Tragedy at its Finest In the Greek play Antigone‚ Creon and Antigone can both be claimed the title of Tragic Hero. Creon was made king when Oedipus Rex fled the kingship. Creon is the brother in law of Oedipus‚ and was giving the kingship only because Oedipus’s sons‚ Eteocles and Polyneices were killed trying to fight for the thrown. Antigone is Oedipus’s daughter and Creon’s niece. When it comes down to who the tragic hero is‚ Creon most definitely walks away with the title. A tragic hero
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DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS: ANTIGONE A REMAKE BY JEAN ANOUILH Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was remade with the similar political undertones seen in the original version. There are two sources for the play Antigone; the antiquity 5th century story from the Greek play‚ one part of Sophocles ’ trilogy about Oedipus‚ and the second source comes from the more modern political scene during the Nazi invasion of France. Anouilh mixes both of these sources into a timeless
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The Power of Choice Choices affect all of our lives. We are always faced with choices. What we do with those choices will determine how are lives will turn out‚ what destiny lies before us and even what will become of us. The choices we make are in our complete control. Whether we make choices during the heat of the moment or with an open mind there are going to be consequences that follow whether good or bad are can only be blamed on us. Sophocles’s Antigone portrays human emotions and consequences
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Antigone’s Room. She sits with her head bowed. Enter Creon. Creon: Antigone. You are the daughter of a traitor - Oedipus. While you wait upon your judgment to be dealt‚ please tell me. Tell me why you have done what cannot be undone and damned yourself to this fate. Antigone: I do not feel damned. I do not lie here and claim my actions as regrets for they were of my own will. I believe that I have done what is right for my family and to the gods. I have stood up and apart from those that condemn
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Durfee AP LIT 4th 19 Sept 2012 Achilles Mythological Allusions BartleBy.com Achilles story begins when a prophesy is made about Troy. The only way to capture it‚ would be if the Greeks had Achilles’ help. Thetis‚ Achilles’ mother knew that if Achilles went into this battle‚ he would die. So she dipped him in the purest of waters by holding his heel. Then sent young Achilles to Scyros where he was hidden away and disguised as a girl. Eventually‚ Achilles was caught by Odysseus and
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Creon and sentences her to death because she decided to bury her brother‚ Polynices‚ after it was declared that he deserved no burial. Antigone’s sister‚ Ismene‚ was too afraid to go along with her. Antigone’s fiancé‚ (who is also King Creon’s son) Haemon‚ and his mother‚ Eurydice were appalled by the King’s decision to put Antigone to death because she did what she felt was right in her heart. Ultimately‚ everyone dies and King Creon is left all alone (Tan‚ 2006). In comparison‚ A Raisin in the
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ANTIGONE The conventionally accepted roles of both males and females in ancient Grecian society were well defined and manifested. Women were considered the weaker of the sexes and‚ thus‚ were expected to remain in the home and perform their domestic duties‚ while the men were to be rulers and bread-winners. The woman’s voice was not heard on any issues affecting the society as her opinions were thought unworthy of consideration. She was required merely to reproduce‚ to execute her domestic duties
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The three plays Antigone‚ Hamlet‚ and Death and the King’s Horseman are all based in three entirely different settings‚ cultures and timeframes. Each author has chosen to emphasize the intrigue and exchange within each setting or small culture as well as the social consciousness of the time within each social group related the choices‚ emotions‚ and decisions related to death and chances related to the honor of the family as well as the social consciousness to family kinship. The human agency as
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Jordy Shenker Mrs. Grgas World Humanities-1 28 October 2014 “War does not decide who’s right‚ but who’s left.” In today’s world‚ war is being fought everyday‚ one side who is looked upon as right‚ and one side who is looked upon as wrong. Depending on who is making the judgement‚ is based on what type of view they have towards the situation being disputed. I agree with this statement completely. People win wars and arguments‚ but not always in a morally just way. Power takes a major
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<b>ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA</b><br>Theater was born in Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros
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