Through the course of Antigone‚ a play by Sophocles‚ various characters justify their actions based on their own perception of duty. A strong example of one of them is Antigone. In the play‚ Antigone experiences a series of moral tests. She has to choose whether to abide by the laws of Thebes or take her own path and follow moral laws and obey the gods instead of the King Creon. She chooses to go against Creon and follow her own moral laws and bury her brother. All though later punished for her denial
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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 death but also serves to shift
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The play Antigone is a tragedy play that most of the characters were killed at the end. The central theme of this play is “civil disobedience” and is about the controversies between gender‚ power‚ age‚ religion‚ beliefs‚ and laws. The script begins with Antigone asking Ismene to bury their brother because Creon‚ their uncle passed down a decree saying no one is allowed to bury Polynices because he betrayed his country can killed his own brother. Antigone chose to disobey the law and was sentenced
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of Thebes. Antigone and Ismene were sisters to Eteocles and polyneices. Creon favored Eteocles and he perceived him as the cities champion and ordered that Eteocles could be buried in a grave with every rite of sanctity given to him as a hero. Polyneices was rejected by Creon because he felt that Polyneices would have led them to slavery so he proclaimed that he not be given a burial but rather watch him get chewed up by birds and dogs because he was a wicked person. Antigone felt that despite
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In the story “Antigone” there are characters who are honored and characters who are a disgrace based on their actions in the story. Eteocles is a person that deserves to be honored as he was a courageous and determined person in the story. He showed full responsibility and loyalty towards Creon and the City of Thebes. Even though it was brother that went against him‚ Eteocles fought him back in order to protect his country and the people from any violence or harm. Eteocles was considered a hero
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QUOTE The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney. There is a war between brothers over power and the two are clashing over the crown in Thebes. Over a ferocious battle‚ they both perish in the mighty battle‚ Eteocles and Polyneices. After the Battle‚ Creon comes to Thebes and is pronounced the current king. Creon decides to give Eteocles a proper burial since he fault in favor of Thebes‚ but denies Polyneices any type of burial and this is a big shock since
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unsepulchred‚ a welcome store for the birds‚ as they espy him‚ to feast on at will." He also states that if anyone is to bury him they shall be put to death. When he is told that Antigone has buried her brother Creon is faced with questions of loyalty. He can not go against his law or he will look weak and it will look as though his laws do not apply to his family. He can not kill his niece or he will look evil. Antigone feels what she did and is prepaired to do is just with the Gods‚ but what Creon did was
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Sophocles’ play Antigone presents us with three very different character depictions of a particular group of three females. The characters represent three distinct sorts of women: Antigone‚ the strong willed hero; Ismene‚ the feeble sister of Antigone; and Eurydice‚ spouse of Creon. Each of these characters’ identities‚ ways of life‚ and decisions straightforwardly influences the character’s mortality. By breaking down the female characters‚ it can be seen that the individuals who die‚ Antigone and Eurydice
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or most complicating choices. Antigone’s decision to bury her brother‚ Creon’s choice to sentence Antigone to death‚ and again Antigone’s choice to end her life were important decisions that other characters based their conclusions around. The choices of the characters in Antigone change the outcome of the play and the lives or choices of other characters.<br><br>The famous "first" decision of Antigone was to bury her brother Polyneices against Creon’s order and Ismene’s opposition. Three deaths including
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misdeeds deeply‚ but although he lost his son and wife‚ Antigone lost her life. She is the central character. She drives the action‚ has more relevancy‚ and is a superior example of the ideal Grecian at the time. Without Antigone‚ the story would fall flat. For this reason‚ the story’s title as Antigone should not be changed. Despite some claims that Kreon better fits the profile of a tragic hero‚ Antigone is the right name for the play because Antigone is more relevant‚ a better role model‚ and drives
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