Antigone‚ from the play Antigone‚ is like her father Oedipus‚ from the play Oedipus Rex‚ through the two classical values‚ justice and courage. Antigone showed justice by doing what she believed was right. Her brothers body‚ he was killed in war‚ was cast from the city with no rights and without a proper burial‚ and no one was allowed to bury it. Antigone‚ seeing this as an injustice decided to make it right by burying her brother anyway at the expense of herself. This shows justice because to do
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Antigone Essay Haemon’s Actions In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ every character has its position and they demonstrate it through their actions. Haemon is Creon’s son‚ he is engaged to Antigone at the beginning of the story. He is a strong character that doesn’t cause many problems but stands for what he believes in. Some might argue he is naive but he actually just stands for what he thinks is right. He tries to reason with his dad‚ threatens in order to get his way‚ and actually does as he
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12:00PM-1:15PM Trost Antigone and Feminism Feminism was used to get equality between sexes‚ male and female. The movements were set out to inaugurate‚ protect‚ and define equal diplomatic‚ monetary‚ cultural‚ and social rights for women. In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the main character had the courage to challenge the King of Thebes. Antigone’s act of rebellion separates herself from the average Greek woman of her time. She presents herself as a strong willed feminist. Sophocles’ Antigone was a story
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Antigone Analysis Antigone is a strong willed woman that defies her uncle’s orders and buries her dead brother Polyneices‚ who fought against Thebes in the civil war. She goes and buries her brother‚ and performs the rituals of the dead. I believe Antigone buried her brother out of divine edict‚ and not to defy the king. She may have been incredibly angry about the way her brother’s body had been treated‚ but I believe she done what she has done out of her own beliefs.
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Antigone Antigone deals with the conflicts arising from three demands made upon the human psyche: the demands of religion (Zeus); the demands of the state (Thebes); and the demands of human instincts (Aphrodite). Characters like Antigone represent how firm beliefs and a strong sense of religion can impact an individual’s thoughts and actions. When Antigone was put before King Creon to defend herself she says to him “But all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded
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Antigone Life has a way of becoming complicated. Problems between friends‚ foes‚ and even family members develop everyday for people of all walks of life. It is part of human nature to disagree‚ cause conflict and fight for what we believe in even if that means stepping on someone else’s toes along the way. Aristotle had thoughts on complication dating back to 335 B.C when he wrote Poetics- the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory. In it he analyzed tragedies and theorized that every tragedy
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prominent play named Antigone; the third of the trilogy. Even though one would usually think that ancient Greek theater is dull‚ one can learn a lot about themselves while reading them. While reading this story myself‚ I found that I correlate to the main character herself‚ Antigone. The character intrigued me; for we think and speak similarly. After finding this‚ I kept discovering more and more connections between the two of us. Separating into three different categories‚ Antigone and I are similar
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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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Who is Antigone? Antigone’s reliance on gods gives her the strength and perseverance to object the state’s power. Throughout the tragedy‚ Antigone displays a series of emotions as she is challenged to her mindset and what she believes is right. Due to her reverence towards the gods‚ Antigone was capable of burying Polyneices regardless of the consequences the state provides. This allowed the challenging of Creon’s power which set the plot of the whole tragedy. Antigone believes that her duty towards
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someone they see as inferior to them‚ they usually feel obliged to preserve their power through displaying their dominance. Thus‚ when Creon‚ in Sophocles’ Antigone‚ is disobeyed by a woman‚ he feels the need to inflict punishment to not only her‚ but also the people connected to her. Throughout Scene II‚ although Creon is notified that Antigone was the caught trying to bury her brother‚ he seems to be doubtful of the possibility. Even when she is questioned and “den[ies] nothing‚” he does not
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