Task: Write an essay about the conflict between Antigone and Creon in Antigone‚ by Sophocles. Show how each is right in his or her own fundamental belief. Then show how the tragedy was inevitable or show how one side was wrong and should have changed. In Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ there is conflict between the characters Antigone and Creon. Antigone is characterized as a rebellious girl‚ who turns into a martyr‚ and just lost both her brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices‚ in a war between the city-states
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The Chorus of Antigone The chorus was not only a major part of Antigone‚ but also the most insightful portion of this play’s cast. The members of the chorus tell Creon and the audience very important truths about themselves. Throughout the play the chorus comments on Creon’s actions‚ and gives us all unbiased views on our hypocritical species. Without a chorus Creon’s epiphany may never have occurred and we wouldn’t have‚ as easily‚ seen our personal flaws. The chorus is included in a very
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In Sophocles’ play Antigone one major theme is the danger of pride or stubbornness. Some characters become so involved with their goals that they forget of any other options and accept harsh penalties for their actions. In the cases of Antigone‚ Haemon and Creon the consequences of their actions wind up to be very extreme and lead to the deaths of these three characters. For her brother’s proper burial‚ Antigone goes to extreme lengths to fulfill her goal no matter what stands in her way. Against
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Jane Austen‚ Pride & Prejudice Personal opinion: I think the narrative style of the book is very old-fashioned‚ but it is because of that I get the feeling of being in that particular time with the characters. The story is not very exciting to my opinion; because as soon as the most important characters meet each other at the first ball‚ it is very obvious they will be together at the end of the story. Several people told me the book was very boring and longwinded but I disagree. Although the
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How does Jane Austen introduce Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy to the reader in the opening scenes? Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ published in 1813 is a novel that is acknowledged as a masterpiece. The opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice is famously ironic‚ “it is universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife”‚ this sentence is completely against Jane Austen’s characteristics; it states an opinion like it was fact; it’s a
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“A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day‚ which is an exclusively masculine society‚…that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.” -Henrik Ibsen‚ From Ibsen’s Workshop In your novel‚ is this quote an accurate assessment of the female protagonist’s life? From Susan B. Anthony to Eleanor Roosevelt‚ Sandra Day O’Connor to Clara Barton‚ our world has progressed into a more equal and just place for women since the dark days of the 1800s. Each decade has experienced
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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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Consequences of Excessive Pride Pride is not a bad attribute to have‚ it is actually very important. One definition for pride is: A sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self-respect. Self respect is a very good quality to have‚ however‚ there’s such thing as too much of a good thing. This is especially the case if you are a hero in a Greek play that has too much pride. Pride is the most central flaw in Greek tragedy‚ even in heroes. In the plays "Antigone" and "The Odyssey"‚ Antigone’s
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Antigone Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ is a story about the struggle between Antigone‚ who represents the laws of the gods and Creon‚ who represents the laws of the state. The play takes place circa 442 B.C. in the city-state of Thebes. The story revolves around the burial of Polyneices. Polyneices led an army against his brother‚ Etocles‚ the King of Thebes. They killed each other in battle and the new king‚ Creon‚ made a decree that only Etocles was to be buried because Polyneices was his rival
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So as a result‚ war was an unintended consequence of the the Treaty of Versailles. Just like in history‚ there are unintended consequences in Sophocles’ tragic play‚ "Antigone." Tragedy creates a cause and effect chain and shows how the world operates‚ and it shows in this particular play. In Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ Antigone and Creon are both blind to possible outcomes of their actions resulting in unforeseen and foreseen consequences that ultimately result in the death of Creon’s entire bloodline
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