Section I: Essay Questions: A.1) Prompt: How are Antigone‚ Ismene and Eurydice portrayed in the play? How is this similar or different from how they are observed by the minor characters? Although ancient Greece was a male-dominate society‚ Sophocles’ work Antigone‚ portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. In this tragedy‚ Sophocles uses three main characters who are women to represent different models of female behavior. Traditionally women are characterized as weak
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Pride in Antigone Gandhi once said‚ “Anger is the enemy of non-violence‚ and pride is a matter that swallows it up.” Pride is never an acceptable notion and it often leads to ones downfall‚ as we see often throughout Sophocles’ play‚ Antigone. Multiple characters in Antigone experience prideful thoughts and actions during the course of the play resulting in the tragedy of negative outcomes in the end. In the beginning of Antigone the two sisters‚ Antigone and Ismene‚ are discussing their
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Antigone– The Characterization Sophocles’ tragic drama‚ Antigone‚ presents to the reader a full range of characters: static and dynamic‚ flat and round; they are portrayed mostly through the showing technique. In “Sophocles’ Praise of Man and the Conflicts of the Antigone‚” Charles Paul Segal takes the stand that there are two protagonists in the drama (which conflicts with this reader’s interpretation): This is not to say that there are not conceptual issues
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Sara Ortiz Mr.Johanson Honors English 10th 29 October 2013 Antigone Essay: Ode to Man Since the beginning man has always been an admirable creation that dominates and controlled almost all of the earth. Man is exalted everywhere because of his capacity to guide entire cities and to follow the rules of the gods to bring honor to him and his city. But fate plays a misfortunate trick on man: death. The only thing that is a man cannot control is death‚ because‚ although men are great‚ death can
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of Antigone‚ the protagonist of the play‚ Antigone‚ challenges society’s orders and norms. At the time period of the play‚ society’s norm for women was the maintain order in the family‚ give life to newborns and take care of the family members. However‚ Antigone challenges these social orders due to her social value of life: burying her brother‚ Polynices‚ and giving him a proper burial. Thus‚ it is through these norms and restrictions as well as her only social value that stimulates Antigone to
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In Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ two sisters‚ Ismene and Antigone‚ have two different views on what it means to be human. Ismene understand “being human” or “life” in a biological sense. She believes in continuing‚ by being a female‚ in continuing the family bloodline. Antigone however‚ understands “being human” in a sense of family honor and reputation. Both are important‚ but neither is right nor wrong. Creon‚ the ruler‚ has his own views on how to rule the city. He believes that he is in charge and
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Reading Response for Antigone Power is a tricky entitlement to decide among a community. Some people may believe that the ruler has the best decision in mind for everyone in that specific community‚ and other people may believe otherwise. My personal opinion on how much power a ruler should have is sort of a complicated opinion in that I do not believe in one specific ruler to make decisions for a whole community. Rulers should not have any significant power than anyone else because it should be
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“Compare the ways in which Shakespeare and Browning present characters with hamartia in Othello and a selection of poetry. To what extent does this give the text a sense of catharsis at the end?” The term ’hamartia’ in this context is a reference to a flaw in a protagonist’s character‚ either because of his natural attributes‚ a sin committed by the character‚ his ignorance or naivety‚ or a misunderstanding. This results in the “hero” committing an unfixable error‚ which may result in his downfall
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In the play Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ the tragic protagonist is Antigone because she possesses a fatal flaw‚ or hamartia‚ that leads to her catastrophe‚ “the tragic protagonist’s ruin or downfall” (class handout). Antigone’s flaw is her hubris‚ “some kind of overweening pride or arrogant reliance on oneself” (class handout). Antigone believes that burying the body of her brother‚ Polynices‚ she is doing the will of the gods. When talking to Ismene about burying the body of Polynices‚ after
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November‚ 2012 Antigone Essay Tragic heroes have certain requirements they need to fulfill in order to be considered a tragic hero. For example‚ they need to have stature or greatness‚ but also have a tragic flaw that leads to a tragic mistake. In the tragedy Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ Creon does not want people to bury a traitor named Polyneices‚ and when he is buried by Antigone‚ Creon sentences her to death. In the story Antigone‚ there is some debate about whether Creon or Antigone is the real tragic
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