Was Antigone`s decision to bury her brother just? In the Antigone by Sophocles‚ king Creon issues a decree that whoever tries to bury the body of Polyneices (Antigone`s brother)‚ shall suffer a penalty of death by stoning in the presence of the assembled citizens. Antigone refuses to follow this law because she believes that it`s more important to follow the god’s principles than to obey a man. In the book‚ she tells her sister‚ Ismene : "I will bury him myself. If I die for doing that‚ good: I
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Victoria Sanford’s book‚ Buried Secrets helps readers to understand the violence that occurred during the genocide that took place in Guatemala. This destruction happened during the 1960’s until 1996. She reviles the tragedies that happened from the standpoint of more than 400 rural Maya survivors‚ former soldiers‚ archival research and formerly classified documents. There were 626 villages and 200‚000 civilian victims that were affected by this genocide. The Guatemalan army were the ones who led
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hours each. Sophocles was a Greek tragedian and the playwright of the famous tragedy‚ Antigone‚ which astounded the audience due to the dominant woman tragic hero of Antigone. He incorporated the Chorus‚ a group of elders‚ into this tragedy as all Greek plays did. The Chorus was used to provide wisdom‚ advice‚ and morals directly to the characters‚ and also provide background information to the audience. In Antigone‚ the Chorus uses the literary device of allusion to introduce a different atmosphere
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In Antigone‚ the main character defies the ruler of Thebes and ultimately becomes a martyr. Antigone‚ the protagonist‚ decides to bury her brother Polyneikes. Unfortunately‚ Creon wanted this man disgraced and was furious when he discovered he had been buried. Antigone is revealed to be the culprit‚ and she vigorously defended her actions to Creon. She is eventually sentenced to death‚ but Tiresias informed Creon that the gods sided with Antigone. Creon changed his mind‚ but his son and Antigone have
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ANTIGONE Tragedy is something which is sad however‚ the events will be “tragedy” if something bad happen to someone while following a value and “tragic” will be its adjective. In addition to this there is also a conflict between two goods. Hegel and his thoughts abour tragedy has been accepted until now. When we analyse the play‚ Antigone‚ we face with some differences from Hegel’s thoughts. Hegel’s idea of conflict between two goods is not applicable for either of the characters because they do
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ANTIGONE by Sophocles (c. 496-406 B.C.) translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald ANTIGONE by Sophocles Characters Antigone‚ daughter of Oedipus Ismene‚ daughter of Oedipus Eurydice‚ wife of Creon Creon‚ King of Thebes Haimon‚ son of Creon Teiresias‚ A blind seer Sentry Messenger Priest (Choragos) Chorus Scene: Before the palace of Creon‚ King of Thebes. A central double door‚ and two lateral doors. A platform extends the length of the façade‚ and from this platform
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In the play ‘’Antigone’’ ‚written by Sophocles‚ the major concept was that the laws of the gods take priority over the laws of man. In the story Creon’s pride and inability to listen to others leads to his downfall and Antigone’s faithfulness to the laws set by the gods instead of the laws set by Creon leads to her end. In the story Creon’s sense of justice is that the head of the government laws’ are to always be followed even when they are not fair. This quote from Creon ‘’Whoever is chosen
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The Chorus of Antigone The chorus was not only a major part of Antigone‚ but also the most insightful portion of this play’s cast. The members of the chorus tell Creon and the audience very important truths about themselves. Throughout the play the chorus comments on Creon’s actions‚ and gives us all unbiased views on our hypocritical species. Without a chorus Creon’s epiphany may never have occurred and we wouldn’t have‚ as easily‚ seen our personal flaws. The chorus is included in a very
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Antigone Essay The Greek play by Sophocles; Antigone‚ tells a story of a sympathetic sister trying to bury her dead brother; Polyneices‚ but cannot because of the “evil” King Creon. Although‚ that is how the play seems instead‚ I see it as one person’s actions leading to series of events that end up making everyone’s day just miserable. The theme of this play is morality‚ which is what you personally think is right from wrong. In my opinion‚ Antigone’s morals were wrong for all the right reasons
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The play “Antigone” conveys the interactions between the King Creon and his niece Antigone. Their interaction is different than a normal conversation between a women and male at the time‚ especially a man with as much power as Creon. Normally‚ a woman would surrender to the males wishes and keep her thoughts to herself. Antigone separates herself from this commonality by showing no fear as she admits to burying Polyneices‚ her brother‚ when the Creon questions her (Line 411). Creon is shocked by
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