Creon’s Lesson [ happy music is playing‚ its very light on the stage] prologue In present day (2017) Antigone‚ Ismene‚ Polynices‚ and Eteocles work for Creon. Antigone is a maid‚ Polyneices is a housekeeper‚ and Eteocles is a chef. While they were working for Creon Antigone fell in love with Creon’s son haemon they were planning to get married. While that was going on the two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles overheard that on of them are going to be fired and Polynices was worried that he was going
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Sophocles’ Oedipus the King tells the story of the Theban King Oedipus who finds out that he unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother. Upon learning this news‚ he is distraught and ashamed. Euripides’ Heracles tells the story of the famous hero who kills his wife and children after Hera makes him go mad. Both stories are tragedies‚ which are texts that present issues that are ethically serious and represent a series of actions in the plot that culminates in the
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friend took his money and ran off with it‚ Walter is desperate. He sinks to a new low and calls Mr.Lindner. My metaphor for Walter would be insurance money. The insurance money arrival instigates happiness and anger‚ which is also the means by which Hansberry is able to indicate betrayal when Willy Harris steals Walter and Beneatha’s share. The reference to the insurance money is used to illustrate how little the Younger family has and they also demonstrate how money is when one has very little. The check
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Women like Beneatha (who happens to be both from a different culture and gender) started to set her own dream by studying in a University and becoming more liberal (Hansberry‚ 1959). In Raisin in the Sun a rich African American was also introduced‚ George Murchison who occupied all of the variables of this redefined dream (Hansberry‚ 1959). Murchison was studying in a University and working towards an enriching profession. He had class and a very good education. This story was a perfect illustration
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What would you do if one of your family members die but do not get that they need? Antigone’s brother polynecius died and he didn’t get the proper burial his body needed so Antigone was really mad and upset. While Creon causes suicides‚ and ignores Antigone. Creons pride is the right one to blame because he is against all gods‚ he ignores Antigone‚ and he also caused many suicides in the city. To begin Creon is against all gods. First of all Creon believes he is the only king great king and he thinks
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Ethical/Moral- In Sophocles’‚ Oedipus Rex‚ there are a plethora of ethical/moral interpretations. These illustrations give insight and meaning behind what the ancient Greeks’ moral/ethical values were. In Oedipus‚ Jocasta‚ both mother and wife of Oedipus‚ brings about the moral lesson that you simply cannot escape your destiny. For example‚ when the herdsman is being pressured by Oedipus to disclose the person who gave the baby to him. He tells Oedipus that “his wife would tell him best how all “this”
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Optimism is the hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something. As life happens‚ there is no way to predict what is going to happen. Optimism is what keeps the hopes of people alive. Even though these two characters seem the same‚ Lennie should actually be considered more optimistic than Walter because of the dream‚ their family‚ and how they are separated because Lennie displays a more optimistic person. Walter‚ being raised through racism and living through civil
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situation‚ and to accept defeat is to not learn from your mistakes and to blame someone else for what happened. This is the basis of the concept of a tragic hero‚ introduced by the Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle. In Antigone by the Greek playwright Sophocles‚ it is established that Creon is not a tragic hero of the play. Creon was shown to blame others for the outcome of his own mistakes‚
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Oedipus Rex and Tragedy Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is‚ in short‚ the story of a man who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother. It certainly sounds like a tragedy‚ doesn’t it? But the classification and definition of ‘tragedy’ are one of the many things widely disputed in the realm of literary studies. So‚ for the purposes here we’ll use Aristotle’s five criteria of a tragedy: a tragic hero of noble birth‚ a tragic flaw or mistake‚ a fall from grace‚ a moment of remorse‚ and catharsis
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Dramatic irony is extremely prevalent throughout the entirety of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Dramatic Irony can be defined as when the audience knows something that the characters do not. Through the chorus‚ the audience is told in the introduction that Oedipus is guilty. Throughout the rest of the play‚ the audience is aware of Oedipus’ guilt while he is trying to solve the crime on his own. Sophocles uses the literary device of dramatic irony to enhance the play by helping the reader make
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