political and analytical roles the chorus plays in this scene and how Creon supposedly acts in favor of the state by not according Polynices a proper burial. The chorus has a dialogue‚ which serves as a direct comment on the action of the play bringing to the scene the political scenario of the society and the consequences of disobeying the authority that is the head of state. Even though it seems the chorus is siding with Creon and giving large support to following the laws of God and of man‚ they
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Since both brothers had died the next in line would be Jocasta’s brother Creon. Creon had said for Eteocles to have a proper burial but had put Polyneices’ body outside of the city walls because he believed he didn’t deserve a proper burial. As a result‚ Antigone had wanted to give her brother a proper burial so he could rest in peace and that is what she did. Creon had later seen someone gave Polyneices a proper burial and Antigone had admitted with no hesitation that
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The play “Antigone‚” by Sophocles displays an interesting storyline in which the main characters Antigone and Creon undergo various obstacles due to their actions. Throughout the play‚ Antigone attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polyneices. By choosing to protest and defy Creon’s rule‚ Antigone unquestionably breaks the law. However‚ her defiance does not seem like an act of civil disobedience against injustice because Antigone was acting in her own self-interest when considering
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Antigone‚ by Sophocles and‚ Lysistrata by Aristophanes are both pieces of art studied and fascinated within the time frame they were made and still are to this day. The tragedy‚ Antigone‚ and the comedy‚ Lysistrata‚ both encompass women who go against their customs and laws; but what sets these two so widely apart‚ is the outcome in which each women face in result of their actions. Antigone is told and begins with the assumption that readers know the background and characters within it‚ this is
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The world of the Greeks was based on the "divine laws" set by the Gods who were the rulers of the land and who promoted people to heaven or hell. At times‚ Creon‚ the city’s new leader‚ followed the rules‚ but in most cases went with what he felt was good for the state. Antigone on the other hand created this mindset thinking that if the God’s divine law is not followed all bad will happen‚ which in the end really did happen. The first example to support this theme of Antigone was when Antigone
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characters‚ Antigone being one of them. In the beginning of Antigone Creon the ruler made a proclamation the Polynecies‚ Antigone’s brother was not allowed to have an honorable burial. He was to be left out in the open where animals could do as they wish to him. Since he is the ruler‚ he assumed no MAN would ever go against his final ruling. When he found out that he was properly buried he was flabbergasted. On page 704 Creon states “ I swear by god and by the throne of God the man who has done
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This essay is to discuss the multilayered motives that drive Antigone to action. When I read the play I believe‚ it is a strong sense alligence to her family‚ and pure anger that drives Antigone to make the decision to act against Creons law and bury her brother Polyneices. After loosing her mother to sucided‚ her father and her twin brothers‚ Antigone and her sister Ismene are the last of the Labadcus family (a royal family). The lost of so many loved ones in a short period of time begins to manifests
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this one scene‚ is used to tell the audience that the prophet Teiresias was correct. The first line of the Messenger in this excerpt is that both Antigone and Haemon are dead‚ and that the those who are alive‚ Creon‚ are to blame. This satisfies the part of Teiresias prediction of Creon losing the one from his loins as a result of his actions. However‚ the prediction does not end there‚ rather it is said that another will also die. After this excerpt‚ it is revealed that Creon’s wife has also
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plague that has struck‚ and the citizens are gathered around the palace to ask him to put a stop to it. Oedipus worriedly asks his brother-in-law Creon to find out from the oracle how to put a stop to the plague. The rising action begins when Creon returns from the oracle and delivers the news to Oedipus about what he learned from the god Apollo. Creon tells Oedipus that the murderer of Laius‚ who was the king of Thebes before Oedipus‚ is living in Thebes‚ and in order for the plague to come to an
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to help Antigone says‚ “Live‚ if you will; live‚ and defy the holiest laws of heaven” (Antigone 128). This shows that Antigone does believe that burying Polynices is what the gods want because she says burial is the “holiest law”. When talking to Creon‚ Antigone does not listen to him because she believes she is right:
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