Who is Antigone? Antigone’s reliance on gods gives her the strength and perseverance to object the state’s power. Throughout the tragedy‚ Antigone displays a series of emotions as she is challenged to her mindset and what she believes is right. Due to her reverence towards the gods‚ Antigone was capable of burying Polyneices regardless of the consequences the state provides. This allowed the challenging of Creon’s power which set the plot of the whole tragedy. Antigone believes that her duty towards
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Antigone is a great Greek tragedy by Sophocles. The story is about a Antigone who has buried her brother by breaking Creon’s decree‚ and she is punished for obeying the god’s laws. There are many arguments about who is the tragic hero in Sophocles’ Antigone. Some believe that it is Creon because he also has the characteristics of a tragic hero. Others believe that it is Antigone because the play bears her name. Antigone is a hero‚ to clarify the meaning of a tragic hero. In order to determine whether
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1 1/6/14 Antigone Mask Traits Essay The third of the three Theban plays‚ known as Antigone‚ written by Sophocles is a great tragedy with characters who each have distinct personality traits‚ morals‚ and flaws; one being Haemon who possesses many. Haemon‚ the son of Creon and spouse-to-be to Antigone‚ has absolute loyalty towards Antigone and the people of Thebes‚ respect for his father’s decisions initially‚ and rashness which leads to a shattering ending. Haemon helps protect Antigone by speaking
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BrAnd LoyALty Jooyoung Kim‚ Jon d. Morris‚ and Joffre swait ABSTRACT: We examine a model of six latent constructs and propose that true brand loyalty can be explained as a result of five distinct antecedents: brand credibility‚ affective brand conviction‚ cognitive brand conviction‚ attitude strength‚ and brand commitment. Data from experimental conditions with manipulations of eight product classes and two involvement levels lend support for the proposed model‚ demonstrating that brand loyalty can
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Antigone 1. The action of the play begins immediately with a conflict between Antigone and Ismene. What is the conflict? Antigone wants Ismene to help her bury her brother but Ismene is afraid of death and says they are only women and says she doesn’t want to die with everyone hating her. 2. Antigone and Ismene are strongly contrasted in this scene. What can you tell about their characters? Antigone is a leader and wants to do the right thing. Ismene
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became law‚ and as the law it was incumbent on every citizen to obey it. 4.) Antigone is too self-righteous‚ even alienating‚ but also a seminal feminist‚ determined to do what is right even in defiance of patriarchal law. 5.) Ismene is the foil for her stronger sister. In comparison to Antigone she has almost no agency‚ primarily because she is terrified of disobeying men in power. 6.) Creon cherishes order and loyalty above all else. He cannot bear to be defied any more than he can bear to watch
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ANTIGONE PROLOGUE (1-116): Antigone‚ resolute and determined‚ proposes to Ismene that they flout the decree of Creon and bury the body of Ploynices‚ even at the cost of death. Ismene is afraid to join her and tries to disuade Antigone from her purpose‚ urging the weakness of women ant the necessity of obedience to the state. Antigone‚ in a burst of furious anger‚ scorns her advice. PARADOS (117-79): The Chorus of Theban Elders hails the defeat of the Argive army and the lifting of the siege of
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Thebian play of Antigone has excited many debates over the years. The most prevalent being who exactly could be characterized as the tragic hero in the story. The argument that Antigone is the hero is deffinatly a strong one. There are many critics who believe that Creon‚ however‚ is the true protagonist of the play. In order to determine whether or not Creon is the tragic hero one must first examine what a tragic hero is. Aristotle states that a hero is neither purely innocent nor purely malevolent
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fortes‚ and a positive mindset. Sophocles uses the dealings between the law of the Gods and the law of man to portray that by conquering stumbling blocks we discover what who we are. Antigonê is a strong woman with religious convictions that compel her to do what she believes is right‚ regardless of consequence. Antigonê finds herself in a dilemma torn between submitting to Creon’s laws‚ and her obligations to her family. King Creon dishonored Polyneicês who fought against Thebes‚ and granted full
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The loyalty business model is a business model used in strategic management in which company resources are employed so as to increase the loyalty of customers and other stakeholders in the expectation that corporate objectives will be met or surpassed. A typical example of this type of model is: quality of product or service leads to customer satisfaction‚ which leads to customer loyalty‚ which leads to profitability. Contents [hide] 1 The service quality model 2 Expanded models 3 Data collection
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