The Tragic Downfalls of Creon and Antigone in Sophocles’ Antigone The hubris resonating throughout the play‚ ‘Antigone’ is seen in the characters of Creon and Antigone. Their pride causes them to act impulsively‚ resulting in their individual downfalls. In his opening speech‚ Creon makes his motives clear‚ that “no man who is his country’s enemy shall call himself my friend.” This part of his declaration was kept to the letter‚ as he refused burial for his nephew‚ Polynices. However‚ when the situation
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Hubris to show the decision between the gods and society. In the beginning of the play‚ Creon
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in-depth analysis of Oedipus. Jocasta - Oedipus’s wife and mother‚ and Creon’s sister. Jocasta appears only in the final scenes of Oedipus the King. In her first words‚ she attempts to make peace between Oedipus and Creon‚ pleading with Oedipus not to banish Creon. She is comforting to her husband and calmly tries to urge him to reject Tiresias’s terrifying prophecies as false. Jocasta solves the riddle of Oedipus’s identity before Oedipus does‚ and she expresses her love for her son and
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house unless it was a festival and be accompanied by a guardian. For Sophocles to have a bold resilient character such as Antigone‚ many people at the time were most likely astonish by Antigone behavior and her resistant to powerful men such as Creon. Antigone went against want society thought she should act. Antigone was determined to obey the law of the gods regardless of the consequences she would face including death. “I’ll still bury him. It would be fine to die while doing that.” (Sophocles
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and the chorus explore the theme of prophecy and fate. Antigone is one of/the main character in the play named after herself. However it is debatable whether she is the main character due to the fact that the majority of the play revolves around Creon and his actions‚ and end in him being alone whilst Antigone has died. Throughout the play she defines the loyalty to the Gods rather than civil obedience- and is the only character to do so. Immediately‚ Antigone is portrayed by Sophocles as a defiant
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the characters on stage. In Antigone the drama between Creon‚ Antigone’s father figure at the time‚ and Antigone is what generates the problem for Creon regarding killing Antigone and enforcing his law‚ or protecting his immediate family. Since family members are closer to each other‚ there are more conflicting emotions surrounding Creon due to Antigone being his niece‚ “ANTIGONE. Would you aught more/Than take my life whom you did catch? CREON. Not I; /Take that‚ take all. ANTIGONE. Then why do you
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can be verified since Antigone decided to follow the gods’ law over Creon’s law‚ and the punishment that she received from Creon was far too unreasonable. Antigone does what is ethical by pursuing what would be right in accordance to the gods‚ not in accordance to Creon. Creon believed that Polyneices did not deserve to be buried. Before Antigone is sent to dies‚ she tells Creon‚ “You will remember / What things I suffer‚ and at what’s men’s hands / Because I would not transgress the laws of heaven”
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Antigone: Divine Law vs. Human Law Possibly the most prominent theme in Sophocles’ "Antigone" is the concept of divine law vs. human law. In the story the two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polyneices have slain each other in battle. The new King Creon‚ who assumed the throne after Eteocles’ death‚ decrees that because Polyneices committed treason against the king‚ he shall not be buried‚ but instead "He shall be left unburied for all to watch The corpse mutilated and eaten by carrion-birds and by
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influence the actions of the other characters are Creon‚ the newly appointed king of Thebes‚ and his niece Antigone. The conflict that unfolds between these two begins with the death of Antigone’s two brothers. One brother‚ Eteocles‚ dies defending Thebes and for that reason he is given a proper burial. Polynices‚ on the other hand‚ dies a betrayer to the city‚ and was kept unburied‚ left to be consumed by the elements and animals of the city. Creon did not believe a traitor such as Polynices deserved
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only way to get out of hard times in life? What about your family and friends‚ how do you think they will feel about suicide? Are you feeling trap and don’t want to feel that way? In the book Antigone by Sophocles‚ Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Eurydice committed suicide because Creon who is the ruler didn’t think before doing things. They felt trap. Suicide is a mental illness‚ so there are three important things about suicide that we need to learn and they are signs and risk factors‚ rates in different
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