In Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ two sisters‚ Ismene and Antigone‚ have two different views on what it means to be human. Ismene understand “being human” or “life” in a biological sense. She believes in continuing‚ by being a female‚ in continuing the family bloodline. Antigone however‚ understands “being human” in a sense of family honor and reputation. Both are important‚ but neither is right nor wrong. Creon‚ the ruler‚ has his own views on how to rule the city. He believes that he is in charge and
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defines what a true tragic hero is. Someone whose own judgement of error leads to their demise and In most cases involving plays‚ the main character is the tragic hero. However‚ when one is ruminating the distinctive aspects of Antigone there can be two tragic heroes. Antigone and Creon‚ both with the potential of inquiring the role of a true tragic hero in this tragedy. Looking at each aspect of what a true tragic hero is (as defined by Aristotle) both characters have tragic flaws. Antigone’s
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Reading Response for Antigone Power is a tricky entitlement to decide among a community. Some people may believe that the ruler has the best decision in mind for everyone in that specific community‚ and other people may believe otherwise. My personal opinion on how much power a ruler should have is sort of a complicated opinion in that I do not believe in one specific ruler to make decisions for a whole community. Rulers should not have any significant power than anyone else because it should be
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This quote from The Trial and Death of Socrates demonstrates acts in themselves are neither unjust nor just‚ and the perception by the person deciding whether the act is unjust or just‚ is the determining factor in the matter. In this case‚ Euthyphro‚ the man who said this‚ originally believes the act of murder is unjust‚ and believes he should in fact proceed against his father‚ even though in most perceptions it is considered impious; and although Socrates it is considered impious‚ Euthyphro’s
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self-destruct themselves? It could have been a family tragedy. In Sophocles Antigone Antigone buries her brother‚ which is against the law‚ but she still does it and gets sent to a cave to be killed. Creon‚ the leader‚ must make a big descion to keep his authority. Through Koryphaios’s conversation with Creon he convinces him not to kill Antigone. Leaders need to enforce laws to keep a country alive. Haimon‚ Creon’s son‚ is engaged to Antigone. Haimon talks to Creon and he gives supportive reasons not to kill
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political aspects of Antigone‚ we created an off text improvisation where we played characters from Theban society -I was “A Female Citizen”- we read them out to the class so we could get an idea of people we could work with which was a good idea as it enabled us to engage with each other and incorporate more detail into our improvisation. Our improvisation was set in a market place‚ we each spoke of our feelings to each other‚ which showed the contrast in opinions towards Antigone(or her sister)/Creon
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An Apology From Socrates’ The Apology is Socrates’ defense at his trial. As the dialogue begins‚ Socrates notes that his accusers have cautioned the jury against Socrates’eloquence‚ according to Socrates‚ the difference between him and his accusers is that Socrates speaks the truth. Socrates distinguished two groups of accusers: the earlier and the later accusers. The earlier group is the hardest to defend against‚ since they do not appear in court. He is all so accused of being a Sophist: that he
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Antigone | Quote | Comments | Analysis | 1. "And now what is the proclamation that they tell of made lately by the commander‚ publicly‚/to all people? Do you know it? Have you heard it?/Don’t you notice when evils due to enemies/are headed towards those we love?"Line 8-12 | Antigone speak to Ismene about their brother Polyneices‚ that it is unfair to unbury him. Also she refers to the situation of the evil‚ cursed their father Oedipus who had been expelled outside from Thebes. | | 2
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be able to handle it. As a result‚ he doesn’t dare reconsider any of his decisions--doing so‚ he thinks might make him appear weak and cause his subjects to lose respect for him. So when he orders that Polyneices be left unburied and then orders Antigone to be entombed alive when she’s caught violating the order‚ he can’t let himself listen to her or Ismene or to Haimon. He even refuses to listen to Teiresias‚ conveying the displeasure of the gods‚ until Teiresias has left‚ but in fact that message
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principles in conducting a human life. By his employment of Socrates as his spokesperson‚ the reader learns of a society in which a merited aristocracy would rule‚ thus resulting in a civilization where all citizens are equal and no one is looked on as an alien. Instead‚ each citizen would simply fulfill their dictate of civil justice with the resulted effect being an emphasized state of activity rather than achievement. To begin the transition‚ Socrates describes the necessary removal of stories within Greek
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