and the Girl from the plays ‘Antigone’ and ‘Blood Wedding’ fail to do so. They make choices resulting from poor judgement and the flaws of each of these two characters and eventually lead to harsh consequences. As a figure of authority‚ the King has an arrogance that leads him to make decisions‚ relying only on his views and beliefs. Also‚ the Girl and Creon share the flaw of jealousy that causes them to act in search of their own happiness or security. ‘Antigone’ is a play that was written in
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The drama Antigone by Sophocles written in the 5th century BC concerns the issue of man-made law versus divine law. This theme of confrontation has not been limited to ancient times alone but continues into our modern era. Everyday‚ not matter what the law‚ there are and always will be someone who does not agree with that law. If you take a look at congress in our modern era‚ there will always be confrontations between the Republicans and the Democrats as long as we live. It takes a lot of time and
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Character Analysis of Antigone Antigone is an award winning play by Sophocles‚ one of the three best Greek dramatists of all time. Antigone is a mythical princess of Thebes. She is the product of the accidental incestuous marriage between King Oedipus and Jocasta‚ whom is Oedipus’ mother as well. Antigone had two brothers and a sister: Polynices‚ Eteocles‚ and her sister‚ Ismene. After Oedipus discovered that he had married his mother‚ he fled‚ leaving Thebes to be ruled by his sons. Polynices
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Sebastian Villa Composition 2 April 5‚ 2014 Antigone Essay The story of Antigone is a tragic story that means that the universal themes are going to make the audience thinks twice about their decisions or life itself. This story has a lot of universal themes like facing darkness‚ role of women and the most important theme in my opinion would be injustice. This universal can be applied to today’s world. Facing darkness! After the two brother named Eteocles and Polyneices fight for
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would explain the numerous plays and books about it. One story in particular‚ titled Antigone‚ displays this form or arrogance. In the story‚ The reader comes to understand that Sophocles’ message to his audience is arrogance can lead to one’s demise. This theme becomes apparent when one examines Creon’s development over the course of the text‚ as well as his interactions with other characters. In the play‚ Antigone‚ Creon‚ the New King of Thebes‚ has made a decree about two recently deceased princes-while
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Antigone Creon is the king in the play Antigone. Antigone is about a princess‚ Antigone‚ who buries her brother after he and her other brother fought each other to death. As a result‚ King Creon wants to punish/kill Antigone for this while still him remembering that he had raised her. Due to the brothers fighting to death‚ a place to be king opened up for Creon to become the new king. The quote‚ “Where love rules‚ there is no will to power; and where power predominates‚ there love is lacking. The
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Plato’s “Apology”‚ what does Socrates think is the role of the gadfly and why place such importance on its actions? Secondly‚ argue succinctly for your position that this character plays the ‘gadfly’ in Sophocles’ “Antigone”. What does this character seek to accomplish and how is it attempted? Essay: Disrupting the world’s status quo has been a characteristic of famous people and figures. Scientists‚ civil rights leaders‚ and inventors have all done something to change the societal norm considerably
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Feminism in Antigone Although ancient Greece was a male-dominant society‚ Sophocles’ Antigone portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. Antigone‚ the tragic heroine‚ rejects the traditional role of women. As such‚ Sophocles punishes Ismene for embodying traditional attitude. Moreover‚ Creon is punished for misogyny. Sophocles‚ accordingly‚ uses characterization to promote feminist ideas. Sophocles introduces a female character in Antigone who is a strong believer and
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Sophocles‚ an ancient Greek playwright‚ is the author of the prominent play named Antigone; the third of the trilogy. Even though one would usually think that ancient Greek theater is dull‚ one can learn a lot about themselves while reading them. While reading this story myself‚ I found that I correlate to the main character herself‚ Antigone. The character intrigued me; for we think and speak similarly. After finding this‚ I kept discovering more and more connections between the two of us. Separating
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feeling proud of something you accomplished or did. On the other hand pride can also be the total opposite. People can take advantage of their pride and hold it against others. In Antigone there were an exotic amount of examples of pride. Pride can from many characters; although the main signs of pride came from Antigone and Creon. It all started with the sons of Oedipus. Oedipus’ sons were completely full of their own pride. Neither one of them could come to an agreement as to what was the best
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