Contextualisation of Antigone. Original Setting Antigone is set originally in Ancient Greece in Thebes‚ The play is about the Princess Antigone rebelling against her Uncle‚ King Creon of Thebes‚ after he states that her brother Polyneices‚ who rebelled against his country‚ will not be buried after his death in war. Her other brother‚ Eteoclese is going to be buried with full military honours. Antigone‚ finding this unfair‚ asks her sister Ismene to assist her in burying their brother‚ who refuses
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she is accused. Antigone also violates her sister Ismene’s concerned warnings about the outcome of her actions. Creon is guilty of violation as well. He violates the rules of the Gods by forbidding anyone to bury Polyneices. Creon also violates Teiresias prediction that killing Antigone and
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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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I’ll be glad to die in the attempt‚-if it’s a crime‚ then it’s a crime that God commands.” Antigone wishes not to allow her brother to go without burial. She is a brave woman‚ enough to attempt the burial herself even if it is against the laws of Creon. Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus‚ and the sister of Ismene‚ Polyneices‚ and Eteocles. She chooses to live under the laws of the gods rather than her living king and father of her fiance. She wishes not to overrule the king‚ but to show respect
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Alex Formichella Ms. Pinches English 9 February 1‚ 2013 If she was a he Antigone‚ a tragedy written by Sophocles is a story about a girl named Antigone‚ who was sentenced to death by the ruthless king Creon‚ her uncle after burying her dead brother Polyneices‚ which was declared against the law after him and his brother fought‚ killed by the other’s sword. Back then women were not treated as equals like in today’s society‚ they were sometimes forced into marriage‚ had to stay home and could
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duty is not to the men who rule a domain‚ but rather to her own instincts and her own sense of right and wrong. She believes that the gods do not dictate through a ruler‚ but rather through individual beliefs. When does Creon become apologetic for his actions? Possible Answer: Creon never apologizes for his actions. Instead‚ he simply orders Antigone to be freed because he knows that Teiresias is never wrong - and therefore that his own life is at risk. However‚ he never truly believes that his order
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story he talks about how he wishes she was a man so it would be an easier situation to deal with. Antigone’s conscience is pressured by the demands of family tradition and obedience to the gods‚ while Creon is tasked with preserving law and order that is shown all through the story. Antigone and Creon‚ are both destroyed at the end‚ leaving the debate with no clear winner and a brother with no proper
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uncle‚ Creon‚ who inherited the throne‚ stated that Polyneices is to not be buried; “Polyneices‚ I say‚ is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall lie on the plain‚ unburied; and the birds and the scavenging dogs can do with him whatever they like.” Antigone stills goes to bury Polyneices; “But as for me‚ I will bury the brother I love.” After she puts some dust on Polyneices‚ a group of men finds out about it and a sentry gets sent to tell Creon the bad
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Antigone‚ the prideful protagonist‚ had her brother‚ Polynices‚ killed at war. King Creon of Thebes‚ the audacious and selfish antagonist‚ sternly declared that whoever buried the traitor‚ Polynices‚ was to be put to death at once‚ but that did not stop Antigone to do what she thinks is morally correct. In the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles‚ characters typify their hubris in various manners‚ particularly Antigone and Creon. The hubris portrayed by Antigone demonstrates her desire and passion to do what
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though king Creon publicly announced that anyone who tried to bury Polyneices would be punished Antigone still disobeyed him. I do
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