making the story have unexpected plot twists. Focusing on two plays; Sophocles’ Antigone and William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ the theme of love will be depicted differently. Love‚ a universal subject in many plays‚ can be incorporated as various forms and be paired with themes such as tragedy‚ and humor. Love‚ when combined with tragedy‚ creates unpredictable consequences. In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ title character Antigone believes both her brothers deserve a proper burial; as they deserve under the
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Are Antigone and Creon the Converse of Each Other? Antigone is the antithesis of Creon. The play‚ Antigone‚ by Sophocles translated by Paul Roche is a tragedy. It starts off with Antigone telling her sister‚ Ismene‚ that Creon‚ the king and their uncle‚ has made an edict that their brother‚ Polyneces‚ will not receive a proper burial and will be left to be eaten by carrion birds and dogs because he is a traitor. Their other brother Eteocles‚ will be given a proper burial‚ as he fought for Thebes
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Antigone Enter ANTIGONE and Ismene from the palace. ANTIGONE: Ismene‚ my dear sister through common blood‚ do you know of any evil from Oedipus Zeus will not perform on us who still live? For I have seen nothing—nothing painful‚ nothing mad or shameful or dishonorable—(5) that is not among your or my sorrows. And now what do they say? The general has just put an edict over the whole city. Have you heard it? Or have you avoided learning how our friends suffer the fate of foes?(10)
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Antigone Study Guide Questions Prologue and Scene One 1. What differences do you notice between Antigone and her sister‚ Ismene? Examine their character. 2. The action of the play begins immediately with a conflict between Antigone and Ismene. What is the cause the cause of the conflict? 2. Why do you think that Ismene will not help her sister with her plan? 3. Do you think Antigone has thought her decision through? Why or why not? 4. Why does Antigone get so angry at her sister? Do you think
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Decision The play Antigone is a story‚ where the tragic hero Creon is forced to make important decisions because Antigone covered her brother’s body with dust. It was a bad idea on the part of Antigone because she broke a law and was punished for it. Also because Antigone’s actions led to the deaths of three innocent people. Sophocles conveys the conflict to the reader to whether it was right or wrong for Antigone to cover her brother’s body. The fact that it was a law for Antigone not to cover the
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In the play Antigone‚ Creon was one of the main characters who had their whole life turned upside down. But‚ in the mists of Creon having his whole life ruined‚ he failed to realize that all of the things that happened were his own fault. There were 3 tragic flaws that led Creon to his own downfall. One of Creon’s flaws is stubbornness. Choragos had told Creon that his rule was not a good choice but him like many others were not aloud to bury any body of the dead‚ not even Polyneices. His sisters
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Creon‚ a Dynamic Character who Instigates Emotions Sophocles is one of the three most revered Ancient Greek playwrights. His works are complex‚ captivating‚ and are still studied to this day‚ over 2400 years after his death. In Antigone‚ Sophocles manages to make Creon a complex character that evokes emotional responses in the readers and forms an emotional attachment with them. It is unusual to go through different feelings about characters as most characters are not developed enough to exhibit
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The 5th century Greek play Antigone written by Sophocles‚ explores the plight of a young woman named Antigone who rebels against man’s authority to bury her brother her dead brother. Her actions lead herself and several others to their death‚ while Creon is left in anguish for his mistakes. Today‚ several people would look upon Antigone and believe that it is an exhilarating‚ entertaining play – the issues presented in the play are commonplace in today’s society; such as putting god’s will first
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Burial at Thebes Antigone and Creon were the two main characters in the play Burial at Thebes. Even though they are antagonistic counterparts‚ their acting styles were much different. The actor who played Creon chose to modernize the way he spoke his lines. On the other hand‚ the actor who played Antigone stuck to a more Shakespearian reading; she was much more dramatic with her lines. It is interesting to have the two main characters use two different reading styles; it seemed to make the play
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Antigone The Second Stasimon Reading Response (Lines 584-629 / Pages 42-44) Instructions: Complete the “Reading: Antigone” specifically the section titled the “The Second Stastimon” (Lines 584-629 / Pages 42-44). Respond to the following questions. All responses must incorporate direct textual evidence (such as quoted passages and reference to specific lines or pages from the text) to support your answers while using the “quotation sandwich method.” Each response should include enough information
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