12:00PM-1:15PM Trost Antigone and Feminism Feminism was used to get equality between sexes‚ male and female. The movements were set out to inaugurate‚ protect‚ and define equal diplomatic‚ monetary‚ cultural‚ and social rights for women. In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the main character had the courage to challenge the King of Thebes. Antigone’s act of rebellion separates herself from the average Greek woman of her time. She presents herself as a strong willed feminist. Sophocles’ Antigone was a story
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Antigone There comes a time where pride can cause a person to go against what they consider right; In the play Antigone by Sophocles demonstrates how someone having too much or too little pride can be the downfall of themselves or what the effects it can have on a person are. Although pride is something that we all possess‚ we must pick the right time to display it for everyone to see. Throughout the play‚ Antigone continues to demonstrate a strong sense of pride to her own family values
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Oedipus the King/Antigone Essay Have you ever done something bad which caused a huge problem for your family? In the tragedies‚ Antigone‚ and Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ both Oedipus and Creon are the causes for deaths in their families. Oedipus was one of the reasons for death in his family. The prophet Tiresias said that one day Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother one day. And because of this his parents sent him to die. But he still lived and fulfilled the prophecy without
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Usually‚ in novels‚ the main character’s strength overshadows his weaknesses. In the Greek tragedy "Antigone"‚ however‚ the main character of the same name has as many strong points as weak ones. In the next paragraphs‚ I will point out Antigone’s strengths‚ weaknesses and‚ finally‚ the evolution of the character throughout the play. It goes without saying that Antigone is an extremely strong woman for her time and even for ours. She does have evident strengths. Throughout the play‚ she stands her
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Fortinbras. Throughout the play there are numerous examples of irony and ambiguity. One has to ask why would Shakespeare use these literary devices in the play Hamlet? Irony in the context of tragedy enhances the dramatic effect. Ambiguity in regard to the characters and the plot leaves the audience open to interpretation. Was Hamlet truly mad? Was the ghost really King Hamlet or was it a “goblin damned”(I‚ iv‚ 44)? I believe that Shakespeare used irony to heighten the tragic effect of the play‚ increase the
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Antigone Analysis Antigone is a strong willed woman that defies her uncle’s orders and buries her dead brother Polyneices‚ who fought against Thebes in the civil war. She goes and buries her brother‚ and performs the rituals of the dead. I believe Antigone buried her brother out of divine edict‚ and not to defy the king. She may have been incredibly angry about the way her brother’s body had been treated‚ but I believe she done what she has done out of her own beliefs.
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The Themes of Antigone Antigone is credited as one of the best works of Sophocles‚ ranked by most modern critics above Oedipus the King. There are many aspects of Antigone that make it the play critics love to ramble about. "Antigone must be received as the canon of ancient tragedy: no tragedy of antiquity that we possess approaches it in pure idealism‚ or in harmony of artistic development" says one critic named Berhardy. Tragedy is usually concerned with a person of great stature‚ a king
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Antigone is a tragic play wrote by Sophocles about the conflicts between family members. Oedipus the king of Thebes and his wife both killed themselves due to a mistake that they made in the past. After Oedipus died his two son Polyneices and Eteocles killed each other to see who will be the next king. Both die and Creon‚ Oedipus’s brother in law‚ is the next in line to became king. The first law that Creon made since he became king is no one is allow to bury Polyneices body because he is a traitor
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the course of Antigone‚ written by the playwright Sophocles‚ we come to find that the feud between Oedipus’ sons Polyneikes‚ the elder‚ and Eteokles‚ the younger‚ results in the death of both men. Polyneikes had rebelled against Thebes‚ while Eteokles remained loyal to his family’s home. Kreon‚ Uncle to Polyneikes‚ Eteokles‚ Antigone and Ismene‚ has seized the throne and as a result of Polyneikes’ betrayal‚ declared a law that he shall not be buried nor shall he be honored. Antigone and her only remaining
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Antigone Antigone deals with the conflicts arising from three demands made upon the human psyche: the demands of religion (Zeus); the demands of the state (Thebes); and the demands of human instincts (Aphrodite). Characters like Antigone represent how firm beliefs and a strong sense of religion can impact an individual’s thoughts and actions. When Antigone was put before King Creon to defend herself she says to him “But all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded
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