1 1/6/14 Antigone Mask Traits Essay The third of the three Theban plays‚ known as Antigone‚ written by Sophocles is a great tragedy with characters who each have distinct personality traits‚ morals‚ and flaws; one being Haemon who possesses many. Haemon‚ the son of Creon and spouse-to-be to Antigone‚ has absolute loyalty towards Antigone and the people of Thebes‚ respect for his father’s decisions initially‚ and rashness which leads to a shattering ending. Haemon helps protect Antigone by speaking
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Women Vs. Men * Ismene is for the submissive role of women‚ quote on page 4 * On page 13 Creon talks about taming Antigone. Antigone needs to be tamed because women are supposed to be submissive and Creon’s ability to rule is in his ability to have everyone‚ especially women submissive. * On page 14‚ Creon’s comment about snakes suggests that women are snake like in nature‚ with a manipulative duplicity to their nature. He suggests that women hide their evil qualities behind attractive
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funeral burial. The decree issued with its annexed penalty became law‚ and as the law it was incumbent on every citizen to obey it. 4.) Antigone is too self-righteous‚ even alienating‚ but also a seminal feminist‚ determined to do what is right even in defiance of patriarchal law. 5.) Ismene is the foil for her stronger sister. In comparison to Antigone she has almost no agency‚ primarily because she is terrified of disobeying men in power. 6.) Creon cherishes order and loyalty above all
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A time to live‚ a time to die… Whose choice is it? Euthanasia is a topic that is rarely covered in the news. The moral ramifications of killing someone‚ even for the sake of mercy‚ seems too heavy of a topic for in depth discussion. No one wants to think about the day they will die‚ however when someone becomes terminally ill it can soon become their only thought. When pain and suffering enter this scenario‚ the option of ending a life more quickly may also enter the thought process. According
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209). Crean automatically assumes that the man committing the deed is male‚ indicating that women are not capable of taking action in the same way as men. Women are further portrayed as weak and helpless when Creon is talking about his discord with Antigone‚ “If we must lose‚ let’s lose to a man at least” (lines 539-540). Creon’s statement reveals that he thinks women are so inferior to men that losing to a woman is disgraceful to a
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1 Question: In Plato’s “Apology”‚ what does Socrates think is the role of the gadfly and why place such importance on its actions? Secondly‚ argue succinctly for your position that this character plays the ‘gadfly’ in Sophocles’ “Antigone”. What does this character seek to accomplish and how is it attempted? Essay: Disrupting the world’s status quo has been a characteristic of famous people and figures. Scientists‚ civil rights leaders‚ and inventors have all done something to change the societal
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think your life is controlled by fate? Or you can make it whatever you want it to be. In the play Antigone written by one of the three great Greek tragedians Sophocles. Fate and free will are the two main ideas that lead in this play. The first example of free will is the character Antigone‚ who decides to bury her brother and then takes the consequences for her decision. In my first quotation Antigone is talking to her sister Ismene about coming with her to go bury their brother even though it is
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Antigone tells Ismene that Creon has ordered that Eteocles who had died defending the city is to be buried with full honors while the body of Polyneices is left to rot.Creon has declared that anyone that attempted to bury Polyneices would be stoned to death public.Antigone had revealed to Ismene a plan to bury Polyneices in secret despite Creon’s order. When Ismene had refused to defy the king Antigone had rejected her and goes to bury her brother.Creon
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Antigone was first produced in 441 B.C. It was written by a Greek playwright Sophocles. Antigone is the third play in an epic about a man named Oedipus and his family. This third installment is considered a Greek Tragedy‚ even today it is still being produced in theaters all around the world. It has had many critics‚ Aristotle being the most famous. Aristotle ideas and thoughts on tragedy were implied throughout the play. He was born in 384 B.C.‚ nearly 27 years after Antigone was first produced
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Paper: Antigone‚ “A&P‚” and “Good Fellows” In reading the stories‚ it was hard for me to decide and choose what exactly I wanted to focus on. But after brainstorming common themes and comparing the plots‚ I narrowed my focus to choice making and what it meant for the characters in the stories. I noticed that making choices and dealing with the “consequences” and aftermath of these choices were prominent in the stories: Antigone by Sophocles‚ and “A&P” by John Updike. In Antigone‚ several
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