The play Antigone is a tragedy play that most of the characters were killed at the end. The central theme of this play is “civil disobedience” and is about the controversies between gender‚ power‚ age‚ religion‚ beliefs‚ and laws. The script begins with Antigone asking Ismene to bury their brother because Creon‚ their uncle passed down a decree saying no one is allowed to bury Polynices because he betrayed his country can killed his own brother. Antigone chose to disobey the law and was sentenced
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Download: A 64k text-only version is available for download. Antigone By Sophocles Written 442 B.C.E Translated by R. C. Jebb Dramatis Personae daughters of Oedipus: ANTIGONE ISMENE CREON‚ King of Thebes EURYDICE‚ his wife HAEMON‚ his son TEIRESIAS‚ the blind prophet GUARD‚ set to watch the corpse of Polyneices FIRST MESSENGER SECOND MESSENGER‚ from the house CHORUS OF THEBAN ELDERS Scene The same as in Oedipus the King‚ an open space before the royal palace‚ once
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he does go through with the punishment people will think of him more like a dictator than a good leader. Creon doesn’t realize his faults till the end where he is not able to save his loved ones. Antigone hangs herself‚ Creon’s wife kills herself‚ Haemon kills himself with a knife as well and it becomes Creon’s fault when he cares more about what the city thinks rather than his family and doing what is
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faithful to her cousin Rosalind follows her to the garden of Arden and therefore falls in love with Orlando’s brother Oliver ‚ Orlando or even phoebes future ‚and examples from Antigone would be how she influences her destiny (death ) or even Ismenes or Haemons life. Like Antigone ‚Rosalind is very gutsy we understand this when she is sent to exile by her uncle and instead of feeling frightened she puts on a brave face and goes to the garden of Arden in search of freedom .She is quit an interesting character
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creating excuses to argue for her underlying emotions. Similarly‚ following the death of his son Creon remarks to the page‚ “It’d be best never to grow up” suggesting that he too has eventually acknowledged Antigone’s fear. He had been trying to tell Haemon that this was what it was like to grow up‚ that he had to say yes‚ show courage and become a man‚ but just like his fianceé‚ he chose to say no. He too denied the idea that he had no choice‚ and couldn’t face no longer looking up to his father‚ another
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Sophocles and Euripides have provoked audiences for centuries to question what constitutes ‘justice’. Watching the various events onstage‚ spectators are led to ask if a definitive form of justice exists in these plays‚ or whether notions of justice in a world such as mankind’s are absurd. Furthermore‚ by presenting cases where ‘justice’ is claimed to be enacted by a character or force (generally the gods)‚ the playwrights encourage speculation as to whether the punishments delivered are reasonable
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Antigone in order to clarify what the characters say to the tragic hero Creon. Ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos are used in this Greek tragedy by three characters to make Creon realize and reverse his decision in punishing Antigone for her crime. Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Teiresias all use a different predominant one form of rhetorical appeal‚ yet it is just one of these characters using pathos that is able to overcome Creon’s stubbornness. Antigone’s argument is “All these men here would praise me were their
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The idea of justice is one of the strongest motivators for humankind to make decisions on how to live and whether or not to try and change how one conducts themselves. Creon‚ in the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ is immovable in his ideals and confident in his personal idea of true justice‚ maintaining pride and order in his city-state Thebes. He faces the dilemma of whether to prioritize the good of his city-state by ostracizing a traitor in the family‚ or to respectfully bury him as is the will of
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acted by her presumptions and beginnings instead of essentially after the many requests. Ismene and Haemon can transparent her lead and stay trustworthy to her shows. Meanwhile on the off chance that she were permitted by the mother "child to destroy‚ an unburied body - that would have been sadness! (Sophocles‚ 1960 pg 499-524) Antigone" defiant play is handicapping in light of being a woman. By then Haemon is advised that is it is alright to fall if one tumbles on account of power by virtue of masculinity
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but he is too stubborn to to back down from his laws. Creon doesn’t realize that a strong leader should also be able to recognize his faults. After the death of Haemon‚ his son‚ Creon realizes what he must do. Creon acknowledges that he let his pride take over and that he is the reason for Haemon’s death. Creon didn’t see that Haemon truly loved Antigone and that Antigone was only trying to honor her dead brother. With the death of his son‚ wife‚ and niece‚ Creon says that “[His] own blind heart
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