Sound In Sophocles Antigone
To what event does the Chorus refer in the first stanza? Cite one example of personification in the first stanza. Cite four images of light in the first stanza. Cite five sound images in the first six stanzas.
In the first stanza, the Chorus refers to Polyneices attacking Thebes after Eteocles assumed rule. Because of this, Thebes regards Polyneices as a traitor. “O orb of aureate day, How glorious didst thou rise” (Antigone 1.1.4-5) personifies the sun as rising. Four images of light are “Sunbeam bright! Thou fairest ray” (Antigone 1.1.1), “O orb of aureate day” (Antigone 1.1.4), “O’er Dirca’s streams, shining from heaven” (Antigone 1.1.6), and “As drifted snow, a buckler bright” (Antigone 1.1.16). Five sound images are “With strident …show more content…
Free will, especially that of Ismene, is extremely limited. Antigone knows her fate is that she will be killed for burying her brother, which is why she did not attempt to bury him in secret. Instead she put a handful of dirt on his body to signify defiance and challenge Creon to kill her. Later, when she is sentenced to death, she welcomes and even looks forward to it. Ismene, however, is aware of the punishment that awaits Antigone and begs her not to bury their brother. Ismene is Antigone’s foil, with Ismene believing that they as women should not defy Creon’s orders. Eurydice is completely passive and only serves the story with her death. Tiresias warns Creon of what will happen if he continues to prohibit burial of Polyneices, yet Creon stays true to his word, only amplifying the work of the Fates. Eurydice is completely passive and only serves the story with her death.
Compare and contrast the characters of Oedipus and Antigone. How are they similar? Different?
Oedipus is vain and arrogant while Antigone is stubborn and confident. Oedipus challenges fate and attempts to modify it. Antigone knows what will happen to her and dutifully lives it out. However, they are both the subjects of a tragedy in which they fulfill their fates. They also both care for their families and do not want any harm to come to them, embodying the ancient Greek value of familial loyalty. However, in the end, their fates end up harming their families more. If it weren’t for Antigone, none of the tragic deaths except for Polynices would have
In the first stanza, the Chorus refers to Polyneices attacking Thebes after Eteocles assumed rule. Because of this, Thebes regards Polyneices as a traitor. “O orb of aureate day, How glorious didst thou rise” (Antigone 1.1.4-5) personifies the sun as rising. Four images of light are “Sunbeam bright! Thou fairest ray” (Antigone 1.1.1), “O orb of aureate day” (Antigone 1.1.4), “O’er Dirca’s streams, shining from heaven” (Antigone 1.1.6), and “As drifted snow, a buckler bright” (Antigone 1.1.16). Five sound images are “With strident …show more content…
Free will, especially that of Ismene, is extremely limited. Antigone knows her fate is that she will be killed for burying her brother, which is why she did not attempt to bury him in secret. Instead she put a handful of dirt on his body to signify defiance and challenge Creon to kill her. Later, when she is sentenced to death, she welcomes and even looks forward to it. Ismene, however, is aware of the punishment that awaits Antigone and begs her not to bury their brother. Ismene is Antigone’s foil, with Ismene believing that they as women should not defy Creon’s orders. Eurydice is completely passive and only serves the story with her death. Tiresias warns Creon of what will happen if he continues to prohibit burial of Polyneices, yet Creon stays true to his word, only amplifying the work of the Fates. Eurydice is completely passive and only serves the story with her death.
Compare and contrast the characters of Oedipus and Antigone. How are they similar? Different?
Oedipus is vain and arrogant while Antigone is stubborn and confident. Oedipus challenges fate and attempts to modify it. Antigone knows what will happen to her and dutifully lives it out. However, they are both the subjects of a tragedy in which they fulfill their fates. They also both care for their families and do not want any harm to come to them, embodying the ancient Greek value of familial loyalty. However, in the end, their fates end up harming their families more. If it weren’t for Antigone, none of the tragic deaths except for Polynices would have