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    self-destruct themselves? It could have been a family tragedy. In Sophocles Antigone Antigone buries her brother‚ which is against the law‚ but she still does it and gets sent to a cave to be killed. Creon‚ the leader‚ must make a big descion to keep his authority. Through Koryphaios’s conversation with Creon he convinces him not to kill Antigone. Leaders need to enforce laws to keep a country alive. Haimon‚ Creon’s son‚ is engaged to Antigone. Haimon talks to Creon and he gives supportive reasons not to kill

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    political aspects of Antigone‚ we created an off text improvisation where we played characters from Theban society -I was “A Female Citizen”- we read them out to the class so we could get an idea of people we could work with which was a good idea as it enabled us to engage with each other and incorporate more detail into our improvisation. Our improvisation was set in a market place‚ we each spoke of our feelings to each other‚ which showed the contrast in opinions towards Antigone(or her sister)/Creon

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    Antigone | Quote | Comments | Analysis | 1. "And now what is the proclamation that they tell of made lately by the commander‚ publicly‚/to all people? Do you know it? Have you heard it?/Don’t you notice when evils due to enemies/are headed towards those we love?"Line 8-12 | Antigone speak to Ismene about their brother Polyneices‚ that it is unfair to unbury him. Also she refers to the situation of the evil‚ cursed their father Oedipus who had been expelled outside from Thebes. | | 2

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    be able to handle it. As a result‚ he doesn’t dare reconsider any of his decisions--doing so‚ he thinks might make him appear weak and cause his subjects to lose respect for him. So when he orders that Polyneices be left unburied and then orders Antigone to be entombed alive when she’s caught violating the order‚ he can’t let himself listen to her or Ismene or to Haimon. He even refuses to listen to Teiresias‚ conveying the displeasure of the gods‚ until Teiresias has left‚ but in fact that message

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    English II 16 May 2014 The Crucible vs. The Crucible Twenty innocent citizens of Salem were devastatingly hanged after being falsely accused of witchcraft. Arthur Miller masks the plot of McCarthyism with the tragic‚ but factual story of the Salem witch trials. He wrote both the play and the screenplay‚ but managed to differentiate between the two. Miller creates a vast amount of similarities and differences between the play and the film‚ both titled The Crucible. Between the play and the film

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    Kylie Bartlett Per. 3 4/1/11 Antigone essay Remember those people who always thought they were right‚ and they always ended up in trouble for it? I Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ the main characters Antigone and Creon show how being so hubris can be tragic to your life. Set back in ancient Greece an epic battle takes place and brothers end up killing each other. One was allowed a proper burial‚ yet Polyinesis was not. Antigone felt disappointed by this and decided to bury them yet Creon the newly

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    tragedy Antigone‚ a play written by the brilliant Sophocles countless years ago‚ people believed that the only way to reach the underworld was by receiving a proper burial. Antigone‚ the prideful protagonist‚ had her brother‚ Polynices‚ killed at war. King Creon of Thebes‚ the audacious and selfish antagonist‚ sternly declared that whoever buried the traitor‚ Polynices‚ was to be put to death at once‚ but that did not stop Antigone to do what she thinks is morally correct. In the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles

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    Analysis of Antigone Today the United States is controlled by three branches‚ but the executive branch is the branch that is commonly referred to when mentioning the United States; the President. Who was once just a loyal friend of Oedipus‚ now the ruler of Thebes‚ Creon can be considered Thebes’s president. A ruler who believes and insists that his word is final when it deals with anything under his jurisdiction‚ meets a match in Antigone‚ the daughter of the former ruler of Thebes before he

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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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    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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