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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against each other. The characters in Antigone are forced to follow their unchangeable fate that the gods had chose for them; the characters lives are then dictated by fate and not their free will. One of the main characters‚ Antigone‚ had willingly chose go against the law of the king‚ Creon‚ to bury her brother who was seen as traitor. Even though Antigone had chose to defy Creon’s law‚ her fate of how she was punished would be appointed by the gods. Antigone eventually
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Antigone Compare and Contrast Essay Sophocles’ and Jean Anouilh’s versions of the famous Greek tragedy; “Antigone” raise some interesting themes‚ motifs‚ and topics. The most prevalent theme throughout both versions was Human law Vs. Divine law. This helped me conclude that; in both versions of Antigone‚ characters that only adhere or favour man-made law or divine law‚ lead unstable lives and themselves suffer through isolation‚ loss‚ and deterioration. Both versions have a tragic hero that only
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disrespect of his people‚ as well as his demise‚ Creon of Antigone is the play’s tragic
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Antigone‚ by Sophocles and‚ Lysistrata by Aristophanes are both pieces of art studied and fascinated within the time frame they were made and still are to this day. The tragedy‚ Antigone‚ and the comedy‚ Lysistrata‚ both encompass women who go against their customs and laws; but what sets these two so widely apart‚ is the outcome in which each women face in result of their actions. Antigone is told and begins with the assumption that readers know the background and characters within it‚ this is
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Fate Vs. Free Will Antigone‚ the play‚ fuels the debate whether fate is stronger than one’s free will. Antigone’s fate was to die fighting for respect of her family. At first‚ Antigone’s fate was to live‚ but her free will let her to choose to disobey Creon’s law about burying her brother. When she made the choice to go against Creon‚ her fate was to die. Towards the end of "Antigone‚" Creon on changed his mind to kill Antigone but fate had already taken over and she died. Likewise‚ Creon’s fate
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Short stories play an important role in literature‚ being sometimes more expressive than any novel of a more considerable length. Many people prefer them to novels: they are usually not so complex as novels are‚ there are only a few characters in them‚ they are easier to follow‚ and so on. They are popular all over the world. In this paper I would like to deal with short stories written by such great Canadian authors as Margaret Laurence and Sheila Watson. Their works are well-known not only in the
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Dao and Vy Nguyen‚ is a parody of the tv show‚ "My Kitchen Rules". I played the character of Antigone‚ Sam played Haemon‚ Carltan played Creon‚ Gary played the abusive male character Satanas‚ Kathy played Ismene and Vy played the submissive female character Peggy. We have had several complications involving our filming days‚ communication‚ ideas and timing. We followed some parts of the plot of "Antigone" and incorporated the issues of gender roles and power abuse. Our filming process was a difficulty
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Maya Haywood Ms. Dawn B. Caplinger English 1301.01 6 October 2011 Antigone: A Tragic Hero What characteristics generate a tragic hero? Must a tragic hero possess superhuman abilities? Should he be immense in size and strength such as Hercules? According to the Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is a good‚ moral‚ upstanding person that does not fit into society’s mold‚ invokes catharsis to the audience‚ and exhibits flaws that leads to their tragic downfall. These are the traits
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Word Count: 256 Response to Literature Essay Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles in which a generous act is punished by King Creon. Haimon‚ Creon’s son‚ plays an important character in the story. In scene three‚ lines 55-94‚ Haimon uses his persuasive skills in talking to his father King Creon. He blatantly expresses about his opinion towards him‚ Antigone‚ and what he thinks Creon should do. He does this effectively using the rhetorical device of Pathos. Throughout the story‚ Haimon is saying
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