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    Foils in Antigone

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    In class essay about play Antigone Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ is one of the major characters. The author utilized several characters/ foils in order to build up the king’s image‚ the pride‚ cruel‚ stubborn and superior ruler. Through those conflicts‚ arguments and persuations‚ the king’s figure was gradually set up and was foreshadowing the tragic ending of his own life. The conflict between Antigone and Creon in the play is very outstanding and intense. Creon commanded that Eteocles would be

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    Women Vs. Men * Ismene is for the submissive role of women‚ quote on page 4 * On page 13 Creon talks about taming Antigone. Antigone needs to be tamed because women are supposed to be submissive and Creon’s ability to rule is in his ability to have everyone‚ especially women submissive. * On page 14‚ Creon’s comment about snakes suggests that women are snake like in nature‚ with a manipulative duplicity to their nature. He suggests that women hide their evil qualities behind attractive

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    funeral burial. The decree issued with its annexed penalty became law‚ and as the law it was incumbent on every citizen to obey it. 4.) Antigone is too self-righteous‚ even alienating‚ but also a seminal feminist‚ determined to do what is right even in defiance of patriarchal law. 5.) Ismene is the foil for her stronger sister. In comparison to Antigone she has almost no agency‚ primarily because she is terrified of disobeying men in power. 6.) Creon cherishes order and loyalty above all

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    Sexism In Antigone

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    209). Crean automatically assumes that the man committing the deed is male‚ indicating that women are not capable of taking action in the same way as men. Women are further portrayed as weak and helpless when Creon is talking about his discord with Antigone‚ “If we must lose‚ let’s lose to a man at least” (lines 539-540). Creon’s statement reveals that he thinks women are so inferior to men that losing to a woman is disgraceful to a

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    Foils In Antigone

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    In the tragedy Antigone‚ there are two central characters who serve as foils for one another. The main protagonist and heroine‚ Antigone‚ defies the wishes of the king of Thebes‚ who is also her uncle named Creon. Beginning as a man devoted to art patronage and falling into a position of power after the death of his brother‚ Creon begins the play with a declaration that says Polynices‚ one of Antigone’s brothers‚ cannot have a proper burial. Antigone disregards Creon’s law and covers Polynices in

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    The Gadfly In Antigone

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    1 Question: In Plato’s “Apology”‚ what does Socrates think is the role of the gadfly and why place such importance on its actions? Secondly‚ argue succinctly for your position that this character plays the ‘gadfly’ in Sophocles’ “Antigone”. What does this character seek to accomplish and how is it attempted? Essay: Disrupting the world’s status quo has been a characteristic of famous people and figures. Scientists‚ civil rights leaders‚ and inventors have all done something to change the societal

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    Antigone Biography

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    Antigone tells Ismene that Creon has ordered that Eteocles who had died defending the city is to be buried with full honors while the body of Polyneices is left to rot.Creon has declared that anyone that attempted to bury Polyneices would be stoned to death public.Antigone had revealed to Ismene a plan to bury Polyneices in secret despite Creon’s order. When Ismene had refused to defy the king Antigone had rejected her and goes to bury her brother.Creon

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    Antigone: the Tragedy

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    Antigone: The Tragedy Antigone is a Greek play that is part of Ancient Greek literature‚ and it is still important for our society‚ in the twenty-first century. According to George Steiner‚ this play develops five main conflicts throughout it: confrontations between men and women‚ difference in age between characters‚ conflicts between the individual and society‚ the living and the death‚ and religious beliefs. In the play‚ Sophocles develops these conflicts in different ways‚ with the purpose

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    Antigone and Aristotle

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    Antigone was first produced in 441 B.C. It was written by a Greek playwright Sophocles. Antigone is the third play in an epic about a man named Oedipus and his family. This third installment is considered a Greek Tragedy‚ even today it is still being produced in theaters all around the world. It has had many critics‚ Aristotle being the most famous. Aristotle ideas and thoughts on tragedy were implied throughout the play. He was born in 384 B.C.‚ nearly 27 years after Antigone was first produced

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    Vivienne Cortes Professor Wisentower COMT 101 17 March 2014 Judgment Based on Perception: Society As A Whole In “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (The Norton Introduction to Literature‚ Portable 11th Edition‚ Kelly J. Mays) Gabriel Garcia Marquez includes many theories of what this thing is in Pelayo and Elisendas’ backyard. Pelayo and Elisendas formed their perception based on what they heard. “They looked at him

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