Antigone Reaction Ivy Tech Community College Abstract This paper explores the relevance of the plot and theatrical elements of the great Greek tragedy‚ Antigone. It explains how even though Antigone was written thousands of years ago it is still important today; it is a play that all can relate to in some way. It also discusses my personal reactions to the play: what I liked‚ what I didn’t like‚ and what I thought could have been done differently for the improvement
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shown throughout this story. These elements are part of what make Antigone a tragedy and are manifested well. The first example of violation we see is when Antigone buries her brother‚ despite Creon’s law against burying a traitor. Antigone violates Creon’s law due to her love for her brother and her respect for the Gods. She knows that she will die if she is caught yet she does not even deny the crime when she is accused. Antigone also violates her sister Ismene’s concerned warnings about the outcome
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espy him‚ to feast on at will." He also states that if anyone is to bury him they shall be put to death. When he is told that Antigone has buried her brother Creon is faced with questions of loyalty. He can not go against his law or he will look weak and it will look as though his laws do not apply to his family. He can not kill his niece or he will look evil. Antigone feels what she did and is prepaired to do is just with the Gods‚ but what Creon did was not his choice to make‚ that he played the
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“O look upon me‚/ The last that remain of a line of kings!/ How savagely impious men use me‚/ For keeping a law that is holy‚” (Sophocles‚ Antigone E3. 940-943.42). This quote spoken by the character of Antigone at the end of Sophocles’ classical Greek tragedy Antigone truly shows that Antigone is the tragic hero of this famous play. Antigone perfectly portrays the Ancient Greek philosopher‚ writer‚ and scientist Aristotle’s four characteristics of a tragic hero. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic
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“Real tragedy is never resolved. It goes on hopelessly forever. Conventional tragedy is too easy. The hero dies and we dies and we feel a purging of the emotions. A real tragedy takes place in a corner in an untidy spot ‚ to quote W.H Auden-Chinua Achebe. Antigone’s words‚ actions‚ and ideas contrast with Creon’s character to the point of these two characters having conflicting motivations. These conflicting motivations cause the characteristics of anger‚ hate‚ and disappointment to be highlighted
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Sophocles has different characters‚ Antigone is the younger daughter of oedipus and Jocasta. Creon is the brother of antigone. Creon is Antigone and creon is powerfully‚ built but a weary and wrinkled man suffering the burdens of rule. Antigone is sallow‚ withdrawn and a brat. The chorus frames the play by introducing the action and characters under the sign of fatality. The Nurse is an addition to the Antigone legend. She introduced on everyday‚ element into the play that heightens the strangeness
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Youthful Tragedies The anthology‚ Sudden Flash Youth‚ edited by Christine Perkins-Hazuka‚ Tom Hazuka‚ and Mark Budman‚ has a lot of possibilities for a theme to cover all of the sixty-five different short stories. Tragedies in youth is one of the themes that stuck out. In “Currents” by Hannah Bottomy Voskuil‚ a young boy loses his brother and two girls become afraid of the water due to this horrific tragedy. Also‚ in this short story‚ it proves that tragedies in youth do not just affect the surrounding
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After I read pages twenty through thirty of Jean Anouilh’s play‚ Antigone‚ but before the interactive oral‚ I deemed Antigone the Tragic Hero—she fulfills many of the criterion. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus‚ thus she is of noble birth. In an act of heroism‚ Antigone challenges Creon’s totalitarian state. Antigone’s fate was predestined; the Chorus declares that Antigone is going to die. I did not think there could be an affirmative case for any other character. During the interactive oral
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Allusion between Romeo and Juliet and Antigone For years there have been discussions if in fact Shakespeare re-created material found in previous literature. Though‚ whether or not‚ he did Shakespeare created an effective allusion to Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the Greek tragedy. In Romeo and Juliet we see the love of two people‚ and the ones who pull them apart‚ then we see their final fate. In Atigone we see a lot of the same context which brings us to the main three ideas that make up the themes
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misdeeds deeply‚ but although he lost his son and wife‚ Antigone lost her life. She is the central character. She drives the action‚ has more relevancy‚ and is a superior example of the ideal Grecian at the time. Without Antigone‚ the story would fall flat. For this reason‚ the story’s title as Antigone should not be changed. Despite some claims that Kreon better fits the profile of a tragic hero‚ Antigone is the right name for the play because Antigone is more relevant‚ a better role model‚ and drives
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