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    Doping and Consequence

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    Antigone Analysis Essay

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    Creon has decided to sentence Antigone to death by execution for the crime of burying her dead brother‚ Polynices‚ against his own decree. Creon first heard of this from the Sentry‚ who at the time‚ did not know who did it. The Sentry later informs Creon that it was indeed Antigone who committed the crime. After confronting Antigone‚ and ignoring Ismene’s desperate pleas for mercy‚ Creon ends the scene by having the guards escorting Antigone and Ismene into the palace. Since the plot scene

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    were Eteocles‚ Antigone‚ and Ismene. Polynieces was a husband to Argea. He shows that he is able to go after he wants and ignore fate. Oedipus left Eteocles and Polynieces with his power over Thebes but the did no handle this well. The brothers killed each other which is how Polynieces died. At King Creon’s request‚ no burial will occur. Anyone who expresses sadness of Polynieces death or tries to bury him will be stoned to death. Any condolences should secretly be sent to Antigone and Ismene. The

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    that if anyone is to bury him they shall be put to death. When he is told that Antigone has buried her brother Creon is faced with questions of loyalty. He can not go against his law or he will look weak and it will look as though his laws do not apply to his family. He can not kill his niece or he will look evil. Antigone feels what she did and is prepaired to do is just with the Gods‚ but what Creon did was not his choice to make‚ that he played the Gods role. As the play unravels Creon’s struggle

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    Creon Antigone Analysis

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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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    Illiteracy Consequences

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    Jet Sims Comp. II Ms. Choate February 3‚ 2012 Illiteracy Consequences Imagine being overseas in an unknown place where everything that is written is unrecognizable. An individual would possibly feel completely lost without any direction‚ no starting point‚ and no help. That is a daily way of life for the illiterate. They become lost because of their lack of education at a young age‚ or because their parents did not give them the opportunity. This education is paid for by the government and

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    Role Of Pride In Antigone

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    Sophocles’ Antigone‚ Creon seems to be the most sensible tragic fault‚ with his pride and power along with going against all laws of the gods lead up to reasons he is the tragic hero. Creon terrorized anyone who had done anything peaceful for Polynices burial. Creon’s says‚ “Polyneices I say‚ is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall on the plain‚ unburied”(I 39-40). After he states this he says anyone who does so will be locked away and punished. Antigone feels

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    Moral Lessons in Antigone

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    The play Antigone was written by Sophocles around four hundred forty B.C.E‚ in the height of the golden age of Greece. Theater was then‚ as it is now‚ a medium through which to implicate the outlooks of its writer and to examine moral issues‚ whilst providing entertainment. The subjects discussed through theater were often deeply rooted in the dialogue of the characters in the plays and struck the chords of the audience such that enlightenment could take place‚ and in that day and age this purpose

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    Compare and Contrast Antigone and Ismene In the classical play “Antigone” by Sophocles‚ two of the main characters are sisters‚ Antigone and Ismene. The pair get into plenty of trouble‚ and are alike and different in througout the story. They are the daughters of the previous king‚ Oedipus. Their brothers have just killed each other in the battles between Thebes and Argos‚ Thebes emerging the victor. Polyneices fought for Argos whilst Eteocles fought for Thebes. The uncle of the family‚ whose

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