Fagles to portray, but not limited to, one major conflict. The major conflict portrayed is Antigone against the state but as the story unfolds another conflict begins to become apparent. This conflict is the never-ending conflict of men against women. These conflicts quickly become apparent as the story begins
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role model for all citizens and show no weakness. Antigone was determined to bury her brother Polyneices even though she knew that it was against the community and law. This made Creon infuriated because Polyneices was supposed to be eaten alive. He wasn’t going to let Antigone get away with what she has done; she must be punished. She was sent away to a small dark prison with a scares amount of food. Haemon, his son, loved Antigone and was supposed to marry her. He tried to stop
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from the audience, but also make the audience fear the character and their decisions. For example, in Sophocles’ Antigone there are two characters who might be considered a tragic hero. Creon is the tragic hero in Antigone because of his arrogance, his willingness to accept his faults, and what his faults teach the audience. Creon’s hubris is what makes him the perfect tragic hero of Antigone.
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This theme of women transgressing against the norm is shown in Sophocles’ Antigone, Euripides’ Medea, and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. However, this is not to suggest that women has achieved a high status in Greek society, but rather, it shows that women, unlike the passive roles that they were expected to have in society, became educated enough (which was shown in Antigone where the king mentioned that Antigone was “well schooled” ) to realize that they are being unfairly treated. This has led
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Surname 3 Student's Name Professor's Name Course Date Antigone vs. Macbeth In attempting to discern the legitimate and analytical issues in the two plays, Antigone and Macbeth, it is important to take into account the two key characters that all actions revolve around (Antigone and Lady Macbeth). In both plays, the characters appear to have comparative destiny and fate intertwined deeply within their societies. (Powell et al. 12). Antigone stands harshly rebuked by the state whose rule she contradicts
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