Sophocles‚ the great Greek tragedian wrote the tragedy Antigone. In the play he uses universal themes‚ themes the audience knows and can relate to. These universal themes‚ loyalty to family‚ to state and to the God’s cause the conflict resulting in tragedy. The audience witnesses loyalty to family‚ through the strong emotions of the characters. Most of the characters in Antigone are blood related. Antigone deeply loves her brother and can’t bear the thought of him not having a proper burial. She
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As readers‚ we have to make judgments and interpretations of different characters. In the book‚ Antigone‚ translated by David Greene‚ there is a character by the name of Creon. While reading Antigone‚ some important descriptions about Creon become apparent. He views himself as the perfect leader‚ believes he is always correct‚ and wants control over people. Creon believes
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considerations of the play Antigone. As a general background‚ one can possibly notice that Sophocles was more about the art then about the economy. He was the Michelangelo of his time‚ so to speak. Antigone is a great nationalistic play which illustrated how Greece was at the time‚ and also of how women were perceived to be much inferior then men. Although Antigone and perhaps Ismene are the main characters of this play‚ they both reveal different aspects of woman. While Antigone represents the rebel who
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The emotions is Antigone was always up and down.It sends you through a world of thoughts‚imgaes‚ and feelings.When death comes along some doesn’t know how to feel and what to do.It’s like however you feel about someone is they feel about unless the character they portray is different person.In antigone the relationships towards one another is sometimes not normal. In the play Antigone you have Creon‚Ismene‚Polyneices‚Antigone and more.Now the wide range of emotions that all of the characters go
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were Eteocles‚ Antigone‚ and Ismene. Polynieces was a husband to Argea. He shows that he is able to go after he wants and ignore fate. Oedipus left Eteocles and Polynieces with his power over Thebes but the did no handle this well. The brothers killed each other which is how Polynieces died. At King Creon’s request‚ no burial will occur. Anyone who expresses sadness of Polynieces death or tries to bury him will be stoned to death. Any condolences should secretly be sent to Antigone and Ismene. The
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The idea of justice is one of the strongest motivators for humankind to make decisions on how to live and whether or not to try and change how one conducts themselves. Creon‚ in the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ is immovable in his ideals and confident in his personal idea of true justice‚ maintaining pride and order in his city-state Thebes. He faces the dilemma of whether to prioritize the good of his city-state by ostracizing a traitor in the family‚ or to respectfully bury him as is the will of
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Jeffri Fernandez Annotated Bibliography Ancient Greece was the birth place of many sciences‚ famous philosophers and the arts. A time where humans where constantly discovering many different things‚ forming new ideas and opinions about life each and every day. Various gods ruled these different city states. Mythology was very huge in Ancient Greece. There are so many different myths from Ancient Greece. Do you ever wonder if any of those ancient Myth’s were true? Ever believe that
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Antigone is a drama-filled tragedy that speaks on topics such as tragic heroes‚ an arrogant king’s grief‚ and the gender roles in ancient Greece. Kreon tells his son‚ Haimon‚ “If yield we must‚ then let it be to men‚ and never have it said we worsted by a woman.” This play says a woman’s place in society is beneath the men‚ where the only responsibilities they have are to serve their husbands and take care of the children. The play portrays women as weak and not worthy of being defended by their
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began immediately‚ Creon lambasting Antigone over her love for her brother Polynices‚ one that he claimed was not shared with anyone else in the city and how it was shameful to her reputation (525). Here‚ however‚ is where I stepped in. I asked Creon to consider my opinion‚ and he grudgingly agreed‚ at which point I set upon him with a vengeance. "You claim it is shameful‚" I said‚ "to stand up against the majority when in reality it is just the opposite. Antigone believes her actions to be just‚ so
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Outline Antigone Thesis-For some reason or another‚ nearly everyone to walk this planet has craved power. From early peoples trying to earn the highest rank of their tribe to the conquests of territories to even the pursuit of the top job in a company today‚ human beings need to be the cream of the crop. No matter where in the world‚ there’s always a Julius Caesar or Donald Trump kind of person. In a lot of instances‚ these types of people end up with a wealth of success‚ but it always comes with
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