BETWEEN THE LAWS‚CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND MAN-WOMAN IN SOPHOCLES’ ANTIGONE 1.Introduction Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. It is a play about one girl’s beliefs against the injustices of civil law and the success of the orders of the gods. Sophocles creates a free woman figure against not only the mortal laws of the state but also men’s power. He engages necessity of harmony between tradition and state in Antigone. It deals with Ancient Greece’s people problems of daily life
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Creon didn’t want to listen to when the people said that Antigone was doing the right thing. The actions that Creon took to cause the downfall of Thebes are that he didn’t want to bury Polyneices. Creon broke the burial law and punished them because they was following the rules‚ he wants everyone to apply by his
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‘’I admit I did it. I won’t deny that’’(500)‚ Antigone tries to talk to Creon and tell him that she knows what she and does not regret it. Creon’s mood turns very hateful. This ignites a flame between the two cause them to argue. This argument causes Creon to act very stubborn‚ fearful and disrespectful. Overall‚ these conflicts progresses Creon as a tragic hero by him choosing not to listen to anyone and having an opinionated mind. Creon not wanting to listening to anyone influences the plot by
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Power‚ however‚ can have some downs. Power has a negative effect on people in leadership positions because they abuse their power‚ and they can control everything and everyone. When given too much power‚ people tend to abuse that power‚ such as in Antigone‚ when the new king‚ Creon‚ is in power‚ he abuses his power by punishing someone who did not commit a crime. Creon creates an edict as the new King that contradicts or opposes the laws of the gods‚ meaning that he thinks that the has more power than
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would probably kill him...”(Hurst 455). A cripple from birth‚ Doodle struggles to survive the moment he is conceived. His physical disabilities make him different from most other kids and throw him into a minority. The scarlet ibis suffers a similar fate as well which is shown when Brother narrates‚ “‘It’s a scarlet ibis‚’ [Father] said‚ pointing to a picture. ‘It lives in the tropics --- South America to Florida” (491). The scarlet ibis is different from the other birds in North Carolina because it
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Creon’s character introduced through his opening speech in the First Episode (lines 159-195) and how does this speech create tension? The bestowal of ruling legitimacy upon Creon sparks off the Greek tragedy. Polyneices and Eteocles‚ brothers of Antigone killed each other during their fateful battle for the Theban throne and Creon‚ as the closest surviving kinsman‚ rules as the Theban king. Creon then approaches the chorus of elders privately and pronounces his first speech‚ wishing to draw himself
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good man is one who is willing to listen and learn from others. King Creon is outraged when he finds out that his own Niece‚ Antigone‚ defied his firs law that no on was to touch the dead body of Polynieces Creon publicly warned everyone‚ that whoever touched Polynieces body will face serious charges. Troubled about whether he is doing the right thing by charging Antigone with death‚ he calls his son‚ Haemon‚ in to justify himself to him. Haemon becomes bothered with the fact Creon confidently thinks
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that he will be giving something of himself‚ and he will be punished for what he did to Antigone. It also says that “The one in a grave before her death‚ the other dead‚ denied the grave.” This would suggest that those who die before Antigone’s death would be honored with the gods‚ but the ones that fall after her will not. Therefore‚ this leaves Creon unsympathetic do to the fact that he will die after Antigone because of his own doings. Tiresias says: “And your house will be full of men and women
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A good man is someone who makes mistakes that may be or may not be important but learns to face the truth and make up for his mistakes in order to begin fresh. It also means having some traits that make a person “good”. Being a good man may not always seem to be approved in other people’s perspective‚ however there is no way of convincing people who is a honorable person and who is a “bad” person. The form men are viewed is influenced by the way society tells us he or they are‚ yet nobody knows what
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Explain how you would perform the role of Haemon during his interaction with Creon‚ in order to reveal his changing attitude(s) towards his father. The character Haemon appears on stage just as his Creon has deemed Antigone to her death as a punishment for a crime of family loyalty. In performing the role of Haemon‚ I would come onto centre stage in a costume of traditional Greek military attire adorned with royal crest of arms to portray his princely supremacy as a Theban prince. Creon’s costume
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