Essay The play‚ Antigone‚ written around 422 B.C. by the author Sophocles‚ is the first of the three Theban plays written by this author. Although it was the first written‚ Antigone is the third in the series coming after the plays Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. This play follows the story of a girl‚ Antigone; and the king of the city of Thebes‚ Creon‚ who both have different beliefs about Antigone’s dead brother Polyneices. Creon makes a rule that no one can bury Polyneices because he was
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Antigone ThemesSaver. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. <http://www.Antigone Themessaver.com/antigone/Studyworld-guide/major-themes/>. Sophocles‚ Robert Fagles‚ Bernard MacGregor Walker. Knox‚ and Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays: Antigone‚ Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus at Colonus. New York‚ NY: Penguin‚ 1987. Print.
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Antigone It takes a lot of courage to stand up and defend an action or idea that is forbidden by society. This is what Antigone does in Sophocles’ story Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon’s order that no person should bury Antigone’s brother‚ Polynices‚ which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case‚ though‚ is Antigone’s decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively; they cause problems within the royal family‚ disagreement among the people
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Print Lawall‚ Sarah. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2002. Print Milch‚ Robert‚ J. Sophocles’ Oedipus The King‚ Oedipus at Colonus & Antigone. Lincoln‚ Nebraska: Cliffs Notes‚ 1965. Print Moliken‚ Paul‚ ed. Antigone by Sophocles. Clayton‚ Delaware: Prestwick House‚ 2005. Print Rouche‚ Paul. The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles. New York: Penguin Group‚ 1986.Print Woodruff‚ Paul. Sophocles Antigone. Indianapolis‚ IN: Hackett Publishing‚ 2001. Print
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are the ones who have the privilege of emotional lament over the dead. Antigone is a courageous girl‚ in a time where woman had no voice‚ she did not fear to break the law that had been passed over the Thebes by its king‚ Creon. The two sons of Oedipus‚ Eteocles and Polynices killed each other. Polynices was with the army or Argos who had invaded the Thebes. Eteocles who died fighting for Thebes “shall be buried‚ crowned with a hero’s honors” (Sophocles‚68); but Polynices had been declared a traitor
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GREEK VOCABULARY USED IN THE PLAY ANTIGONE. 1. grievous causing or marked by grief or anguish EXAMPLE SENTENCE: To me‚ Antigone‚ no word of friends Has come‚ or glad or grievous‚ since we twain Were reft of our two brethren in one day By double fratricide; 2. lament a cry of sorrow and grief EXAMPLE SENTENCE: No man may bury him or make lament— 3. promulgate put a law into effect by formal declaration NOTES: "Mandate" and "edict" are synonyms for a law that King Creon
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ENG 200 Ms. Aslop Maggie Fowler Sunday‚ October 26‚ 2014 Natural Law and Man “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” — United States Constitution‚ Amendment I Almost every United States’ citizen has heard or is familiar with with the first amendment to the United States
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ANTIGONE KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING This tragedy is set against the background of the Oedipus legend. It illustrates how the curse on the House of Labdacus (who is the grandson of Cadmus‚ founder of Thebes‚ and the father of Laius‚ whose son is Oedipus) brought about the deaths of Oedipus and his wife-mother‚ Jocasta‚ as well as the double fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices. Furthermore‚ Antigone dies after defying King Creon. The play is set in Thebes‚ a powerful city-state north of Athens
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delle’arte specialize in? 6. What is satire? a literary genre or form‚ although in practice it is also found in the graphic and performing arts‚ or a literary technique that attacks foolishness by making fun of it. 7. ( T or F ) The prophecies in Oedipus Rex turn out to be wrong. True 8. One actor on stage‚ speaking his private thoughts aloud is an example of: Soliloquy 10. Satire does what: 11. Only the opening sentence survives of : Aristotle’s essay on comedy pg 236 12. ( T or F ) Satire
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values‚ does that make us wrong? In terms of Oedipus‚ his morals and ethics are very different from many people and in many ways would be frowned upon. In Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus has to make many hard and difficult decisions throughout the book but there are 3 that stand out to me. They are when Oedipus accuses Creon and Tiresias of conspiring against him‚ when Oedipus mocks Tiresias’ blindness and Tiresias curses him eventual blindness‚ and when Oedipus blinds himself after his mother/wife hangs
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