interpreted in modern day society‚ as the love between a father and their son. A love that is almost as a admiration‚ where the young boy sees his father as a role model‚ who he wishes to become in the near future. This idea can be related to Haemon and Creon‚ the father and son duo‚ whose relationship was that in the beginning‚ but later worsen; base on certain events that
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how many times Lennie gets them into trouble. The Greek drama Antigone exemplifies the definition of a tragedy because not only does it arouse pity‚ it also shows the protagonist suffering crushing defeat and death. The antagonist of the story‚ Creon‚ also the uncle of Antigone‚ decreed that no one could give his nephew Polynices death rites‚ on the grounds that a traitor cannot be granted a proper burial. In Greek culture‚ this is means that the soul will be trapped forever on Earth‚ never to
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characters who are honored and characters who are a disgrace based on their actions in the story. Eteocles is a person that deserves to be honored as he was a courageous and determined person in the story. He showed full responsibility and loyalty towards Creon and the City of Thebes. Even though it was brother that went against him‚ Eteocles fought him back in order to protect his country and the people from any violence or harm. Eteocles was considered a hero because he risked his life from enemies protecting
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Thebes to it’s glory. It is Oedipus’s power As king‚ Oedipus begins his quest to discover who murdered King Liaus. Oedipus speaks to Creon about the murderer of the king‚ when Creon reveals to Oedipus that Oedipus himself is the man he has been searching for. Oedipus seeks comfort in his wife Jocasta when Jocasta tells him not to concern himself with what Creon has
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is quick to draw not only conclusions as to newfound suspect status‚ but worse develops a wicked connection between two very unlikely suspects‚ "Have you the face to stand before my door/Proved plotter against my life‚ thief of my crown?"[pg40]. Creon then tries to warn Oedipus about his condemning‚ "To slur a good man ’s name/With baseless slander is one crime-another/Is rashly to
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DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS: ANTIGONE A REMAKE BY JEAN ANOUILH Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was remade with the similar political undertones seen in the original version. There are two sources for the play Antigone; the antiquity 5th century story from the Greek play‚ one part of Sophocles ’ trilogy about Oedipus‚ and the second source comes from the more modern political scene during the Nazi invasion of France. Anouilh mixes both of these sources into a timeless
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Creon has decided to sentence Antigone to death by execution for the crime of burying her dead brother‚ Polynices‚ against his own decree. Creon first heard of this from the Sentry‚ who at the time‚ did not know who did it. The Sentry later informs Creon that it was indeed Antigone who committed the crime. After confronting Antigone‚ and ignoring Ismene’s desperate pleas for mercy‚ Creon ends the scene by having the guards escorting Antigone and Ismene into the palace. Since the plot scene
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Clearly‚ one of the main themes in Sophocles’s tragedy Antigone is justice. Antigone herself seems to conflate justice with the will of the gods‚ asserting to Creon that there are “laws whose penalties [she] would not incur from the gods‚ through fear of any man’s temper.” (502-503) This is‚ of course‚ in reference to her belief that her deceased brother deserves a proper burial; funeral rites are often seen as intrinsically tied to religion. She even describes herself as “a criminal - but a religious
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imprisonment‚ and suicide‚ Antigone is not regretful. Her decision is not only conscientious and virtuous but it also respects the gods. Antigone chooses to bury her brother out of respect for the law of the gods even if it means disobeying her uncle‚ King Creon. "I am not afraid of the danger; if it means death‚ it will not be the worst of deaths "" death without honor (Sophocles‚ p. 193)‚"� Antigone will sacrifice anything to bury Polyneices because in her opinion‚ death without honor is worse than death
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At the beginning of the play‚ Antigone found her brother dead after a war and Creon refused to bury him. Antigone thought that she had to bury him to please the gods. She became angry at Creon’s decisions against her because she is the niece of him and part of the royal family; but Creon is still sending her away to die. Antigone especially displays her loyalty to her family “Last daughter of your royal house / Go I‚ his prisoner
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