Antigone In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the main conflict is civic authority versus natural law. Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ is faced with the decision of standing by the laws he has enforced or to make the people of Thebes happy. Antigone‚ the protagonist of the play‚ countered Creon by breaking his law to not provide a burial for her brother‚ Polynices. The fundamental struggle between the protagonist and antagonist is developed according to a set pattern that theater audiences have come to recognize
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the tragedy Antigone written by Sophocles in 441 B.C‚ complication and denouncement are seen throughout the play as a sister‚ Antigone stands up for her brother’s burial rights as King Creon denies him of any. Complication and denouncement are used by Sophocles to aid in the character development of Antigone and Creon whose mindsets are altered from close-minded to open-minded. Both characters situations prove that being close-minded in life can result in things unraveling for the worse. Antigone
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Adil Akbar Mrs. Herrin English II Pre AP-1 07 November 2011 The Incognito Exterminator of Society The philosophy and tactics of civil disobedience have been used as early as 441 B.C. with Antigone and other religious groups. We must remember‚ however‚ this philosophy has also been used as recently as The Anti Vietnam War Movement. Civil disobedience is exercised by citizens that want to better society and they are at fault. Also‚ despite common belief‚ civil disobedience
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Justification The final product produced by myself Alice Nguyen‚ Samuel Tranter‚ Carltan San‚ Gary Zheng‚ Kathy Dao and Vy Nguyen‚ is a parody of the tv show‚ "My Kitchen Rules". I played the character of Antigone‚ Sam played Haemon‚ Carltan played Creon‚ Gary played the abusive male character Satanas‚ Kathy played Ismene and Vy played the submissive female character Peggy. We have had several complications involving our filming days‚ communication‚ ideas and timing. We followed some parts of
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and hack down whomever or whatever gets in the way. Violence and conflict are major themes in both Antigone and the book of Genesis. Antigone is laden with violent imagery; countless arguments causing conflict between Antigone and Creon as well as Creon and Haemon; and the blatant violence of the various murders and suicides present in the play. Genesis‚ on the other hand‚ has a range of stories; a handful of which contain large-scale violence‚ such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah or
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Antigone as a Feminist Icon Male authority is a dominant theme in Sophocles’ “Antigone.” Men occupied the land‚ ruled the towns and assigned the women duties to perform. Antigone‚ however‚ believed that she was just as strong as the men who ruled society during that time‚ which led to her downfall. The goal of the feminist movement has generally been to seek equality between the sexes. Through the women’s movement‚ women have won the right to vote‚ and can now compete for traditionally male
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illustrates the conflicts between man’s actions against the power of unwritten law‚ the willingness to ignore the truth‚ the misused limits of free will‚ and the false notion of beating the ways of fate. The fathers‚ chronologically Lauis‚ Oedipus‚ and Creon all show people who acted in ways to avoid the predestined fates set up on them for their own happiness. The first father‚ Lauis the king of Thebes is portrayed as a person who lets his hubris and ego attempt to rewrite his fate by not heading to
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A Gender Bias Approach to Antigone Just as one stone removed can break a bridge‚ one flaw can bring a man to ruins. The flaw of one man cannot bring down an entire kingdom‚ but rather one outlook of the king can lead to the demise of the whole. In Sophocles ’ epic tragedy‚ Antigone‚ a strong gender bias is present throughout the tragedy‚ and is partially responsible for the downfall of the king. To Sophocles the king is not always representative of the people‚ but acts on his own personal desires
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Oedipus the King -Oedupus had once saved the city before by lifting a curse that was put there by the Sphinx -Creon is Oedipus’s brother-in-law -Sends Creon to seek the advice of Apollo because a curse is incurred in the land of Thebes -Curse will be lifted if the murderer of Laius (oedipus’s dad/ former king) is found and prosecuted. Laius was murdered many years ago at a crossroads. -The reason why there hadn’t been further investigation about the murder when it first happened is because the Sphinx
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the male characters‚ especially Creon‚ believe that women have no right to interfere with the political and social world that exists within the plays. This directly translates to the beliefs in the real world during the time that these plays were set. By looking at the relationships between the male characters and the female characters‚ we will discover that the women in The Theban Plays were not respected and treated equally as men were during that time. Creon‚ the brother in law of Oedipus and
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