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    themselves or someone else Situational- find them in a situation they did not want to be in Dramatic- reader knows something the character doesn’t LADY MACBETH These deeds must not be thought after these ways; so‚ it will make us mad. 1. Act 1 Scene 4‚ line 50; the witches hail Macbeth‚ “thane of Cawdor!” Dramatic irony: At this point‚ Macbeth is unaware that the king has conferred this honor upon him because of his valor in battle‚ so he attributes his fortune to the witches’ prophecy. However

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    women’s role to support the main characters in both the plays of Macbeth and Antigone. In Macbeth and Antigone the authors created guilt for the women to use against the main characters for their advantage. Macbeth exploits Lady Macbeth to balance Macbeth in the play; many say that Lady Macbeth put guilt on Macbeth into killing for the throne; others disagree and believe that he has his own will power‚ but it is not as strong as Lady Macbeth. (Shakespeare 50) “My hands are of your color‚ but I shame to

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    Antigone Criticism Review The article‚ The Isolation of Antigone and Lady Macbeth by Catherine Bradshaw Boyd‚ is an analytical writing that compares and contrasts “two magnificent women characters” know as “the great figures of Antigone and Lady Macbeth.” In the thesis statement of this article‚ the author states that although the stories were “centuries apart‚ in civilizations vastly different from religious and philosophical standpoints” the characters created by the authors are centered around

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    11/5/13 English 111 Antigone Paper Antigone: Individual vs. State The conflict between individual conscious and state law is something mankind has endured since the beginning of history. There have been many individuals that have stood by their beliefs and conscious against government law despite the repercussions. This conflict is one of the main struggles in Antigone‚ the Greek tragedy written by Sophocles. At the center of this tragedy is the battle between an individual’s moral duty and

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    Antigone Creon is the king in the play Antigone. Antigone is about a princess‚ Antigone‚ who buries her brother after he and her other brother fought each other to death. As a result‚ King Creon wants to punish/kill Antigone for this while still him remembering that he had raised her. Due to the brothers fighting to death‚ a place to be king opened up for Creon to become the new king. The quote‚ “Where love rules‚ there is no will to power; and where power predominates‚ there love is lacking. The

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    Miguel Vivar-Alcalde Mr. Scott Harrison Pre-AP English 10 14 August 2013 Antigone Essay Sophocles uses rhetorical appeals in Antigone in order to clarify what the characters say to the tragic hero Creon. Ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos are used in this Greek tragedy by three characters to make Creon realize and reverse his decision in punishing Antigone for her crime. Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Teiresias all use a different predominant one form of rhetorical appeal‚ yet it is just one of these characters using

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    Antigone Essay Creon and Antigone are both honorable people‚ yet both are fatally proud and that is the source of the tragedy. To what extent do you agree? The source of tragedy in Antigone by Sophocles cannot be simply attributed to the downfall of the two characters‚ Creon and Antigone. Creon and Antigone both have a very strong will and can both be very stubborn towards people‚ Creon by refusing to listen to other people and Antigone very determined to fight for what she wants which is to

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    The Tragic Downfalls of Creon and Antigone in Sophocles’ Antigone The hubris resonating throughout the play‚ ‘Antigone’ is seen in the characters of Creon and Antigone. Their pride causes them to act impulsively‚ resulting in their individual downfalls. In his opening speech‚ Creon makes his motives clear‚ that “no man who is his country’s enemy shall call himself my friend.” This part of his declaration was kept to the letter‚ as he refused burial for his nephew‚ Polynices. However‚ when the situation

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    Play Analysis: Antigone Antigone‚ originally written by Sophocles has been performed throughout history to illustrate its rich diversity of themes. Gary Armagnac’s rendition portrays this as well as the fact that it is a timeless play because he sets it in the near future in a society—that has just gone through a second civil war—that bears close resemblance to ours. The director‚ when creating this play‚ has heavy influence from the current ongoing political movements occurring in the Middle East

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    Antigone Antigone was written by Sophocles‚ after the age of 50. Antigone is a play used to show Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero. His definition of a tragic hero is a man who is held in a high place of society and is brought down by the decisions he makes; because of that‚ his punishment may exceed the crime. In the end‚ he must accept the fact as to why he has fallen. The tragic hero of Antigone was Creon‚ who was king of Thebes. Creon is a tragic hero because he is a man of noble

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