would like to compare the understanding of “justice” in Creon and Antigone’s point of view as well as the justice’s point of view according the truth. There are number of reasons why I am interested to analyze the term of justice in this second essay. One of them is that it is a challenging issue to discuss. To support the essay‚ I am using John Rawls’s theory of fairness. The first issue to discuss is the term of justice according to Creon. In the play of Antigone‚ two blood brothers‚ Polyneicies
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For of our two brothers‚ Creon(20) gives honorable burial to one‚ but dishonors the other. They say that he hid Eteocles beneath the earth with well-deserved pomp and circumstance‚ as one honored among the dead below;(25) but the corpse of Polynices‚ who died so sadly‚ they say it has been declared to the citizens that no one may bury or mourn him‚ but must see him unlamented‚ unburied‚ a sweet find for birds to feast upon.(30) Such things they say our good Creon decreed for you and me—for
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just let you suffer from the news. The messenger telling Choragus and Creon some news‚ he tells that “I will plainly all that seen./I shall not try to comfort you: What is the use” (Exodus.33-34). The messenger says that he won’t comfort Creon because it is his fate. Creon has to deal with the sorrowful fate that he gets. Therefore‚ the messenger is a sorrowful person. He just brings sorrow wherever he goes. Choragus is telling Creon how devastating the
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to make things right by finding the person who killed former king‚ Laius‚ he sends his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to find out for him. When Creon comes back‚ Oedipus hope it be nothing but good news. The gods told Creon that the one responsible for King Laius murder must be exiled. Jocasta was Laius wife when Laius was murdered. Jocasta and Oedipus got married. Oedipus suspects that the gods told Creon who killed Laius‚ but he denies it. Oedipus argues with Tiresias since Oedipus thinks Tiresias is betraying
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Antigone‚ a woman loses her life trying to honor her fallen brother and inadvertently causes Creon‚ the king‚ to lose his wife and daughter. Since we have two important characters’ detriments‚ we must choose which one is the tragic hero. Given that tragedies originated from Greece‚ we can use Aristotle’s definition and description to select the tragic hero (Ridgeway). According to Aristotle’s teachings‚ Creon is the tragic hero‚ regardless of the title. First‚ let us layout Aristotle’s tragic hero
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February 4th‚ 2014 Antigone: Irony 1. “But it is those that are most obstinate suffer the greatest fall.” (Creon says this to Antigone) This example from the short story could be considered dramatically ironic. The reader knows that Creon is the one who is obstinate and will not listen to his son‚ therefore resulting in him to have the greatest fall. When Creon’s son‚ Antigone’s fiancé‚ begs Creon to spare Antigone her life he wouldn’t listen and decided it would be best to kill her. Although he was
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In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ Creon seems to be the most sensible tragic fault‚ with his pride and power along with going against all laws of the gods lead up to reasons he is the tragic hero. Creon terrorized anyone who had done anything peaceful for Polynices burial. Creon’s says‚ “Polyneices I say‚ is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall on the plain‚ unburied”(I 39-40). After he states this he says anyone who does so will be locked away and punished. Antigone
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what King Creon put forth as a law. Therefore‚ she is risking her life. Some say that she is crazy and stupid for doing so. However‚ I would say that she is doing a brave and noble deed that should be recognized in a positive way. Just because her brother‚ Polyneices‚ deserves a proper burial‚ it does not make his actions forgivable or forgettable. 2. Creon deems that Antigone should be and is to be walled up alive. PG 786 - In this event‚ I found it shocking that Creon would sentence
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In the play Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles‚ foil and parallel characters are very common. The foil character in a story is the character who is the exact opposite of the main character‚ or in other word‚ the parallel character‚ and therefor serves to magnify certain characteristics of the main character. Such characters for example could be Ismene‚ the foil character and Antigone‚ the parallel character. Ismene is cowardly and prefer to follow the rules‚ while Antigone is much more
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the play‚ Antigone‚ both Creon and Antigone suffer from tragic flaws which eventually lead to their downfall. Creon and Antigone cannot control their excessive pride so they eventually pay for their hubris. Antigone’s tragic flaw is her uncompromising‚ unyielding passion for burying Polynieces. Her Hubris gets the best of her‚ as does Creon’s‚ and is due to be bured alive. Antigone’s arrogance and excessive pride eventually led to her downfall‚ but her arrogance towards Creon eventually led to her
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