included in it. Antigone who is a women who just wanted to give her loving brother‚ Polyneices a proper burial. Creon Antigone’s uncle who sought after giving Polyneices the title of traitor. There is a right and a wrong and in my opinion Creon was in the wrong‚ i mean by making stupid‚ and stubborn decisions that would soon lead to his downfall‚ making him the tragic hero of this play. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction
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Reading The Odyssey and Antigone are two very different experiences. Despite that‚ they both come from a similar culture and reading one prepares one for reading the other. Reading The Odyssey first is probably more beneficial in part because it includes short descriptions almost every time someone is mentioned. Zeus is seldom mentioned without some reference to thunder or that he is the son of Cronus‚ Poseidon is constantly accompanied by his title the Earth-Shaker‚ and Hermes is referred to as
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In the play “Antigone”‚ by Sophocles two characters are arguing one by the name of Creon and the other Antigone. The argument is about Antigone’s brother Polynieces who died a traitor when he attacked the city. He killed and was killed by his brother Eteocles. Creon‚ the king of Thebes decreed that Polynieces was not to be buried and if anyone did‚ they would be stoned to death. Contradicting Creon’s verdict‚ Antigone buried Polynieces because she believed her brother deserved to be buried. Remember
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for the throne between my two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices ‚ nothing has been right. They fought for the throne‚ but the outcome came to be that they killed each other and the throne was left to my uncle‚ King Creon. My uncle is a selfish man who only cares about himself and when he became king of Thebes he got to do whatever he wanted to. My uncle ‚King Creon‚ decided to have a burial for only one of my brothers ‚Eteocles and did not want to bury my other brother Polyneices. He gave Eteocles
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Clearly‚ one of the main themes in Sophocles’s tragedy Antigone is justice. Antigone herself seems to conflate justice with the will of the gods‚ asserting to Creon that there are “laws whose penalties [she] would not incur from the gods‚ through fear of any man’s temper.” (502-503) This is‚ of course‚ in reference to her belief that her deceased brother deserves a proper burial; funeral rites are often seen as intrinsically tied to religion. She even describes herself as “a criminal - but a religious
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When asked what is a tragic hero it is hard pressed to find a more fitting embodiment of what it means to be a tragic hero than Antigone. A tragic hero‚ in order to be considered a true tragic hero must meet certain qualification. according to Aristotle a tragic hero is a man or woman of high stature‚ and has the ability to endure suffering. A tragic hero must possess positive personal characteristics‚ but all the while possessing a major character flaw which will bring the downfall of the hero.
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Reflective Statement 18 March 2014 Word count: 341 Reflective Statement: Sophocles’‚ Antigone Reflective Statement Question: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the Interactive Oral? The Interactive oral on Sophocles‚ Antigone helped me gain a deeper understanding on women’s role in Ancient Greece society during the fourth and fifth centuries. Understanding the historical context of the play I was able to develop a deeper insight
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Antigone is a complex character in the play. The play begins with Creon explaining through an edict to the entire town of Thebes. Polynices‚ who is Antigone’s brother‚ dies in an attempt to take over Thebes. Creon‚ the leader of Thebes‚ doesn’t allow Polynices to be buried correctly. This infuriates Antigone. Antigone wants to do something about this‚ because she has integrity. When Antigone has her mind set on something‚ she goes out and does it. Do what you think is right‚ even if it is against
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Three Death-defying Conflicts The play Antigone is comprised of many conflicts that all led to the tremulous ending. Antigone is a play that shows a woman’s attempt to carry out a respectable burial for her brother and the consequences/events that follow. The events that followed were more deaths.Many conflicts arise as a result of Antigone burying her brother against the order of her Uncle Creon‚ the king. The three conflicts that will be explored are sister vs sister‚ women vs men‚ and father
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Han LA P. 4 11/5/14 Antigone: The Struggle Greek culture was expressed through many ways in the Hellenistic era. Many authors rose to fame for plays and stories. Although many know of Homer‚ author of the Odyssey‚ many most likely don’t know Sophocles. Sophocles was the author of the Theban trilogy‚ a collection of three plays that examined philosophical themes and Greek life. Antigone‚ the second play in the series‚ is based around a major conflict between Creon and Antigone over the burial of Polyneices
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