Sophocles’ short story “Antigone” displays a myriad of tragedies intertwined in one family. Sophocles’ heroine‚ Antigone faces execution‚ Antigone’s betrothed Haemon toils with the moral dilemma of being loyal to his father or future wife‚ while Haemon’s father‚ Creon refuses to learn justice until it is too late. Antigone is a strong-minded young woman‚ who forgoes the laws of society to honour her deceased brother with a proper burial. After mourning the deaths of her parents and two brothers
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daughter-in-law. 2. “You shall not marry her this side the grave!” (Creon says this to Haemon) This example from the short story could be considered as situational irony. The reader didn’t expect Haemon and Antigone to get married or even have the chance to be together. Although Haemon talked him out of his decision‚ at first Creon was planning on killing Antigone. Not only was he planning on killing her‚ but he also forbid Haemon to get married to her or even see her. Since Creon was both Haemon’s father
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the conflicts that led to his family’s demise. The conflicts that occur in Antigone are between Creon and various characters such as Haemon‚ Eurydice‚ and the protagonist herself‚ Antigone. All of which conflicts contribute to the demise of Creon’s family. The connection with each person is connected. Antigone kills herself after being banished by Creon‚ Haemon kills himself when he sees Antigone dead‚ and Eurydice kills herself after receiving the news of
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the stage] prologue In present day (2017) Antigone‚ Ismene‚ Polynices‚ and Eteocles work for Creon. Antigone is a maid‚ Polyneices is a housekeeper‚ and Eteocles is a chef. While they were working for Creon Antigone fell in love with Creon’s son haemon they were planning to get married. While that was going on the two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles overheard that on of them are going to be fired and Polynices was worried that he was going to be fired since his brother was the chef and he was just
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sentenced‚ Haemon‚ the king’s son‚ goes to talk his father out of killing her and the conversation quickly turns into an argument. In an attempt to effectively persuade each other‚ Haemon and his father use many rhetorical elements such as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to strengthen their case. The dispute opens with a mostly pleasant tone. Haemon and Creon use ethos and pathos to flatter and guilt trip one another. Case in point‚ one
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fist‚” but undoubtedly over-exercised his powers when dealing with his punishment for Antigone for burying Polyneices’ body. He continually insisted that his law was in accordance with what the gods wanted. His stubbornness kept him from listening to Haemon‚ even though his son tried to persuade Creon from executing Antigone. Sophocles intentionally has Creon lose everything towards the end of the play to show the consequences of confusing his own law with what the gods would want. In his play Antigone
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and Haemon commit suicide. Like her mother Antigone hangs herself‚ and at the sight of her body Haemon plunges a sword into himself. The pain that they both felt stemmed from Creon’s stubbornness and pride. The Messenger tells the Choragus that Haemon was “driven mad by the murder his father had done” referring to the imprisonment and death of Antigone. Enclosing Antigone alive in a tomb was intended to kill her. The Choragus and the Messenger blame Creon for the deaths of Antigone and Haemon because
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character relations are rather underdeveloped‚ which is an extreme contrast from the relationships shown in Anouilh’s version of Antigone. The relationships that are the most different between the two plays are Antigone’s relationship with Creon and with Haemon. Antigone’s relationship with Creon in the Sophocles’ version differs greatly from the Anouilh version. The most obvious difference is that in the Anouilh version Creon doesn’t want Antigone to die and tries every way he can to keep her alive. He
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and buried him anyway. This angered Creon so he threatened her and basically put her on death row. Antigone’s fiancé‚ Haemon‚ who is also Creon’s son‚ stands up for her. This can be compared to Romeo and Juliet. The protagonists were Romeo and Juliet and the superior forces were their parents. Their parents were doing anything they could to keep them apart‚ but Romeo‚ like Haemon‚ stood up for their lover and discarded any disapproval from family in order to protect and be with the women they loved
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between those that are aligned with the gods’ position and those that are not. In the above cases‚ Antigone’s love for Polynices is in favor of the gods’ rule of law over Creon’s rule of law. This separates Antigone from Creon‚ Ismene‚ and temporarily Haemon‚ who support Creon’s rule of law over the gods. Many of these characters are well aware of how their shifting allegiance to one person‚ is in effect giving support to others by association. Haemon’s support for Antigone in turn supports Polynices’
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