Antigone - Prompt #3 CREON "Die then‚ and love the dead if thou must; No woman shall be the master while I live (184)." This quotation portrays a powerful and important theme about gender and the role that a woman plays in Greek society. Antigone’s gender has an incredible effect on the others around her‚ for her actions don’t constitute those of an average woman in Greek society. An average Greek woman is characterized as subservient and passive‚ but Antigone possesses independent‚ strong-willed
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among others. In the play‚ Antigone‚ king Creon uses his power to take away Antigone’s right to bury her brother. When the two brothers killed each other in war‚ Creon announced that no one shall be buried unless given his permission.This led to Antigone burying his brother out of respect and Creon ordering to excuse her. Creon is abusing power to take away power of others. This also shows how creon reacts when someone disobeys him. Creon goes to extreme measures when Antigone goes
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ancient civilizations emerged and arose to present only the initial forms of state control. The central conflict of ideologies takes place when Antigone‚ Polyneices’ sister‚ was seized for committing illegal ritual of burial‚ and the King Creon asked her why she‚ being in awareness and consciousness‚ break the law prescribed by the state. In response‚ Antigone answered that laws are not absolute unity‚ but rather a privilege of Gods: “Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict; not such
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with his law and punish his niece‚ or to go against his morals and change his decree. Creon desires to be a sovereign king‚ therefore‚ he chooses to punish his niece after she broke the law by going against the decree he made. Sophocles portrays Antigone as the protagonist‚ and Creon as the protagonist‚ but after a closer look‚ it becomes evident that Creon was trying to run his kingdom in a way that his subjects would respect him‚ rather than in a way that favours his family members. When Creon
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play‚ “Antigone‚” the main character is a clear example of a courageous‚ intelligent high-class woman defying her culture’s limits. She didn’t just go against the State‚ but her superior male relative as well. This in turn intimidates and infuriates the king. The gender roles are very important because they create tension in the story‚ which helps build up to the climax. It also affects the decisions of some characters because they want to defend their pride. Right from the prologue‚ Antigone expresses
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Han LA P. 4 11/5/14 Antigone: The Struggle Greek culture was expressed through many ways in the Hellenistic era. Many authors rose to fame for plays and stories. Although many know of Homer‚ author of the Odyssey‚ many most likely don’t know Sophocles. Sophocles was the author of the Theban trilogy‚ a collection of three plays that examined philosophical themes and Greek life. Antigone‚ the second play in the series‚ is based around a major conflict between Creon and Antigone over the burial of Polyneices
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a tragic flaw‚ third is because of the tragic heroes mistake his future is reversed‚ and fourth is the discovery that the reversal was brought about by the actions of the tragic hero. It can be argued who is the tragic hero in this play. Both Antigone and Creon possess qualities of a tragic hero. But the character I believe is the tragic hero and that I will be discussing is Creon. Creon comes into power when both his nephews are killed in battle. Eteocles and Polyneices were not only brothers
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non-easy. The first work of literature that relates to the quote is Antigone written by Sophocles. One literary device that is present in this work which will help to support my interpretation of the quote is characterization. Antigone’s character in this story is very brave and determined. The reason why I think she is brave is because Creon established a rule or law to not bury Polynices‚ the brother of Antigone. Antigone does not like the law at all because it’s her brother and she wants him
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I stand here before you today to quiz my acceptance into the Elysium Fields. I‚ Antigone believe my actions were the correct thing to do. My loyalty to family and the Gods help me come to the conclusion that my brother could not be left unburied. Divine law stated that no family member shall the left unburied. Denying burial to my dearest brother polyneices would disgrace his body furthermore his soul would be unrest for eternity. Creon my power hungry uncle created a law denying his burial going
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In Antigone‚ a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles‚ Creon is a tyrant and arrogant character who sees the world through the veil of his beliefs. When he decrees the punishment of death upon Antigone‚ he completely disregards every opinion that is against his own. By ignoring the views of others‚ he jeopardizes his strength as a ruler. Sophocles uses the extended metaphor of the ship of state to show how Creon’s self-righteous way of thinking leads to unwanted outcomes. From Creon’s mistakes we learn
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