Tragic Hero Antigone is characterized as a person with great honor and has a conflict with going against the civil law under Creon‚ and not burying Polynices. Polynices was a traitor to Thebes and was killed in war against his brother Eteocles. Antigone‚ Eteocles’s and Polynices’s sister wanted to give Polynices a proper burial. Antigone buried Polynices twice and was caught the second time due to her screaming and crying. "There is no shame in honoring my brother (Antigone line 430)‚" it is true
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Why is Antigone the tragic hero of the story? Antigone is the tragic hero because she chooses to bury her brother Polynices‚ even though Ceon her uncle prohibited anyone to touch his corpse and to let it decay. This shows that Antigone has a lot of loyalty towards her family and her brother. Ceon wanted Polynices to have the least honorable death‚ this is because Polynices was against Ceon and the Plebs‚ so Ceon wanted to give Eteocles a honorable burial because Eteocles was on fighting for the Plebs
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Antigone In-class Essay In the play Antigone‚ Antigone has problems with two other characters: her sister‚ Ismene‚ and the ruler of Thebes‚ Creon. There are other conflicts in this play‚ for example the one between Creon and his son‚ Haemon‚ who ends up killing himself in the end. Hegel states that Antigone is a “tragic collision of right against right‚ with both sides equally justified.” Hegel’s opinion on Antigone is a very accurate summarization of the moral dilemmas in the play. The play opens
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about to marry her cousin Haemon and still be filthy rich‚ but‚ she was not going to let that control her life. When Antigone hears about Creon’s law against the burial of her brother Polynices‚ she knew that someone had to make things just. She knew that Creon is the only man that believes a proper burial for Polynices is a crime. Antigone stands up to the most powerful man in Thebes while knowing the consequences‚ which is truly heroic because she chooses her own destiny. Although Antigone comes
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Nussbaum would understand Antigone’s dilemma because before tragedy struck Antigone she was trusting of people and then when her Uncle wouldn’t give Polynices a proper burial she completely shut out a lot of people in her life and trusted nobody. On the topic of being an ethical human Nussbaum said‚ “Now‚ I think this idea- that often when we care about more than one thing‚ and care deeply‚ the very course
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killed his father and married his mother unknowingly‚ was so overcome with horror that he blinded himself and exiled himself from his kingdom. His two sons‚ Eteocles and Polynices‚ succeeded him‚ with the understanding that they would alternate as kings of Thebes. When Eteocles refused to yield the crown to his brother‚ Polynices laid siege to Thebes with the help of an army from the neighboring kingdom of Argos. In the ensuing battle the two brothers slew each other in hand to hand combat.” (Gassner
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father in his exile. But Antigone comes into her own in Antigone. As that play’s protagonist‚ she demonstrates a courage and clarity of sight unparalleled by any other character in the three Theban plays. Whereas other characters—Oedipus‚ Creon‚ Polynices—are reluctant to acknowledge the consequences of their actions‚ Antigone is unabashed in her conviction that she has done right. Read
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character Kreon. The brother of the late queen of Thebes‚ Jocasta‚ and brother-in-law of the late king‚ Oedipus‚ Kreon assumes the throne of the city of Thebes. He regards his nephew Polynices‚ the attacker of Thebes‚ as a traitor. Consequently‚ in his first act as King of Thebes‚ he forbids the burial of Polynices under pain of death‚ a ruling that appears to violate an ancient moral law and sacred tradition: the right of all families to bury their dead. Antigone‚ the sister
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those that are not. In the above cases‚ Antigone’s love for Polynices is in favor of the gods’ rule of law over Creon’s rule of law. This separates Antigone from Creon‚ Ismene‚ and temporarily Haemon‚ who support Creon’s rule of law over the gods. Many of these characters are well aware of how their shifting allegiance to one person‚ is in effect giving support to others by association. Haemon’s support for Antigone in turn supports Polynices’ cause and the gods. In this manner‚ love not only causes
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chose to sacrifice her life so her brother ’s soul would be safely put to rest. Antigone was a very loving and caring sister to her brother‚ Polynices. She had lots of respect for her brother. She refused to let her brother ’s soul wander around aimlessly therefore‚ she wanted to bury him. However‚ it was against her uncle ’s orders to bury Polynices but she refused to listen. Since she had so much respect for her brother‚ she didn ’t care what her uncle ’s orders were. Therefore‚ she was
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