Pearce 1 Camille Pearce Ms. Kettle IB English Period D 12 October 2014 Antigone; A Martyr Who Dies for the Wrong Reasons Pearce 2 Antigone as a strong and determined tragic hero who presents herself as a powerful woman who will not be defined by a man. Antigone is steadfast in her decision to disobey the law and bury her brother and dose not hesitate to take fully responsibility for her actions even if it means death. Unfortunately‚ Antigone does not consider the effect her death will have
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Alectryon: Youth changed by Ares into cock. Althaea: Wife of Oeneus; mother of Meleager. Amazons: Female warriors in Asia Minor; supported Troy against Greeks. Amor: See Eros. Amphion: Musician; husband of Niobe; charmed stones to build fortifications for Thebes. Amphitrite: Sea goddess; wife of
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Nhu Nguyen Period 6th Mythology Project PART TWO: Stories of Love and Adventure I. Cupid and Psyche 1. “Psyche excelled her sisters so greatly that beside them she seemed a very goddess consorting with mere mortals” (121). 2. Venus wants Cupid to use his power and make Psyche fall madly in love with the vilest and most despicable creature there is in the whole world (122). 3. Cupid fell in love with Psyche the moment they first met (122). 4. The Zephyr carried Psyche from the
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Polyneices and to implement a ceremony as a sign of respect and death. While‚ Creon has a firm conviction that laws of man is stronger than the laws of God because God isn’t the person of earth who has to compose all the rules and have the citizens of Thebes pursue them. The laws of God states that an individual shall not question what God says is right‚ they must do it. If an individual questions God’s actions it is considered a sin. Antigone did exactly what she thought was the right thing and followed
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between the two pieces and their authors. Antigone is a play written by Sophocles and is about a young girl named Antigone who struggles with written laws of her city‚ Thebes. Her uncle is King Creon and sentences her to death because she decided to bury her brother‚ Polynices‚ after it was declared that he deserved no burial. Antigone’s sister‚ Ismene‚ was too afraid to go along with her. Antigone’s fiancé‚ (who is also King Creon’s son) Haemon‚ and his mother‚ Eurydice were appalled by the King’s
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__________________________ Eteocles: ______________________________ Oedipus: Father of Antigone‚ Ismene‚ Polynices Jocasta: _______________________________ and Eteocles; son and husband to Jocasta Prologue [In Thebes‚ directly in front of the royal palace‚ which stands in the background‚ its main doors facing the audience. Enter Antigone leading Ismene away from the palace] ANTIGONE Now‚ dear Ismene‚ my own blood sister‚ do you
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Antigone‚ Creon represents the tragic hero due to the tragic flaw‚ hubris‚ which he shares with Oedipus. Creon takes on the new leadership role as the King of Thebes‚ he begins to believe that his laws are more important than the laws of the gods. He displays entitlement while he talks with Choragos; “—Polyneices‚ I say‚ is to have no burial: no man/is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall lie/on the plain‚ unburied; and then birds and the scavenging/dogs can do with him whatever
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What would you do if one of your family members die but do not get that they need? Antigone’s brother polynecius died and he didn’t get the proper burial his body needed so Antigone was really mad and upset. While Creon causes suicides‚ and ignores Antigone. Creons pride is the right one to blame because he is against all gods‚ he ignores Antigone‚ and he also caused many suicides in the city. To begin Creon is against all gods. First of all Creon believes he is the only king great king and he thinks
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but she is missing the element of increased awareness. Imagine finding out that your father married your grandma and your brothers killed each other over power. Then your uncle steps in to be king and declares that one of your brothers will get no burial because he was a trader. This information starts off a tragic play called Antigone. In the play‚ Creon must have noble stature in order to be the tragic hero. One way Creon has noble stature is that he is the king which gives him power over the people
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than women could. Eventually Queen Hatshepsut hired the architect‚ Senmut‚ who she wanted to have build and put together the temples which she had in mind. She wanted her temple to stand on the western bank of the Nile River also known as western Thebes. After many years it was noticed that Senmut had put together several excellent temples‚ so he was directed to have special focus on the next one‚ which would be the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Senmut build her one the best temples early Egypt has
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