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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Perez 2/10/14 5th-Period Antigone Essay Do you know what a tragic hero is? A tragic hero is usually a person with several qualities. Qualities such as being royal or usually noble and that have a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall. The downfall also leads to a unhappy ending. Antigone is an example of a tragic hero because of her excessive pride‚ her royalty her
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The Themes of Antigone Antigone is credited as one of the best works of Sophocles‚ ranked by most modern critics above Oedipus the King. There are many aspects of Antigone that make it the play critics love to decipher and rave about. "Antigone must be received as the canon of ancient tragedy: no tragedy of antiquity that we possess approaches it in pure idealism‚ or in harmony of artistic development" hails critic Berhardy (Theatre History). He goes on to rave "It is the first poem produced by
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every action is a motive. In Sophocles’ work of art Antigone‚ there are many possible motives for the character’s actions. Creon causes Polyneices burial to be forbidden‚ sentences Antigone to death‚ and locks Antigone in a stone room because his motives were to be a fair and unbiased ruler. Creon says‚ “and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare‚ -I have no use for him‚ either” (1. 153-154). Creon punishes Antigone because he knows that pardoning a guilty person just
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Frankenstein’s family one by one to bring Frankenstein to the level of despair at which the monster resided. Foreshadowing‚ diction and imagery create horror by creating suspense and repulsion in quotes. Shelley’s ominous foreshadowing creates suspense throughout the novel for example hints at the death of Clerval when Frankenstein asks “Is this gentle and lovely being lost forever?” Foreshadowing creates horror throughout the novel by hinting on what will happen further
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The Kids From Yesterday Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be stranded on an island? In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ this happens to a group of boys. The boys were being evacuated from the war in the early 1930s‚ only to find themselves stranded on an island in the Pacific and struggling for survival. Without any adults‚ they continue to fight for power and to keep their sanity. Throughout the novel‚ Golding hints at the horrors soon to arise‚ including Piggy’s death‚ Simon’s
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called Antigone and was based on a girl with a royal background who purposely defies the law to stand up to their beliefs and buries her brother Polyneices despite the king’s proclamation. Many centuries later‚ Martin Luther King would be delivering a sermon on the topic of conformity which reflected many of Sophocles’
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Theme #1: As death slowly isolates Antigone by taking away those dearest to her heart‚ she feels as if her home is below with the ones she cares about rather than in a corrupt world full of animosity. She tries coping with the pain but desperately needs to connect with death to maintain her happiness. Antigone also tries to escape her fate through death but safeguards the respect of the gods while doing so “[...]all for reverence‚ my reverence for the gods (1034)”. However‚ Antigone’s obdurance causes
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Foreshadowing of “The Landlady” “The Landlady” is a short story written by Roald Dahl and is in third person point of view. Roald Dahl’s story takes place in Bath‚ England at a bed and breakfast‚ is staying Billy Weaver stays. Others book by Roald Dahl include: The Golden Ticket‚ BFG‚ and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl uses many examples of foreshadowing throughout this story. In the story “The Landlady” a boy named Billy Weaver goes to a boarding home in Bath‚ England. Billy Weaver’s landlady is
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The main character in this play is Antigone. It begins with Antigone not being allowed to bury her brother. Antigone decides that she doesn’t care that Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ forbid her to do so. She was angry about this and tells her sister Isemene that that night she is going to sneak out‚ and bury their brother. Isemene advised against it because she was afraid Antigone would be caught‚ and killed‚ but Antigone insisted. Seeing that there was no way to talk her out of it Isemene promised that
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