Name Date Professor Tragic Elements of Antigone and OMM A tragedy is a serious work of fiction that presents the downfall of its protagonist‚ who through some error in judgment‚ weakness in character‚ or twist of fate suffers crushing defeat or death. It also must involve incidents arousing pity and fear. The novel Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ and the Greek drama Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ both have the woeful elements of a tragedy. In Antigone‚ the main character Antigone is of the cursed
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Is love really all you need? Over hundreds of years‚ plays have shown a variety of themes and stories; a popular and recurring one being love. It can be paired with different and sometimes opposite themes to add excitement‚ even making the story have unexpected plot twists. Focusing on two plays; Sophocles’ Antigone and William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ the theme of love will be depicted differently. Love‚ a universal subject in many plays‚ can be incorporated as various forms and be paired with
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Verbal- when character lies to themselves or someone else Situational- find them in a situation they did not want to be in Dramatic- reader knows something the character doesn’t LADY MACBETH These deeds must not be thought after these ways; so‚ it will make us mad. 1. Act 1 Scene 4‚ line 50; the witches hail Macbeth‚ “thane of Cawdor!” Dramatic irony: At this point‚ Macbeth is unaware that the king has conferred this honor upon him because of his valor in battle‚ so he attributes his fortune
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becomes more than just a person who disobeys Creon; instead‚ the punishment is given even more eagerly‚ because it is a woman who disobeys a man. Creon’s intelligent son warns Creon the people of Thebes sympathize with Antigone‚ but Creon accuses Haemon of being a "woman’s slave" (line 756). Even though he is suppose to be loyal to the state and her citizens‚ he defensively questions if "the town [is] to tell [him] how [he] ought to rule?"(Line 734)The Theban king is too prideful to obey even the
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cave to starve to death. Because of this harsh sentencing‚ along with the burial refusal of Polyneices‚ the profit Teiresas visits King Creon with a message from the gods that they are angered because of these acts and as a result King Creon’s son‚ Haemon will die. King Creon ignores the prophet’s message. Later‚ he becomes concerned for his son because the Chorus of Theban (the elders) people tells him that Theibus is never wrong. King Creon tried to correct his mistakes by giving
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My brother‚ a man of Thebes‚ was not allowed to be buried by his own family. Even if my decision was fallacious‚ which it wasn’t‚ I had the Gods and the people of Thebes on my side. Both disagreed with the decisions of Creon. Even Haemon‚ Creon’s son explains‚ Whoever thinks that he alone possesses intelligence‚ the gift of eloquence‚ he and no one else‚ and character too…such men‚ I tell you‚ spread them open—you will find them empty” (791-794). He told his father he can’t challenge
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The definition of a tragic hero in Greek theatre is a character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to their own destruction. In the Greek tragedy‚ Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ Creon is the tragic hero. Antigone contrasts the character Creon‚ helps develop Creon as the tragic hero‚ and interacts with other characters to help advance the play. Antigone contrasts Creon’s character throughout the play. Primarily‚ she shows contrast in her views about the gods. Although‚ their views are very
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Task: Write an essay about the conflict between Antigone and Creon in Antigone‚ by Sophocles. Show how each is right in his or her own fundamental belief. Then show how the tragedy was inevitable or show how one side was wrong and should have changed. In Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ there is conflict between the characters Antigone and Creon. Antigone is characterized as a rebellious girl‚ who turns into a martyr‚ and just lost both her brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices‚ in a war between the city-states
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Feminism in Antigone Although ancient Greece was a male-dominant society‚ Sophocles’ Antigone portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. Antigone‚ the tragic heroine‚ rejects the traditional role of women. As such‚ Sophocles punishes Ismene for embodying traditional attitude. Moreover‚ Creon is punished for misogyny. Sophocles‚ accordingly‚ uses characterization to promote feminist ideas. Sophocles introduces a female character in Antigone who is a strong believer and
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Antigone Mock Trial Antigone: Charged with treason against The State and contempt What if Antigone had been given a fair trial with a jury of her peers? Would they have condemned her still? You get to be the prosecution & defense in determining a fair fate for Antigone. You must ask yourselves‚ did Antigone act with treasonous intent against The State or were her actions otherwise motivated? Even further‚ was this an act of the gods and beyond her control? During this trial‚ you must
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