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    Irony: Oedipus, the King

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    uncle‚ Creon’s relationship. From the start Oedipus and Creon never saw eye to eye on issues that came their way. Early in the story Oedipus charges Creon and Teiresias with treason. Oedipus’ blindness hinders him from seeing that Creon and Teiresias are merely trying to help him. Oedipus thinks that Creon is trying to take over and become the king‚ but in all reality Creon does not want to be king at all. At the beginning of scene 2‚ Creon addresses the people of Thebes with the accusation that

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    Antigone. It was written by Sophocles. Creon is a tragic hero because he suffers a horrible fate‚realizes flaw‚and learns from his mistake. Creon suffers a horrible fate. His pride leads him onto suffering. He’s failed from his power and happiness. The messenger said‚”Haemon is dead‚and the hand that killed him was his own.”(Page 1103‚Lines 19-20) Because of what Creon did that caused Polyneices to never be buried and Antigone be locked away in a cave‚ Creon would suffer from the wrath of the gods

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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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    Antigone - 19

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    person are. Although pride is something that we all possess‚ we must pick the right time to display it for everyone to see. Throughout the play‚ Antigone continues to demonstrate a strong sense of pride to her own family values and those of the Gods‚ Creon demonstrates his own sense of pride and it becomes his own worst enemy‚ and Haemon shows his own self pride to overcome his fathers arrogance. The pride that Antigone shows throughout the whole play is something that is to be admired by many. Placing

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    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. Although the play itself was written in 441 B.C.‚ the legend goes back to the foundations of Hellenic culture‚ many centuries before Sophocles’ time. All the scenes take place

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    ENG 9 HONORS MINICOZZI ANTIGONE SEPT ANTIGONE ENRICHMENT HW QUESTIONS [pic] PROLOGUE AND PARADOS VOCAB: |Decree | |Gouge | |Defy

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    the lands and the God’s law‚ which results in her entombment. In addition to Antigone putting off her sisters’ point of view‚ Sophocles uses Antigone’s inability to take others perspective into consideration. During Creon’s and Antigone’s argument‚ Creon expresses his opinion of Polynices betrayal of the city by saying‚ “The good don’t want to share honors with the bad” (Sophocles 534-6). Antigone retaliates by mentioning‚ “Who knows that is considered righteous below . . . . . I cannot share their

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    with Creon‚ in order to reveal his changing attitude(s) towards his father. The character Haemon appears on stage just as his Creon has deemed Antigone to her death as a punishment for a crime of family loyalty. In performing the role of Haemon‚ I would come onto centre stage in a costume of traditional Greek military attire adorned with royal crest of arms to portray his princely supremacy as a Theban prince. Creon’s costume would be in distinct contrast to mine‚ due to the fact that Creon will

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    Antigone Values Analysis

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    Antigone: Views and Values Essay In Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’‚ set in the city of Argos in Ancient Greece‚ Antigone lives through the momentous providence from defying law for the sake of her family. Through Creon‚ who rules as a tyrannical misogynist‚ Sophocles symbolizes the concepts of autocracy and the solidity of fate which is inevitable and the prime religion of the Ancient Greeks and gods would have no plod in it. This expounds that Sophocles‚ is a man of authority‚ power and conviction. Sophocles

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    Conflict of Loyalty From reading Antigone‚ loyalty comes in all different forms. One is how Antigone expressed her loyalty to family by giving her brother‚ Polynices‚ a proper bruial; even though she wasn’t being loyal to the rules of Creon‚ king of Thebes. Humans are faced with basic conflicts of loyalties—to state‚ religion‚ and family. Personal happiness is another powerful and legitimate pull. But perfect balance among these compelling factors is impossible; hence suffering is inevitable. In

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