Tragedy and Antigone The well-known play‚ Antigone‚ is a representation of classic tragedy written by Sophocles. The story’s protagonist‚ Antigone‚ is portrayed as a tragic hero whose efforts to keep her family close quickly backfire on her. When Antigone’s brother dies‚ she wants to face the consequences and do the right thing in order to respect her brother and properly bury him. Antigone’s sister‚ Ismene‚ also displays the heroic qualities that Antigone does when she attempts to save her sister
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משוב ליד תשובות שאינן נכונות. במערכת המטלות ליד הממן הבדוק והציון‚ תמצא/י קובץ (משוב כללי) שמדריך כיצד לענות על כל שאלה בצורה נכונה. במפגשים‚ תדונו עם המנחה על הממ"ן לפני ההגשה וינתן משוב בשיעור (לאחר שהממ"נים נבדקו) על שאלות חשובות. VIOLENT PRIDE Question 1 is based on the eye-catching features. 1. Read the title‚ the subtitle and the information about the author. a. From what academic field of study is this text? The academic field of the study is Social psychology. √ b. What are the
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Irony in Antigone: King Creon In the tragedy Antigone‚ Sophocles pens a tale about a stalwart and distrustful king‚ Creon‚ and his misuse of the power he possesses. In the play he disregards the law of the gods to fit his whims‚ something that the heroine of the play‚ Antigone‚ wholeheartedly disagrees with; she disobeys his order to leave her dead brother‚ Polynices‚ unburied and sentences herself to death in the process. Antigone is engaged to Creon’s son‚ Haemon‚ who does not agree with his father’s
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Tragic Hero Within the tragic play Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ there is a dichotomy between the two main characters: Antigone and Creon. Throughout the play Antigone and Creon both portray a tragic hero; however‚ Antigone illustrates more qualities of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is one who fails to attain happiness and whose failures excites pity‚ has a great integrity of character‚ and is nether extremely benevolent nor malevolent. These are all qualities Antigone has and Creon does not. There is
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Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ is the story of Antigone and her struggle between obeying man’s laws versus obeying the god’s laws. Antigone hears word that her brother Eteocles will be given a proper burial‚ while her other brother Polyneices will be left to rot. Antigone‚ furious with Creon and his declaration‚ decides she will bury her brother and obey god’s laws. She asks her sister Ismene to do what is right and help bury their brother‚ regardless of the consequences. Ismene‚ scared of what
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question in the play "Antigone" by Sophocles’ is the value of human law vs. divine law. In this tragic play a newly appointed king Creon declares to his people that treason was committed during battle‚ and one of the two brothers (Polyneices) killed shall not be buried according to the Gods‚ but instead "He shall be left unburied for all to watch the corpse mutilated and eaten by carrion-birds and by dogs" (Sophocles‚ 1900.). This dilemma is felt by many‚ especially Antigone (sister of the deceased)
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graphic novel Persepolis and the tragedy Antigone. In Marjane Satrapis’ Persepolis and Sophocles’ Antigone both protagonists are faced with insurmountable obstacles but various factors allow one to give up and the other to be resilient. In both stories‚ the protagonists face issues: they are not able to do things that should be their unalienable right. For example‚ in Persepolis the protagonist Marji cannot wear certain things‚ and Antigone’s protagonist Antigone can’t bury her dead brother. This is
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In the play‚ “Antigone”‚ by Sophocles there are two characters‚ Antigone whose tragic flaw is her loyalty to her family that results in her own death‚ and Creon whose tragic flaw is his hubris that causes his son and wife to die. Antigone had a brother named Polynieces who was an enemy to the town of Thebes‚ and was announced to not have a burial in the form of a law by Creon. Antigone’s tragic flaw of having loyalty to her family caused her to illegally bury her brother in a manner that would
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The tragic heroines Antigone and Juliet share characteristics that delineate their personal dispositions and the qualities that all tragic heroines share as well. In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ a young girl named Juliet defies the will and regulations of her parents when she falls in love with a young boy names Romeo. Their love is forbidden because they come from rivaling families. Many unfortunate events occur including the death families and friends; due to the forbidden love‚ Romeo and Juliet
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Calen Timothy-Lash Jackman Allison Smith CLT 3370 November 25‚ 2013 Justice in the Antigone Not only is the Antigone an incredible work of drama and tragedy‚ it encompasses a great moral argument that has two sides; Antigone or Creon. It can also be said that the argument being made in either case is larger than the prerogatives of just these two people and more an argument between obeying the will of man or the will of the gods. Creon’s argument is for the former because of his motivation
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