State control A well established theme in Antigone is the right of the individual to reject society's infringement on her freedom to perform a personal obligation,[14] obvious in Antigone's refusal to let Creon dictate what she is allowed to do with her family members. She says to Ismene about Creon's edict, "He has no right to keep me from my own."[15] Related to this theme is the question whether Antigone's will to bury her brother is based on rational thought or instinct, a debate whose contributors
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EURO3301 Reflective Essay (2) Given that Antigone seems to act out of kinship loyalties and in deference to the will of the gods of Hades, to what extent can she be interpreted as an individual in conflict with her society? Do you consider her rebellious or conservative? Jack Tesser (21137219) Within Sophocles’ play Antigone, the major character Antigone is seen to act continuously out of kinship loyalties and deference to the gods of Hades. These actions allow her to be interpreted as
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Composition 2 10/1/2013 Concepts of Free Will: A Look at the Principles of Stance Applied to Antigone Isaac Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal opposite reaction. When decisions are made solely based off of free will and neglect external pressures the reactions and repercussions are of extreme magnitude. Stace’s external forces of free will are thrust upon Antigone most severely during her quarrel with Creon and during her death from her own hand; Ismene also
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Antigone (Quotes from 1 to page 22) "Not to give way when everything's against her." – Chorus (speaking about Antigone and is evidence of hubris) For Zeus…struck him down…..Mighty Ares…Bacchic Fury – Chorus (gods helped kill the enemies) What, would you bury him? Against the proclamation?.....When Creon has forbidden it – Ismene (to Antigone about burying Polynices) (shows her respect of kingly right) I shall not prove disloyal –Antigone (hubris, devotion to family, divine law) We travel
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From reading Antigone, a person can gather that it is a man’s world back then and the women had little to no say in anything. As the story goes on anyone can see that the writer is portraying the women as a strong, being able to take care of herself and more than capable of her making up her own mind about things that deal with her family and her. The writes shows the difference in the sisters on how the women should act and maybe did act in some cases. I could see a lot of women standing their ground
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Nelly Delamango was born on February 13, 1850, but the name “Rainbow Delamango” was given to her in 1868. Everyone would be able to agree that she is an infamous figure in the wild west. Small stature, eyes as brown as a muddy river, plain face with nothing unique about it. In the town of Bisbee, where she was born and raised, she grew up as a poor person in a rich town, until she started working on her craft. She didn’t have friends so she needed another way to find entertainment. As a person who
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the battlefield. Antigone, Creon’s niece and his son’s fiancé, a brave woman, did not obey his law. She decided to bury her brother as she follows up on her standards, as she understands that the law of Gods requests the internment of a dead body. However, this just contradicts the human’s law, which sentences to death the one that buries the country’s traitor. After Creon became aware of Antigone’s crime, he declines to perceive the obligations of a familial love that attach Antigone to her sibling
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In the play Antigone, Ismene and Antigone are sisters who happen to be foils of eachother. Antigone, by the Choragos, is described as being “headstrong and deaf to reason.” However, Ismene is loyal to Antigone but puts the government before god. In addition, they are both self-serving. In the play, they both exhibited an obedience, stubbornness, and selfishness that leads them to be independent in their own actions. Antigone and Ismene both expressed obedience in different ways. Ismene,for example
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If we were to imagine that only books one through six had come to us, and we had no other source of the end, Telemachus would be the protagonist in this situation. In book one, Athena disguises herself as Mentes, who is a family friend of Odysseus' while also the ruler of the Taphians. She goes to tell Telemachus to care for his mother, and remove the suitors from their home. She even goes to remind him that he is being a child by not removing these suitors from the home, “…think up some way to kill
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In the story, Antigone, all character’s emotion influence their way of acting. Antigone’s loyalty got in her way and broke the law. She went against Creon’s law and buried Polyneices. Creon’s anger made him blind against reason. He wouldn’t listen to anybody. Haimon’s love for Antigone made him go against his father. He ended up killing himself at the end. Antigone’s loyalty and pride led her to her downfall. She went against Creon’s Law on not burying Polyneices.She still did these because of
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