Antigone‚ there are two central characters who serve as foils for one another. The main protagonist and heroine‚ Antigone‚ defies the wishes of the king of Thebes‚ who is also her uncle named Creon. Beginning as a man devoted to art patronage and falling into a position of power after the death of his brother‚ Creon begins the play with a declaration that says Polynices‚ one of Antigone’s brothers‚ cannot have a proper burial. Antigone disregards Creon’s law and covers Polynices in dirt‚ sending his soul
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and the chorus explore the theme of prophecy and fate. Antigone is one of/the main character in the play named after herself. However it is debatable whether she is the main character due to the fact that the majority of the play revolves around Creon and his actions‚ and end in him being alone whilst Antigone has died. Throughout the play she defines the loyalty to the Gods rather than civil obedience- and is the only character to do so. Immediately‚ Antigone is portrayed by Sophocles as a defiant
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Contextualisation of Antigone. Original Setting Antigone is set originally in Ancient Greece in Thebes‚ The play is about the Princess Antigone rebelling against her Uncle‚ King Creon of Thebes‚ after he states that her brother Polyneices‚ who rebelled against his country‚ will not be buried after his death in war. Her other brother‚ Eteoclese is going to be buried with full military honours. Antigone‚ finding this unfair‚ asks her sister Ismene to assist her in burying their brother‚ who refuses
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Tone In Antigone by Sophocles‚ the character of Creon is portrayed as volatile‚ narcissistic‚ and hypocritical. All these qualities can be clearly seen in his tone during scene 1 of Antigone where Creon addresses the chorus as their king‚ and also receives new of Eteocles’ burial. His tone when addressing different parties and also his shifts in tone give the reader an invaluable insight into his personalities and goals. The scene opens with Creon addressing the chorus in his first speech as king
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entity in each pair‚ while Creon and his values line up with the second. Ismene chooses to do nothing under the threat of the law whereas Antigone chooses to act despite the possible penalties. Antigone and Creon are both championing what is right‚ but they define rightness through different sets of values. In Antigone‚ Creon finally recognized that he has been misguided and that his actions have led to the death of his wife and son. Antigone decides that she must disobey Creons orders arguing that a
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prophet reveals the pride in the characters. Teresias explains to Creon that the only crime that was committed was pride. The prophet explains that all men make mistakes but only a good man will stop when he knows he is doing something wrong and try to fix the damage he has created. The play opens up with Antigone trying to convince her sister Ismene to be on her side with the burial of their brother‚ and while Ismene yields to what kind Creon wants‚ Antigone’s pride keeps her mind set on wanting what she
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would like to compare the understanding of “justice” in Creon and Antigone’s point of view as well as the justice’s point of view according the truth. There are number of reasons why I am interested to analyze the term of justice in this second essay. One of them is that it is a challenging issue to discuss. To support the essay‚ I am using John Rawls’s theory of fairness. The first issue to discuss is the term of justice according to Creon. In the play of Antigone‚ two blood brothers‚ Polyneicies
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For of our two brothers‚ Creon(20) gives honorable burial to one‚ but dishonors the other. They say that he hid Eteocles beneath the earth with well-deserved pomp and circumstance‚ as one honored among the dead below;(25) but the corpse of Polynices‚ who died so sadly‚ they say it has been declared to the citizens that no one may bury or mourn him‚ but must see him unlamented‚ unburied‚ a sweet find for birds to feast upon.(30) Such things they say our good Creon decreed for you and me—for
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just let you suffer from the news. The messenger telling Choragus and Creon some news‚ he tells that “I will plainly all that seen./I shall not try to comfort you: What is the use” (Exodus.33-34). The messenger says that he won’t comfort Creon because it is his fate. Creon has to deal with the sorrowful fate that he gets. Therefore‚ the messenger is a sorrowful person. He just brings sorrow wherever he goes. Choragus is telling Creon how devastating the
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to make things right by finding the person who killed former king‚ Laius‚ he sends his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to find out for him. When Creon comes back‚ Oedipus hope it be nothing but good news. The gods told Creon that the one responsible for King Laius murder must be exiled. Jocasta was Laius wife when Laius was murdered. Jocasta and Oedipus got married. Oedipus suspects that the gods told Creon who killed Laius‚ but he denies it. Oedipus argues with Tiresias since Oedipus thinks Tiresias is betraying
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