Jeannie Vu Eng101 12/2/14 Bibliograhy Johnson‚ Ben. "Feminism in Antigone." Feminism in Antigone. Prezi Inc‚ 22 Nov. 2013. Web. 29 Nov. 2014 accessed. < https://prezi.com/rttpl_tcefpr/feminism-in-antigone/>. 1) This article was actually not about feminism but the exact opposite because he seemed to have emphasized the superiority felt between Creon and other men within the ancient Greek era despite Antigone’s “bravery”. 2) Ben Johnson cited many credible sources showing evidence to help build
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Sophocles has different characters‚ Antigone is the younger daughter of oedipus and Jocasta. Creon is the brother of antigone. Creon is Antigone and creon is powerfully‚ built but a weary and wrinkled man suffering the burdens of rule. Antigone is sallow‚ withdrawn and a brat. The chorus frames the play by introducing the action and characters under the sign of fatality. The Nurse is an addition to the Antigone legend. She introduced on everyday‚ element into the play that heightens the strangeness
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World literature Antigone vs. Medea Whether it be Medea who kills her sons‚ Antigone who buries her brother‚ both female characters hold a common goal of seeking either revenge or avenge as well as rebel against authority in the name of her beliefs. However‚ the female roles in both plays are associated with death. Furthermore‚ their twisted family history also seem to contribute to the result of each tragedy. Both main characters are characterized as bold‚ stubborn‚ outspoken
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They are meant to act as a character but are positioned away from the main action. As a character‚ the chorus has many functions; it interacts with other characters‚ and gives its opinion on the situations without regard to the chance of their opinion being wrong or correct. In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ the chorus is composed of many male elders that represent the views of the townspeople. The chorus plays a large role in Antigone by giving insight on opposing characters as well as guiding
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Medea vs. Antigone The two Greek plays‚ Medea and Antigone both exhibit opening scenes that serve numerous purposes. Such as establishing loyalties‚ undermining assumptions on the part of the audience‚ foreshadowing the rest of the play‚ and outlining all of the issues. Medea and Antigone share many similarities in their openings. Both plays begin with providing the audience with the history and the consequences of certain situations that the characters were involved in. It also brings
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In the story “The Antigone” many characters must decide to go with what the people of Thebes want or they attempt to go with what they believe is right.Of the many characters in this story only two or three will be touched upon and what their morals and beliefs will be addressed.These two‚ or possibly three‚ characters will be Antigone‚ Creon‚ and maybe Haemon. Antigone addresses her beliefs and moral right off the bat. She is a strong and independent woman who is the daughter of Oedipus and the
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The Marxist theory is shown throughout our writing piece‚ Antigone. From the characters to the existing plot complexity within the piece‚ you can identify several places in which it appears. After reading the story‚ you can easily pick out the dominant characters. The characters that would take on the label of “powerful people” would be Creon and most of the characters that we meet within the story. Although Ismene‚ Antigone‚ Haemon‚ etc are below Creon‚ they all belong to the “upper class” society
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Taylor Fleming Professor Stoner English 1301 October 16‚ 2012 Antigone Essay Throughout history‚ cultures from around the world has set hat standards for women to abide to. Up until the twentieth century‚ women were viewed as second class citizens by society and had less freedom and rights than their male counterparts as compare today in the modern world where women can be more involve in society. Although women still face discrimination such as the glass
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emotions is Antigone was always up and down.It sends you through a world of thoughts‚imgaes‚ and feelings.When death comes along some doesn’t know how to feel and what to do.It’s like however you feel about someone is they feel about unless the character they portray is different person.In antigone the relationships towards one another is sometimes not normal. In the play Antigone you have Creon‚Ismene‚Polyneices‚Antigone and more.Now the wide range of emotions that all of the characters go through
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Antigone: Views and Values Essay In Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’‚ set in the city of Argos in Ancient Greece‚ Antigone lives through the momentous providence from defying law for the sake of her family. Through Creon‚ who rules as a tyrannical misogynist‚ Sophocles symbolizes the concepts of autocracy and the solidity of fate which is inevitable and the prime religion of the Ancient Greeks and gods would have no plod in it. This expounds that Sophocles‚ is a man of authority‚ power and conviction. Sophocles
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