Professor Schindler May 1‚ 2015 Sacrificing Womanhood: Antigone In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ an obvious power struggle between men and women exists as they are bound by traditional gender roles. Antigone‚ the antagonist‚ becomes dissatisfied with the powerlessness and supposed inferiority of Greek women. She disturbs the traditional gender roles by going against the king’s commands and sacrificing herself for her brother. She insists that her extreme family loyalty drives her to sacrifice herself‚ but her dialogue with the other
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Inner Turmoil: When You Have to Choose In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the tragic hero‚ Antigone‚ must choose between the laws set by man‚ and her religious beliefs and family loyalty. When her brother‚ Polynieces‚ is killed in battle‚ King Creon sets forth a law prohibiting the burial of Polynieces. Antigone is very loyal to her family; we see this when he buries Polynieces’ body‚ even when Creon forbade it. On many occasions‚ people are faced with tests where both answers are right‚ but those people
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characters error that causes his or her own downfall. Like in Antigone by Sophocles whose character‚ Antigone‚ is trying to bury her deceased brother. Her uncle‚ Creon‚ who is now the new ruler of Thebes has made a new law stating that traitors shall not be buried and he considers Polyneices‚ Antigone’s brother a traitor. Antigone then decides to bury him anyway but is caught and sent away to die‚ despite warnings from people. Antigone‚ Haimon who is Creon’s son‚ and Eurydice who is Creon’s wife
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In the play‚ “Antigone”‚ by Sophocles there are two characters‚ Antigone whose tragic flaw is her loyalty to her family that results in her own death‚ and Creon whose tragic flaw is his hubris that causes his son and wife to die. Antigone had a brother named Polynieces who was an enemy to the town of Thebes‚ and was announced to not have a burial in the form of a law by Creon. Antigone’s tragic flaw of having loyalty to her family caused her to illegally bury her brother in a manner that would
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In the Action One of the most important characters in Sophocles’ Antigone is actually a group of individuals. The chorus consists of a group of Theban elders‚ and they serve as the voice of the people. These men are considered the wisest in all of Thebes. “Their attitude to what is going on is always shaped by their responsibilities and special interest of their position” (Kirkwood 3). The chorus is not attached to any one character specifically; it reacts to its own thoughts and emotions (3).
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Sophocles’ drama Antigone‚ he develops his characters to convey that who they are influences what they do. Throughout Antigone‚ Sophocles reveals that Creon is a prideful king who commits to the laws of the city-state. Creon decrees that Polynices‚ who died attacking Thebes‚ is a traitor who can’t receive a burial. However‚ Antigone decides to bury Polynices anyway‚ due to her belief that loyalty to family is more valuable than loyalty to the city-state. Furious that Antigone has knowingly flouted
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orb of aureate day‚ How glorious didst thou rise” (Antigone 1.1.4-5) personifies the sun as rising. Four images of light are “Sunbeam bright! Thou fairest ray” (Antigone 1.1.1)‚ “O orb of aureate day” (Antigone 1.1.4)‚ “O’er Dirca’s streams‚ shining from heaven” (Antigone 1.1.6)‚ and “As drifted snow‚ a buckler bright” (Antigone 1.1.16). Five sound images are “With strident
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strength and integrity. In the play Antigone written by the Greek playwright Sophocles‚ the main character Antigone is a symbol of feminism revolt. She is nowhere near as radical as other the feminist characters of her time‚ however‚ Antigone does puts her life on expense‚ trying to stand up to the patriarchal society in which she was confined. The reader can see the man versus woman struggles through the clash Antigone has with Creon. Throughout the entire play Antigone was determined‚ she fights until
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Antigone Essay The play Antigone tells the story of one of Oedipus’ daughters standing up to the law in order to honor her brother. The story begins after Polyneices and Eteocles have killed each other and King Creon issues an edict forbidding the burial of Polyneices. In the prologue Antigone’s sister Ismene is introduced. Ismene while a minor character serves a great purpose in the play. In the opening lines of the play a dialogue is occurring between Ismene and Antigone. In lines
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Sophocles’ Antigone presents Oedipus’ daughters Antigone and Ismene as a non-conformist and a conformist. In postwar Thebes‚ Antigone must persuade Ismene to help bury their brother Polyneices‚ who is branded a traitor by the new king Creon. In a new decree Creon states that he will not give any traitors a proper burial. Antigone’s indignation over Creon’s decree makes her the non-conformist. Because of her loyalty to her brother she wants to “bury him” even though‚ as Ismene points out‚ “the new
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