The Excitement of Antigone Sophocles manages to make internal events as exciting as external events in the play Antigone. Family and religion are sensitive subjects to this day and increase the excitement of events that wouldn’t be exciting otherwise. By emphasizing family affairs and religious beliefs‚ Sophocles makes internal and psychological dealings as exciting as they would be given external sources. The struggle between people is intensified when there are family relations and brings
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interactive oral? Through the interactive orals presented today‚ the group was informed on Sophocles life and career and the later versions/ adaptations of Antigone. Although the group was only presented with two presentations‚ I feel my contextual and cultural understanding of Sophocles Antigone was improved. The first interactive oral presentation we were given was about the life and career of Sophocles. This presentation gave me a small insight into the author of Antigone‚ although I feel this
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Both plato and Sophocles portray ethical ideals of the rational soul who’s primary value is virtue. Plato believes that all humans are equal and that being morally good is the same for everyone and would criticize Sophocles for his portrayal of tragedy befalling selectively upon a single person at the whims of the gods. Not only is Oedipus essentially a good person given
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SOPHOCLES (496-406 B.C.) Antigone I. Introduction Antigone is a Greek dramatic play tragedy by Sophocles. Sophocles was born into a wealthy family (his father was an amour manufacturer) and was highly educated. Sophocles’ first artistic triumph was in 468 BC‚ when he took first prize in the Dionysian theatre competition over the reigning master of Athenian drama‚ Aeschylus. Sophocles wrote the three Theban plays‚ a collection that has survived for centuries‚ and for good reason. One of these
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“Antigone” is a Greek tragedu by Sophocles written before or in 442 BC. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschyius’ “Seven Against Thebes” ends. “Antigone” is typical of the drama of ancient Greece and there are many evident features that support this. Ancient Greek drama is literary work with dialogue written in verse (really) and by actors such as Creon and Haeman speak in shifted tones of tension that prevail conflict. Another element of Ancient Greek
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even play writes constantly include stories of free will and destiny. Sophocles‚ a famous Greek playwright‚ beautifully includes fate and free will as themes in his plays Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. This motif is so abundant in Greek literature because oftentimes characters try to avoid an oracle that they don’t want to accept to be true; this opens up an opportunity for human nature to fight fate‚ which is what Sophocles sets the basis for his plays. Although each character’s fate is chosen
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In being able to chose what his own actions are‚ fate is a result of his decisions. In Oedipus the King‚ the Greek writer‚ Sophocles‚ uses characterization and dramatic irony to project a theme throughout the play providing the idea that man is responsible for his own fate. Sophocles lived 90 years‚ revealing a plethora of amazing‚ prize-winning tragic Greek plays. Sophocles was born near Athens in 496 BC‚ in the town of Colonus. He received the first prize for tragic drama over Aeschylus at the
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form of dramatic expression based on human suffering‚ which causes an audience to have catharsis or to feel strong emotional relief. The Greeks and the Elizabethans are notorious for writing many tragedies. Two prime examples from these eras are Sophocles’ Antigone and William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Antigone is the tragedy of a brave sister who tries to honor her brother‚ while Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy based on love and being loyal to others. In both plays there is tension between
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In the philosophical play “Antigone” written by Sophocles‚ Antigone‚ the daughter of Oedipus believed she was “destined” to die because of her family’s curse that has proved itself true through many different family deaths. Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ ordered that Antigone’s brother would not be buried since he was fighting against Thebes in the war. Eventually‚ Antigone went against the law‚ buried her brother‚ and was condemned to death. Sophocles illustrates the significance of Antigone’s suffering
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gods for a cruel end. Oedipus tries and fails to tempt fate and ovoid his destiny due to the active role the gods play in his life‚ whereas Medea refuses to accept her fate and creates her own destiny with the blessing of less interactive gods. Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King” begins with Oedipus attempting the save his city’s citizens from the struggles they currently are enduring. He soon learns that to appease the gods he must prosecute the man who murdered the king. Oedipus begins his pursuit
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