Introductory Paragraphs for Antigone 2. Antigone violated the laws set forth the land of Thebes by her uncle Creon and planned to defy Creon’s order and bury Polynices. Antigone possesses a remarkable ability to remember the past. Whereas her father Oedipus defies Tiresias‚ the prophet who has helped him so many times‚ and whereas he seems almost to have forgotten his encounter with Laius at the three-way crossroads‚ Antigone begins her play by talking about the many griefs that her father handed
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past they banished him away from Thebes. They were disgusted by what he had done and decided on forcing him to leave his city. With this they disrespected their father and even their own home of Thebes. Polyneices and Eteocles sided with their uncle‚ Creon who brought Thebes to its downfall. This caused them to once again disrespect their father‚ Oedipus and hurt Thebes. 3. (The Oedipus Rex Cycle- Oedipus at Colonus) Once Oedipus was banished from Thebes his daughter Antigone stays by his side. She
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year to year. When the first year was over Eteocles‚the elder son‚refused to step down from his kingship. Thus began a war between the two brothers which resulted in both of their deaths. With the two brothers being dead‚ the crown was appointed to Creon‚a worldly‚non-religious man who grants Eteocles an honorable burial but leaves Polynices to rot and makes an edict to leave his remains or be sentenced to death. Antigone‚being the heavily religious sister of the two princes disagree
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society of Antigone‚ through her dialogue with Antigone in the prologue of the play. As Ismene is attempting to convince Antigone to not bury Polyneices‚ she makes the point that they “cannot fight with men”(Sophocles Prologue.47)‚ and that disobeying Creon will yield severe consequences‚ even more so than men would receive. This statement places women as a part of a secondary social role
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position in society‚ reverence for the gods‚ loyalty to the state and to family‚ and the dangers of absolute power and pride. The characters of Creon and Antigone represent opposites concerning these topics‚ and Sophocles adeptly utilizes them to debate the arguments in question. Neither Creon nor Antigone is in the right‚ rather both have impure motives- Creon is not completely solidified in his position‚ and although Antigone persists in hers‚ her reasoning is unclear- that are corrupted by excessive
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Another noticeable point of irony in this story grows from Creon‚ Oedipus’s brother-in-law (or uncle if you prefer). Early in the story‚ Oedipus charges Creon and Teiresias with treason. His blindness again doesn’t allow him to see that Creon and Teiresias are merely trying to help him. Creon tells Oedipus that he has no intentions of being king. He is happy ruling next to Oedipus‚ without all the headaches that come along with absolute power. Creon is happy being the main advisor‚ instead of being the
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starts when she buried a loved one‚ her brother. Antigone‚ deliberately disobeying the law placed by the king himself‚ Creon‚ buried her brother Polyneices. Antigone acted on purpose when Creon said‚ “And you dare defy the law‚” and Antigone replied‚ “I dared” (1082). Antigone’s response to Creon shows her awareness that she did something faulty. Antigone’s defiance resulted in Creon having his men put her in a stone vault to die or live‚ depending on God’s will. In this vault‚ Antigone “made a noose
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action epitomizes the conflict then occurring in France. Antigone embodies the French Resistance‚ while Creon is the avatar of the Vichy government. The following commentary will explore not only the contrasting world views put forth by Anouilh‚ but also the various literary techniques he makes use of and the importance of the key passages in relation to the play as a whole. In the cases of both Creon and Antigone‚ Anouilh signifies the importance of the French war-time existentialist creed of the importance
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Bley English II 20 May 2016 Compare and/or Contrasting Julius Caesar and Antigone The Julius Caesar and Antigone stories are both about a conspiracy to kill the main character. Antigone is charged with death because of her defiant stand against Creon not burying her brother Polynices‚ who was considered a traitor at the time. Julius Caesar‚ while a hero to the majority of Rome‚ is considered by the rest of Rome’s congressmen to become a tyrant if he becomes king. While Antigone manages to live
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of a religious festival every year in Athens. A literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destructor. Creon error in judgement leads to his downfall by being dumped from start of being kings‚ and bears no respond sibitity for his flaws. Sophocles uses Creon action to show an effect of his fate. The people say Creon is noble for his directed on the two brothers but is important because he is not helping both brothers just the one who fought on his side. I
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