engagements between Antigone and Creon‚ that they may overlook more subtle and discrete essential aspects existing in the play. A perfect example of this is present in the character of Ismene‚ the often depicted weaker‚ more powerless daughter of the Oedipus line. Throughout history‚ several theorists and analysts have come up with various hypotheses about the true nature of Ismene’s character. Perhaps the most stirring of these hypotheses originate from the ideas of Jennet Kirkpatrick’s The Prudent
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Cited: "Aristotle ’s Tragic Terms." Welcome to Ohio University. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. . Sophocles. “Antigone.” Trans. H.D.F. Kitto. Antigone‚ Oedipus the King‚ and Electra. Ed. Edith Hall. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2008. Print.
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I didn’t say yes. I can say no to anything I say vile‚ and I don’t have to count the cost. But because you said yes‚ all that you can do‚ for all your crown and your trappings‚ and your guards—all that your can do is to have me killed. The political heroism in Antigone’s resistance is her refusal of state power. Antigone says no to all she finds vile‚ and in this sense she is more powerful than the ruler beholden to his throne. Despite all his trappings of power‚ Creon finds himself helpless‚
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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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Audacious Antigone: An Unlikely Hero Countless forms of storytelling make us question what a hero is. Films‚ video games‚ novels‚ and other modes of writing‚ let us answer for ourselves; every hero in every story is varied and can make us realize the answers lie within a gray area. Often heroes are quintessential saviors‚ while in other instances they take the form of the ever popular antihero with questionable motivations. Those motivations greatly inform and alter the hero’s narrative. Infamous
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Cited: Shakespeare‚ William. Macbeth; In the Original and Modern English; A Parallel Text Edition. Ed. Daniel Leary. Logan‚ Iowa: The Perfection Form Company‚ 1983. Print. Sophocles. “Antigone.” The Oedipus Cycle. Trans. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitsgerald. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company‚ 1977. Print.
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and his son‚ Haemon. My partner for this was Brandon‚ who took the part of Creon and I played Haemon. The scene is about Haemon coming to confront his father concerning his decision on Antigones execution‚ Haemon’s fiancé. Having previously read Oedipus the King‚ I had a reasonable knowledge of the circumstances prior to this play. In the early stages of working the script we did a number of exercises to help us really work hard on the long monologues within the text‚ which could easily have become
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Polyneices‚ Antigone’s actions elicit more admirable qualities‚ because they stretch beyond the unthinkable and challenge the idea of authority. While Kreon tries to become a good leader‚ Antigone also becomes a leader in a sense‚ much like her father Oedipus‚ however one that believes the rules of the gods overpower the rules of the land in every situation. Arguably‚ Antigone’s strong moral character‚ consistent actions‚ and difficulty of becoming intimidated resemble qualities like those of her father’s
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Eddie Abilez Period 3 English 4 Mr. McQueary 8/17/15 Part One- The Adventure of the Hero Prologue Joseph Campbell writes about his theory that through every culture‚ their myths‚ about the trials the hero faces‚ are universal. He states‚ “…it will be always the one‚ shape-shifting yet marvelously constant story that we find…” referring to the myths he is very non-lenient with his theory. He also states‚ "... myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into
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her own beliefs against the king. At the time of Sophocles‚ women had little power and authority. They were expected to listen to their husband‚ king‚ or any man that speaks to or asks a woman of something. The story starts up where the story of Oedipus ends‚ in his death. Trouble and war are about to begin in Thebes‚ so Antigone travels there to try and stop what may become of her family and country. From my observations‚ this story can be analyzed in multiple ways‚ whether it is about the struggles
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