faithful to her cousin Rosalind follows her to the garden of Arden and therefore falls in love with Orlando’s brother Oliver ‚ Orlando or even phoebes future ‚and examples from Antigone would be how she influences her destiny (death ) or even Ismenes or Haemons life. Like Antigone ‚Rosalind is very gutsy we understand this when she is sent to exile by her uncle and instead of feeling frightened she puts on a brave face and goes to the garden of Arden in search of freedom .She is quit an interesting character
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loyalty to her family that results in her own death‚ and Creon whose tragic flaw is his hubris that causes his son and wife to die. Antigone had a brother named Polynieces who was an enemy to the town of Thebes‚ and was announced to not have a burial in the form of a law by Creon. Antigone’s tragic flaw of having loyalty to her family caused her to illegally bury her brother in a manner that would barely be considered a burial ritual. When Creon had found out about it he told his servants‚ “take
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family from any further embarrassment from their corrupted family history. Creon declares a law to his city that Polynices should not be buried. Those who do not obey his law will be publicly stoned. Guard saw Antigone burying Polynices which was forbidden according to Creon’s law. However‚ Creon thinks that he was bribed and will thus be killed if he doesn’t find Antigone. Guard finds Antigone and brings her to Creon to be judged for her works. Antigone confesses that
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Antigone are forced to follow their unchangeable fate that the gods had chose for them; the characters lives are then dictated by fate and not their free will. One of the main characters‚ Antigone‚ had willingly chose go against the law of the king‚ Creon‚ to bury her brother who was seen as traitor. Even though Antigone had chose to defy Creon’s law‚ her fate of how she was punished would be appointed by the gods. Antigone eventually
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MEG 2 Assignments Ans. 2 Shakespeare’s “Midsummer’s Night Dream” is interwoven with supernatural elements such as fairies‚ elves‚ unrealistic dreams that have been used as a tool to create confusion and therefore comedy within a dream about romance. Like the witches in Macbeth‚ the fairies in “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream” are very much a part of life and interact with men and this can be clearly seen when Oberon accuses Titania of having an affair with the mortal Thesus. Dreams within a
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final scene of Antigone is where the tragedy of the situation is revealed; Creon‚ in simply doing what he thinks his right‚ has angered the Gods to the point where Antigone has died‚ Haemon has killed himself in fury with him‚ and Eurydice has also committed suicide upon hearing this news. The audience should feel sorrow; they should feel pity for Eurydice‚ as she hears the news. And they should also feel sympathy for Creon; though he has been a somewhat antagonist throughout the play‚ he has always
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comes to pass. Yet when the prophet Tiresias visits Creon in Antigone‚ he comes to deliver a warning‚ not an unavoidable prophecy. He says that Creon has made a bad decision‚ but that he can redeem himself. “Once the wrong is done‚” Tiresias says‚ “a man can turn his back on folly‚ misfortune‚ too‚ if he tries to make amends‚ however low he’s fallen‚ and stops his bullnecked ways.” While Oedipus never has a choice—his fate was sealed—in this case Creon seems to have more free will. He chooses to remain
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of Oedipus and Jocasta‚ becomes infuriated with Creon‚ who is the king of Thebes and her uncle. Creon will not allow Antigone’s brother‚ Polynices‚ to be buried. Antigone tells her sister‚ Ismene‚ that she will defy Creon’s ruling
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Antigone. It was written by Sophocles. Creon is a tragic hero because he suffers a horrible fate‚realizes flaw‚and learns from his mistake. Creon suffers a horrible fate. His pride leads him onto suffering. He’s failed from his power and happiness. The messenger said‚”Haemon is dead‚and the hand that killed him was his own.”(Page 1103‚Lines 19-20) Because of what Creon did that caused Polyneices to never be buried and Antigone be locked away in a cave‚ Creon would suffer from the wrath of the gods
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PROLOGUE OEDIPUS My children‚ scions of the ancient Cadmean line‚ what is the meaning of this thronging round my feet‚ this holding out of olive boughs all wreathed in woe? The city droops with elegaic sound and hymns with pails of incense hang. I come to see it with my eyes‚ no messenger’s. Yes‚ I whom men call Oedipus the Great. [He turns to the PRIEST] Speak‚ Elder‚ you are senior here. Say what this pleading means‚ what frightens you‚ what you beseech. Coldblooded would I be‚ to be unmoved
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