to his law of punishing Antigone for the burial. It is not until Tiresias, a blind prophet, tells Creon that the gods are angry that Creon begins to realize his mistake. He tells the chorus, “Oh it is hard to give in! but it is worse/ To risk everything for stubborn pride.” (Scene 5 Lines 93-4). Here he is realizing his hamartia and starts the know that he was wrong all along. The chorus then tells Creon to free Antigone from the tomb, but by the time he gets there, Antigone has already hung herself
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Is it possible heroines committed suicide and were honored by the ancient Greeks? Based on my findings and understanding, this was not the case. Heroines, such as Alois, Androclia, Menippe, and many more, that should have been celebrated by the ancient Greeks for their acts of heroism were not because of misogyny. Alois and Androclia are reported to have killed themselves in order to allow their fathers to live. This could certainly be an admiring act of heroism by the ancient Greeks, but both
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CREON -”Not even death can make a foe a friend.” ANTIGONE -”My nature is for mutual love, not hate.” CREON -”Die then, and love the dead if thou must; No woman shall be the master while I live.” (line 522-524) In the play Antigone the character Antigone's words, actions and ideas contrasted with Creon's character to the point of these two characters
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The play “Antigone” by Sophocles is about Antigone who gets punished by her uncle Creon, the king of Thebes, because she buried her brother Polyneices. In lines 8 to 55 of scene one, Creon makes a speech about his expectations on how he will be treated and how the state will be ruled. He uses the extended metaphor of comparing the state with ship to explain what he is expecting to see. In line 8-10, Creon express what the city of Thebes went through, “Gentlemen: I have to honor to inform you that
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Lots of people with power do not know how different they truly are without their power. The two plays Oedipus Rex and Antigone by sophocles is about greek tragedy. The main character Creon starts to change from not wanting power to enjoying his power when he gets it. When Creon gets power he starts to become mad with power. When Creon is mad with power he starts to lose all his family. Creon is slowly making his family lives miserable because he wants everyone to obey him causing them to kill themselves
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peaceful 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
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The most apparent and recurring theme in Antigone by Sophocles is that divine law and a person's feelings about their family far out weigh the law of the land. Antigone shows through her character's actions. The location of this story is in a time when the law of the land was seen as the dominate force. Her personal feelings and relationships with the people in authority are not taken into account, but she still is driven by her sense of what is right morally. Although the resolution appears to
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Parks and Antigone are very different people however, they have similar aspirations. Antigone and Rosa Parks stand up for what they believe in. They both believe in equality. Antigone believes that Polyneices should be equally buried with military honors like her brother Eteocles. Rosa Parks believes that African Americans should be treated equally. Antigone went against the new law, which is no one is allowed to bury Polyneices, but his brother Eteocles was allowed a burial. Antigone buries Polyneices
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The strong and powerful leader, Odysseus, was he really a good leader to his crew? Or did he ultimately lead to all his men's fait of death? Along Odysseus and the crews journey back home to Ithaca, their was many obstacles put fourth ahead of them. But these obstacles would have not been put in place if Odysseus would have not made Poseidon mad in the first place. Due to Odysseus's conflict the crew had to suffer and pay the consequences, because he only cared about himself, and when It came to
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English- 10 18 November 2013 Antigone Essay: Theme: Wisdom vs. Power There are a lot of themes in the story of Antigone, but the theme, wisdom vs. power portrays the story the best. The writer Sophocles reminds me of Shakespeare, and includes figurative language just like Shakespeare, but of course isn’t as good as him. This story took place in a city called Thebes, where Creon, Antigone, Haemon, Polynieces, and many more live. Creon is the King of Thebes and this theme is basically based
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