categories to be a tragic hero. Antigone is not afraid to be a tragic hero and knows what she is doing from the very beginning. She admits it to Creon and is not afraid to pay with her life to make a point. According to Aristotle‚ The hero must suffer more than she deserves. Antigone unquestionably suffered excessively more than she ever had to. Creon decided that instead of a swift death of being executed that incipiently she was to be stoned to death. Then he decides to make it severer by ordering
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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 does not want to go against King Creon’s law so she said she will not help bury Polyneices but won’t tell anyone that Antigone is going to bury him. When King Creon is
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Thebes was once Laius and passed on to his son Oedipus. The crown somehow lands on the head of Creon‚ at the beginning of the play and corrupts the family line of royalty. Her whole life‚ Antigone has never been in control. Therefore‚ she is finally in control with the decision to bury her brother and exploiting that aspect. Antigone does what she does to gain the sympathies of the people in order to defy Creon‚ restoring the crown to the rightful heir.
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effects of the position on the king’s character. Creon reveals such ambivalent thoughts towards the kingship in his speech defending himself from Oedipus’s conspiracy accusation in Oedipus the King; these ambivalent thoughts reveal much about the nature of the kingship‚ especially in conjunction with Creon’s later actions in Antigone. In attempting to refute Oedipus’s assertion that Creon has taken part in a conspiracy to obtain the kingship‚ Creon evaluates the nature of the kingship and of his
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In class essay about play Antigone Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ is one of the major characters. The author utilized several characters/ foils in order to build up the king’s image‚ the pride‚ cruel‚ stubborn and superior ruler. Through those conflicts‚ arguments and persuations‚ the king’s figure was gradually set up and was foreshadowing the tragic ending of his own life. The conflict between Antigone and Creon in the play is very outstanding and intense. Creon commanded that Eteocles would be buried
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made laws. Polynices‚ Antigone’s brother‚ was seen as a traitor to Creon. When Polynices dies in battle Creon leaves his body unburied as a “city- wide proclamation” and forbids anyone to bury him or even mourn him. Antigone is outraged by Creon’s law stating that anyone disobeying his law will be executed. She then confides in her sister‚ Ismene‚ to help her give their brother proper burial rights. Ismene refuses for fear of Creon‚ Antigone then states
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Polynices. Although she knows the possible outcomes of her choice‚ this does not stop her as she believes Creon will be more sympathetic towards her. Antigone proves this when she says “Poor Creon! My nails are broken‚ my fingers are bleeding‚ my arms are covered with the wells left by the paws of your guards- but I am queen!” (Anouilh‚ 50). Therefore she takes advantage her relationship with Creon in order to gain power. Lastly‚ the outcome of Antigone at the end of each play was the same‚ but the amount
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brother in law Creon then assumes the throne. He dictates that Eteocles shall receive a state funeral and honors‚ while Polyneices shall be left in the streets to rot away. Creon believes that Polyneices’ body shall be condemned to this because of his civil disobedience and treachery against the city. Polyneices’ sister‚ Antigone‚ upon hearing this exclaims that an improper burial for Polyneices would be an insult to the Gods. She vows that Polyneices’ body will be buried‚ and Creon declares that
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Miguel Vivar-Alcalde Mr. Scott Harrison Pre-AP English 10 14 August 2013 Antigone Essay Sophocles uses rhetorical appeals in Antigone in order to clarify what the characters say to the tragic hero Creon. Ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos are used in this Greek tragedy by three characters to make Creon realize and reverse his decision in punishing Antigone for her crime. Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Teiresias all use a different predominant one form of rhetorical appeal‚ yet it is just one of these characters using
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the three Theban plays‚ a collection that has survived for centuries‚ and for good reason. One of these plays was Antigone. It follows the struggle of a young woman‚ Antigone who disobeyed the law of King Creon (who is also her uncle) that no one should bury Polyneices (Antigone’s brother) who Creon believes was a traitor. II. Author Sophocles‚ the son of Sophilus‚ was a wealthy member of the rural deme (small community) of Colonus Hippius in Attica‚ which was to become a setting for one of his
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