Throughout the play‚ the difference between Creon and Antigone is vividly shown. By the end of the play‚ Antigone‚ it is evident that a total of five characters have lost their lives. This is due to the characters’ failure to choose where their loyalty and obligation should stand‚ thus creating conflict. The main character of the play‚ Antigone‚ is forced to choose a decision between abiding by the law‚ and showing obligation to her family. King Creon is also forced to make a decision between his
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believe she is doing what is right‚ regardless of whether she thinks the religious traditions to be true or not. “One must do what one can‚” she says‚ and she believes in upholding this moral principle regardless of how little impact it will have. Creon however‚ describes this as a “senseless gesture”‚ not only due to its futility but also because he refutes the idea that Polynices may only rest in the afterlife once buried. He describes it as “mass-produced mumbo-jumbo”‚ to which she agrees‚ saying
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Within the Hero’s journey‚ characters show the story and use emotions through‚ the journey‚ symbol’s enhance the stories’ or movies’ meaning. In this instance archetypes are used‚ archetypes are a recurring of characters and symbols in a study. A movie that consists a hero’s journey within the plot is Avatar written and directed by James Cameron in 2009. Avatar is about a paralyzed marine‚ Jake Sully‚ who is sent to Pandora after his twin brother Tommy‚ is killed. Jake serves as a substitute and
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In Sophocles Antigone‚ the title character’s gender has profound effects on the meaning of her actions. Creon himself says that the need to defeat her is all the more pressing because since she is a woman her rebellion upsets gender roles and hierarchy. By refusing to be passive‚ she overturns one of the fundamental rules of her culture. Women were subjugated and supposed to be silent spectators to the world around them as men’s‚ such as Creon’s‚ search for power fuels there desire to put women down
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Every character is a type of character that is known as part of the archetype. The hero’s journey is a literary device created by Joseph Campbell as a way to recognize the hero’s main journey throughout many different genres. It is the typical journey of a hero thrown out into an unknown world with a single objective. The
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Antigone vs. Creon The question you ask is between Antigone and Creon‚ who has the most credibility? I believe that Antigone clearly has full credibility for what she has done. She followed her heart to not only prove that she was going to do what was right but to do what would make herself and hopefully Polyneices happy. Antigone felt it was right to bury her brother because of her families beliefs. In Episode I‚ Antigone herself said‚ “If thus thou speakest‚ thou wilt have hatred from me and
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In “Inside Out” the story tellers use the archetype “Mentor” to show how as humans we all need someone to help us along with life and teach us the correct ways so then when we grow up we can teach the younger generation. Mentors teach us what is bad and good to overall protects us from danger. At the beginning of the movie when Riley was young it shows in the movie that Riley is running around. When she is running she is about to trip over a cord but‚ right before she does fear steps in and saves
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be of noble stature‚ can not be perfect‚ their downfall most be their fault‚ their misfortune is not wholly deserved‚ the fall is not a total loss‚ and has a moral purpose. Therefore‚ Creon is the tragic hero in Antigone because he is of noble stature‚ posses character flaws‚ and his fall is not an entire loss. Creon is the brother of Jocasta‚ who was the wife and mother of Oedipus‚ who was the king of Thebes. He becomes ruler of Thebes after the s of Oedipus’ two sons‚ Eteocles and Polynices in the
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American mythologist and writer of ̈The Power Of Myths ̈ breaks it down in three stages‚ ̈Departure‚ ̈ ̈Initiation‚ ̈ and ̈Return ̈. It focuses on the many archetype of a heros ‚ and the different characteristics they have. ̈ A hero is someone who has given his or her life for something bigger than oneself ̈ (151) would be the perfect example of archetype..
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Hero’s Journey: Separation: Hiccup (the male protagonist) begins his journey to heroism right from the first scene. In this scene he is seen as a useless child and he is sent away from all the action of hunting dragon to repair the weapons of the other Vikings. Hiccup disobeys his father’s orders and he set out to kill a Nightfury‚ the most dangerous of all of the dragons. He unexpectedly hits one‚ yet no one believes him‚ he in fact get in trouble. Later the next day he sets out to find the Nightfury
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