The tragic heroines Antigone and Juliet share characteristics that delineate their personal dispositions and the qualities that all tragic heroines share as well. In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ a young girl named Juliet defies the will and regulations of her parents when she falls in love with a young boy names Romeo. Their love is forbidden because they come from rivaling families. Many unfortunate events occur including the death families and friends; due to the forbidden love‚ Romeo and Juliet
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Two works of literature written in two different time periods with so many similarities‚ ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles and ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’ by Dr. Martin Luther King is baffling to say the least. These stories both transcend time and really bring to life the emotions of that particular time. They were persecuted for their beliefs. “Antigone” by Sophocles and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. both shows civil disobedience as a way to take a stand for what the protagonist
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INTRODUCTION Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus‚ the king that married his own mother‚ Locaste and unwittingly killed his father‚ Laios. When he learned what he had done‚ he blinded himself and left Thebes‚ voluntarily went into self-style exile and died over there. Antigone and Ismene are siblings‚ the only surviving children of Oedipus. The other two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles quarreled and killed each other in a battle when Polyneices returned to assault Thebes‚ then Creon
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question in the play "Antigone" by Sophocles’ is the value of human law vs. divine law. In this tragic play a newly appointed king Creon declares to his people that treason was committed during battle‚ and one of the two brothers (Polyneices) killed shall not be buried according to the Gods‚ but instead "He shall be left unburied for all to watch the corpse mutilated and eaten by carrion-birds and by dogs" (Sophocles‚ 1900.). This dilemma is felt by many‚ especially Antigone (sister of the deceased)
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In the tragedy Antigone the main characters‚ Creon who is the king of Thebes and Antigone who is the daughter of the deceased king Oedipus‚ are fighting over Creon’s decision not to bury one of Antigone’s brothers Polyneices because he felt that he was a trader to his city but he was going to still bury her other brother Eteocles even though they died by the sword of each others hand in war over Thebes. Antigone chooses to disobey the law that Creon has set saying that nobody can bury Polyneices
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In his famed work Antigone‚ Sophocles does what most authors fail to do. Unlike the general crowd‚ Sophocles uses positive personality traits to bring conflict to his characters. He breaks normal organization of works and pushes the use of character flaws out of view. With this‚ persuading irony is formed—an irony which immortalizes the play just as a proper burial would immortalize Polyneices. Standard positive traits result in Creon and Antigone’s disgraces. Creon is a determined captain of a
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Sophocles’ play "Antigone" portrays an uncle‚ Creon‚ and a niece‚ Antigone‚ smashing heads when their own individual loyalty contradicts each other and their beliefs. The ending justifies how loyal Antigone is to her family while Creon is loyal to the state. Sophocles illustrated Antigone has hot-headed and her loyalty to her family right from the start of the play. The play opens with Antigone discussing the burial of her deceased brother Polynices with her sister Ismene. Creon banishes anyone
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November 6‚ 2013 Antigone Essay The concept of citizenship and the duties that citizens owe to the state were topics of debate that are a very important theme in the play Antigone. Antigone and Creon represent the extreme opposite political views regarding where a citizen of a city should place his or her loyalties. Creon puts enforcing the rules of the state over everything else including his family. When Antigone disobeys Creon‚ unlike the townspeople‚ Creon does not take into account
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This I Believe: Life Lessons The summer going into my freshmen year‚ I was more nervous to go to school than I was on my first day of kindergarten. Being so much younger than the seniors at our school was going to be scary. I had no idea what people were talking about when they said that these four years would be some of the best four years of my life and I did not believe them. I remember one day specifically‚ about a week before my new high school experience started. I was talking with a couple
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Antigone and Oedipus The King‚ written by Sophocles‚ are deeply tragic plays with a dramatic ending. In both plays‚ fate arises the question: could have Creon‚ Oedipus‚ Antigone‚ and the rest of the family‚ prevented the misfortunes‚ which fell upon them? Or were their lives cursed upon by determination? With every event that took place‚ the possibility of another occurrence was either higher or lower. One can see that every action brings upon an ironic outcome. Also‚ the deadly flaw of hubris can
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