people that have power will abuse it and use it to their likeness. Power also has the strength to manipulate people and their actions. A good example of this in Antigone is when King Creon made a new rule that if anyone were to bury his brother Polynices‚ they shall be sentenced to death. He used his power in a negative way to make sure the people in his kingdom don’t bury his brother. He used his power to create fear in his people by adding a punishment to the people that disobeyed him. This shows
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Canadian short story writer and Nobel Prize winner Alice Ann Munro once said‚ “Time is interesting; seeing the past and present‚ and how the circumstances change people.” The concept of changing circumstances is commonly seen within literary pieces and characters. In Sophocles’ tragedies Oedipus the King and Antigone‚ the character Creon drastically changes as his leadership role in Thebes increases. In Oedipus the King‚ Creon is second in command of Thebes‚ which allows him to be sensible and
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doing what the god was saying‚ so he stood up and told the king that he was going to bury his brother. Sophocles use textual evidence about Exile saying that “king oedipus has died in exile‚ leaving the kingdom of thebes to his 2 sons‚ eteocles and polynices. The king had decreed that his 2 sons are supposed to take turns as rulers. The females was treated with no respect in the play it says that “antigone and the women were being treated wrong because there religion’s me believed that women could not
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Compare and/or Contrasting Julius Caesar and Antigone The Julius Caesar and Antigone stories are both about a conspiracy to kill the main character. Antigone is charged with death because of her defiant stand against Creon not burying her brother Polynices‚ who was considered a traitor at the time. Julius Caesar‚ while a hero to the majority of Rome‚ is considered by the rest of Rome’s congressmen to become a tyrant if he becomes king. While Antigone manages to live for a majority of her story‚ Julius
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In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ Creon seems to be the most sensible tragic fault‚ with his pride and power along with going against all laws of the gods lead up to reasons he is the tragic hero. Creon terrorized anyone who had done anything peaceful for Polynices burial. Creon’s says‚ “Polyneices I say‚ is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall on the plain‚ unburied”(I 39-40). After he states this he says anyone who does so will be locked away and punished. Antigone
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this event happened‚ Creon‚ his uncle‚ took the power as king and planned a cue d’état in which both Antigone´s brothers died in battle. On the one hand‚ because Eteocles was fighting for Creon‚ he was given an honorable funeral. On the other hand‚ Polynices‚ who fought against Creon and Eteocles‚ was destined to rot his body and exposed to public shame. According to what was just mentioned‚ it becomes easier to realize the equalities in which Antigone such as Mandela lived. Creon‚ in his visceral way
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not liked by the townspeople. Creon immediately gives the townspeople a sense of fear as he acknowledges the absolute power he possesses in his speech as ruler of Thebes. Furthermore‚ Creon issues a decree to his people that anyone who provides Polynices with a proper burial will face death. By enforcing the decree‚ Creon lacks sympathy for the beliefs of his town and his family‚ Antigone and Ismene. Oedipus and Creon both ruled with pride. Both were proud of their actions and the way they lead
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What Impression Does the Character of Creon create in Antigone? At the start of the play Creon is introduced by the chorus who represent the old Theban citizens who say‚ “Creon‚ the new man of the day” which introduces him in a positive way towards the audience as it gives the audience a strong emphasis on his character as the words “new” and “Man” are both been placed in a positive aspect. After the Chorus introduces Creon‚ he begins a speech which shows him a strong and respectful leader; he has
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Ismene is carefully portrayed as a good‚ obedient‚ curvy woman. She would never think of overstepping the boundaries that are allotted to women in Thebes. She expresses her true interests when Antigone asks her to partake in the forbidden burial of Polynice. "No. We have to keep this fact in mind:/We are women and we do not fight with men./We’re subject to them because they’re stronger‚/And we must obey this order‚ even if it hurts us more./As for me‚ I will say to those beneath the earth/This prayer:
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There has been much talk about Sophocles’ “Antigone” over the years. The play by Sophocles has been subject to many criticisms that delve into mainly the decisions behind actions exhibited in the play. In this review‚ “Antigone” will be broken up into sections. These sections are characteristics that like many of the characteristics of a Shakespearean tragedy. This review is mainly compromised of those characteristics that are alike‚ with some references those that are unalike. The scholarly critical
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