How far do Creon and Antigone fit Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero? Aristotle defined a tragic hero as: - "The intermediate sort of person‚ one whop is not pre-eminently virtuous and just‚ one who incurs misfortune not as a result of vice and depravity‚ but by some error of judgement while enjoying great reputation and prosperity" and Creon and Antigone are the characters that could fit this definition best. Aristotle first of all suggests that a tragic hero must be someone of
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burdening lives while enduring restrictive love due to the oppressive female roles. Lorca creates the character‚ Bernarda Alba to act as the tyrant in his tale‚ leading some characters such as Adela and Maria Josefa to defy her and try to escape the tyrannical environment. Lorca expresses this uprising against Bernarda using colour as symbolism‚ while the house is symbolically used by Bernarda Alba as a means of repressing her family members and remaining in control. Esquivel uses the characters‚ Tita
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king of Thebes Creon‚ can be interpreted as two very similar characters with very diverse values. Their role in the play is also quite divergent and through use of dramatic devices‚ diction‚ contrast‚ and imagery Sophocles accentuates the similarities in character yet a clash in values Antigone and Creon‚ thus potentially creating two tragic heroes. In order to assess whether or not both are tragic characters‚ initially it’s imperative to analyze their conflictive values. Creons character attaches
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Antigone and Creon‚ from "Antigone" by Sophocles‚ encounter a philosophical war based on their moral views. A conflict arose when the principles that backed up their actions disagreed with each other. Antigone’s side of the conflict held a gods’ law is the way approach‚ as opposed to the "I am king" approach Creon chose to follow. The variation in the beliefs‚ opinions‚ and moral views of Antigone and Creon were constantly disputed through out the play. Antigone felt that Creon was disregarding
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Creon’s tragic Downfall Creon is the tragic hero of the play‚ Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ and suffers the greatest downfall. It all begins when he maes his public announcment as the new king. He states his message loud and clearly to everyone‚ that if anyone feels the need to bury the body od Polyneices‚ they will be going against the law and will be sentenced to death. In this powerful speech‚ he shows the need for control and order in the way he plans to rule. At the same time‚ he is showing arrogance
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right‚ she is not a tragic hero. Creon is the true tragic hero of Antigone in the traditional sense of the term. Both Antigone and Creon were born of noble blood as they are members of the same family. However‚ Antigone ’s birth is corrupted as she is the child of a brother and sister. This almost immediately disqualifies her as the tragic hero. Antigone is more than basically good; she never waivers from her position because she knows that she is right‚ whereas Creon stands somewhere in the middle
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Chocolate” and “The House of Bernarda Alba” Lead To Unnatural Consequences? In both ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ and ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ rebellion against oppression is a strong theme‚ with both Tita and Adela struggling to break free of their mother’s authoritarianism. However‚ it is important to realise that with both characters‚ the authors are using them to symbolise their own journeys. Federico Garcia Lorca uses Adela’s strong willed fight against Bernarda Alba to represent the costs
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This theme of painful‚ repressed sexuality is echoed in his later work The House of Bernarda Alba. Garcia Lorca lived in New York for several years‚ where he wrote Poet in New York. This posthumously published work touched on Lorca ’s feelings of depression and suicidal urges‚ urges that may have helped him to create the frightened‚ repressed and ultimately suicidal character Adela in The House of Bernarda Alba. He returned to Spain in 1931 and established his own theatre troupe‚ "La Barraca
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1. An examination of the author’s use of weather imagery in The House of Bernarda Alba and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich as a medium to explore the effect of totalitarian rule on the human spirit in the societies about which they write. 2. An investigation of the ways in which García Lorca and Checkov use sound imagery to illustrate the conflict between tradition and change in the plays‚ The House of Bernarda Alba and The Cherry Orchard. 3. An analysis of the way in which the personal
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Topic 1 La Poncia reveals her contempt for Bernarda by telling another servant: “I’ll lock myself up in a room with her and spit in her face-a while year” (235). La ponicia has been mistreated by Bernarda which continues to remind her of her “place” within the house. For instance in the opening of Act 1‚ La Ponicia introduces Bernarda to the audience by saying “If Bernarda doesn’t find things shining‚ she’ll pull out the few hairs I have left”. She also announces “She’s perfectly capable of sitting
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