looking at this definition‚ Antigone can fit the description. How she reacts to events and the ensuing consequences that occur‚ forms the plot of the play. At the very beginning Antigone chooses to bury polyneices even though it was against Creon’s wishes. She had a choice to leave his body buried but she chose to unbury him which shows her stubbornness‚ and this is a common trait amongst protagonists. Creon also has this trait and shows it when he discovers her body. Antigone does not give up under any
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Greek play and a fairly modern American novella together‚ but I believe students may learn from contrasting these two works. Antigone by Sophocles and The Pearl by John Steinbeck offer two very different portrayals of women. Antigone and Juana are both female main characters. However‚ these two women deal with their respective cultural gender roles very differently. Antigone is strong and brave in the face of danger. When her brother is dishonored in death‚ she knows she must give him a proper burial
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Character Analysis of Antigone Antigone is an award winning play by Sophocles‚ one of the three best Greek dramatists of all time. Antigone is a mythical princess of Thebes. She is the product of the accidental incestuous marriage between King Oedipus and Jocasta‚ whom is Oedipus’ mother as well. Antigone had two brothers and a sister: Polynices‚ Eteocles‚ and her sister‚ Ismene. After Oedipus discovered that he had married his mother‚ he fled‚ leaving Thebes to be ruled by his sons. Polynices
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others‚ just like Creon from the play Antigone. The play Antigone by Sophocles is about Creon becoming king of Thebes and his first order was to give one of his nephews a proper burial and the other one just leave him out without being buried. Antigone‚ Creon’s niece disobeys and buries her brother. Creon finds out that it was his niece who disobeyed his first order. He keeps his word about killing whoever disobeyed his order. I am connecting the play Antigone to power because the character Creon
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Antigone Essay The question to be posited is how different would the story of “Antigone” have been if Creon had permitted the simple task of allowing both brothers to have proper burials? Creon exhibits several characteristics of a tragic hero in the Greek tragedy “Antigone”. This self-destructive character expresses hubris – his tragic flaw‚ anagnoris (recognition)‚ and peripety (reversal of luck) leading him to the tragedy that is his life by the end of the play. The most common tragic flaw illustrated
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individual that influences the thoughts and actions of an entire society. Good examples of the power of a single person on a large group are seen throughout the Sophocles play Antigone. Two characters that influence the actions of the other characters are Creon‚ the newly appointed king of Thebes‚ and his niece Antigone. The conflict that unfolds between these two begins with the death of Antigone’s two brothers. One brother‚ Eteocles‚ dies defending Thebes and for that reason he is given a proper
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Humanities Camarco Antigone In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ Antigone is to blame for her own death. She is to blame because of her obsessive hubris‚ non- apologetic behavior‚ and denial of nothing which ultimately lead to her own demise. One reason Antigone is to blame for her own death is because of her obsessive hubris. Hubris which means excessive pride was shown throughout the whole story from many different characters‚ Antigone being one of them. In the beginning of Antigone Creon the ruler
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As Creon made decisions and orders towards the body‚ Antigone also stood for herself and made here own decisions. First‚ at those times it was very rare that a woman would speak out‚ because they didn’t have the chance to say what was in their minds and express themselves. In other words‚ it was very rare that a woman was caught in some type of trouble. Also‚ woman had any importance or value in the ancient Greek society. At those times men were superior to the woman. Therefore‚ they were the only
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Swallow Your Pride He rushed to the vault to free Antigone of the imprisonment he placed upon her himself‚ little did Creon know‚ it was too late. With a swing of the door‚ death looked upon his face. There lay Antigone‚ sulking in her own bereavement‚ she hung herself. To Creon’s dismay‚ he was forced to come to the reality that he let his own selfish egotism destroy not only his life‚ but the lives of many others. Even with warning‚ this man still went on with his nose in the air doubting anyone’s
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succinctly encompass the difference between Antigone and her uncle‚ Kreon. Whereas Kreon believes the pursuit to the good life is akin to following the law of man‚ Antigone is fully prepared to die for burying her brother‚ adhering to the law of gods. As Antigone states‚ “ . . I must please those down below a longer time than those up here‚ since I shall lie there always. You [Ismene]‚ though‚ if you think it best‚ dishonor what is honored by the gods.” (74-77) Antigone strongly supports the law of the gods
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