Antigone Creon is the king in the play Antigone. Antigone is about a princess‚ Antigone‚ who buries her brother after he and her other brother fought each other to death. As a result‚ King Creon wants to punish/kill Antigone for this while still him remembering that he had raised her. Due to the brothers fighting to death‚ a place to be king opened up for Creon to become the new king. The quote‚ “Where love rules‚ there is no will to power; and where power predominates‚ there love is lacking. The
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what he was doing; and almost without effort‚ almost automatically‚ he brought the blunt side down on her head. He seemed to have no strength. Yet the moment he started bringing the ax down‚ strength sprang up in him” (74). In this excerpt from “Crime and Punishment” the narrator is describing how Raskolnikov killed Alyona Ivanovna. Alyona is an old women who lends money to Raskolnikov. The passage helps show that even though Raskolnikov was feeling weak he was still able to commit a murder.
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hamartia and lastly they need to realize their mistakes and accept their consequences. In Antigone‚ there are two main characters that fit the criteria of a tragic hero‚ but only the protagonist‚ Antigone meets all of the conditions. Antigone meets the second requirement of a tragic heroine‚ by fulfilling the criteria of being neither entirely good nor completely bad. In the opening of the play‚ Antigone asks her sister‚ Ismene to help her give Polynieces a proper burial but Ismene disagrees because
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some people have horrible times in their life? Woody Allen wrote‚” Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable”. This quote makes a connection to the book‚ in the book there is a guy named Smitty that is not being equally treated‚and his friends are trying to help him. This says that people have some days that are bad and some days that are good. In the book‚ “The Only Alien On The Planet‚” the main character is jenny and she moves to another place. The conflict is that she meets this guy named
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Antigone by Sophocles is an interesting play that I enjoyed reading. It was something different for me since I don’t ever read plays. After reading the play I thought this story would fit under a feminist approach‚ until I fully began to understand and analyze each character of the play. In this paper I will discuss how the major events of Antigone can be analyzed through the psychological approach point of view. I as well read each critic about Antigone and found some similarity and dissimilarity
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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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The Tragic Downfalls of Creon and Antigone in Sophocles’ Antigone The hubris resonating throughout the play‚ ‘Antigone’ is seen in the characters of Creon and Antigone. Their pride causes them to act impulsively‚ resulting in their individual downfalls. In his opening speech‚ Creon makes his motives clear‚ that “no man who is his country’s enemy shall call himself my friend.” This part of his declaration was kept to the letter‚ as he refused burial for his nephew‚ Polynices. However‚ when the situation
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Antigone Essay Creon and Antigone are both honorable people‚ yet both are fatally proud and that is the source of the tragedy. To what extent do you agree? The source of tragedy in Antigone by Sophocles cannot be simply attributed to the downfall of the two characters‚ Creon and Antigone. Creon and Antigone both have a very strong will and can both be very stubborn towards people‚ Creon by refusing to listen to other people and Antigone very determined to fight for what she wants which is to
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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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about him. His own destruction is for a greater cause of principle * Downfall due to pride-Hubris * Faced with doom from the beginning * Discovers his fate from his actions * Usually a leader of men-ex: King * Their fate affects the nation or a large number of people * Their suffering is not senseless * Most tragic hero’s are men‚ with a could examples of Antigone and Cleopatra * Athenian Tragedy * Oldest tragedy existing * Emerged during
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