their father Oedipus abdicated. 2.) Eteocles and Polynices were the paternally cursed fratricidal brothers who fought for control of Thebes after their father Oedipus abdicated. 3.) Creon’s edict‚ was to deprive Polynices from his proper funeral burial. The decree issued with its annexed penalty became law‚ and as the law it was incumbent on every citizen to obey it. 4.) Antigone is too self-righteous‚ even alienating‚ but also a seminal feminist‚ determined to do what is right even in defiance
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The adventurous story of Antigone all started when Antigone and Ismenes brothers‚ Eteocles and Polyneices‚ had killed each other. After they had found out that he was dead‚ King Creon said to give Eteocles a hero’s burial and leave Polyneices to be eaten by the dogs and birds. King Creon told the kingdom that whoever tries to bury him will be sent to prison‚ but Antigone did not care to what King Creon had said and asked Ismene if she wanted to join her to go bury their brother Polyneices‚ but Ismene
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Comparison Essay Two The three various Native American art styles vary mainly based upon their religious practices. In Mesoamerica‚ much of the sacrificial customs were depicted throughout their art and architecture. Human and sacrifice and bloodletting were a very huge part of Mayan culture‚ much more so than other Native American cultures of that time period. Ball courts and temples within Mesoamerican culture were prominent‚ while ultimately not completely understood by historians‚ the lasting
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. The Haniwa of Ancient Japan . Mark Morin Foxsparrow 10/12/2013 The burial statuettes of the Kofun culture of ancient Japan known as Haniwa‚ which is Japanese for “clay cylinders‚”(Noma 1960‚ 3) are especially significant for learning about the ancient secular life and spiritual belief systems of the time period from 200600CE. To quote Seiroku Noma‚ author of the introduction section of Haniwa as shown in four American museums published by The Asia Society in 1960‚ “Several thousand
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However‚ Castro’s perception changes in the third stanza of [Mild Was the Air]‚ exhibiting a vital epiphany within the poem. This epiphany occurs when the poet chooses to let go of her child’s earthly existence through the religious act of burial‚ imploring‚ “Throw earth upon the unburied body . . . earth! / Before corruption fastens on his flesh” (11-12). In this instance‚ Castro’s religious faith allows her to move past the death of her son and recognize that his soul can now be at peace
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“I intend to give my brother burial. I’ll be glad to die in the attempt‚-if it’s a crime‚ then it’s a crime that God commands.” Antigone wishes not to allow her brother to go without burial. She is a brave woman‚ enough to attempt the burial herself even if it is against the laws of Creon. Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus‚ and the sister of Ismene‚ Polyneices‚ and Eteocles. She chooses to live under the laws of the gods rather than her living king and father of her fiance. She wishes not to overrule
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Background Material – A Brief Summary and History Egyptian Burial was the term for Egyptian funeral rites concerning death and a soul’s journey into the Afterlife. Burial Rituals were different between social and economic classes; People such as Pharaoh’s and the wealthy were buried in Mastaba’s Inside these Mastaba’s they packed what they believed could possibly be useful to them in the afterlife. However‚ regardless of whether a burial was above ground or below eventually it would probably have
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From the Upper Paleolithic period there are many well-established cases of human burial‚ where the body or bodies have been deliberately laid to rest within a dug grave‚ sometimes accompanied by ornaments of personal adornment. Evidence is emerging‚ however‚ from even earlier periods. The act of burial itself implies some kind of respect or feeling for the deceased individual‚ and perhaps some notion of an afterlife (although that point is
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This play starts with brothers to Antigone‚ Polyneices and Eteocles dying in war; they killed each other tragically while fighting over the throne of Thebes. Eteocles receives a respectable stately burial and Polyneices was considered a traitor and is disgraced‚ not allowed to receive a proper burial. If anyone gets close to the body of Polyneices or tries to bury him they would be condemned to death by King Creon‚ who has become the new monarch to the throne. King Creon makes some tragic decisions
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Polyneices‚ Antigone performed a burial that was seen as honorable. Although after the body was uncovered‚ the second burial she performed on her brother was seen as dishonorable. This was changed because the second burial was done in order to spite Creon and get glory for exposing his wrongdoings. By performing the second burial Antigone’s honor was ruined and she was looked down upon for her actions (Sophocles‚ 71). Antigone‚ if she had only performed the first burial‚ would have been honored and not
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