when the sisters‚ Antigone and Ismene‚ returned to Thebes they discovered that their beloved brothers‚ Eteocles and Polyneices‚ had killed each other in battle. When the sisters got together for a secret meeting Antigone tells Ismene that their uncle king Creon had buried Eteocles
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Staying true to personal beliefs and morals can sometimes be problematic to retain when conflicting with the written law. In Antigone by Sophocles‚ Antigone disregards the decree of her uncle Creon‚ King of Thebes‚ which forbids anybody to bury Antigone’s brother Polynices who was killed in battle. Although Polynices is considered a traitor to the land of Thebes‚ Antigone feels that to respect the wishes of the gods she must burry him. She faithfully acts upon her morals‚ even though they oppose
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Relationship between Antigone and Creon Antigone is a play written by Sophocles. The genre of the play that Sophocles wrote was based on tragedy. It is one of the first plays that use tragedy. In the play a young girl named Antigone‚ stands up against her uncle Creon who is the king. She stands up for her rights‚ so that she can give a religious burial to Polynices. She was a girl with a lot of will power. This essay talks about the relationship between Antigone and Creon. This essay would contain
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Sophocles’ Antigone presents Oedipus’ daughters Antigone and Ismene as a non-conformist and a conformist. In postwar Thebes‚ Antigone must persuade Ismene to help bury their brother Polyneices‚ who is branded a traitor by the new king Creon. In a new decree Creon states that he will not give any traitors a proper burial. Antigone’s indignation over Creon’s decree makes her the non-conformist. Because of her loyalty to her brother she wants to “bury him” even though‚ as Ismene points out‚ “the new
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Through the course of Antigone‚ a play by Sophocles‚ various characters justify their actions based on their own perception of duty. A strong example of one of them is Antigone. In the play‚ Antigone experiences a series of moral tests. She has to choose whether to abide by the laws of Thebes or take her own path and follow moral laws and obey the gods instead of the King Creon. She chooses to go against Creon and follow her own moral laws and bury her brother. All though later punished for her denial
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characters error that causes his or her own downfall. Like in Antigone by Sophocles whose character‚ Antigone‚ is trying to bury her deceased brother. Her uncle‚ Creon‚ who is now the new ruler of Thebes has made a new law stating that traitors shall not be buried and he considers Polyneices‚ Antigone’s brother a traitor. Antigone then decides to bury him anyway but is caught and sent away to die‚ despite warnings from people. Antigone‚ Haimon who is Creon’s son‚ and Eurydice who is Creon’s wife
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of Thebes. Antigone and Ismene were sisters to Eteocles and polyneices. Creon favored Eteocles and he perceived him as the cities champion and ordered that Eteocles could be buried in a grave with every rite of sanctity given to him as a hero. Polyneices was rejected by Creon because he felt that Polyneices would have led them to slavery so he proclaimed that he not be given a burial but rather watch him get chewed up by birds and dogs because he was a wicked person. Antigone felt that despite
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In the story “Antigone” there are characters who are honored and characters who are a disgrace based on their actions in the story. Eteocles is a person that deserves to be honored as he was a courageous and determined person in the story. He showed full responsibility and loyalty towards Creon and the City of Thebes. Even though it was brother that went against him‚ Eteocles fought him back in order to protect his country and the people from any violence or harm. Eteocles was considered a hero
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QUOTE The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney. There is a war between brothers over power and the two are clashing over the crown in Thebes. Over a ferocious battle‚ they both perish in the mighty battle‚ Eteocles and Polyneices. After the Battle‚ Creon comes to Thebes and is pronounced the current king. Creon decides to give Eteocles a proper burial since he fault in favor of Thebes‚ but denies Polyneices any type of burial and this is a big shock since
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ANTIGONE Tragedy is something which is sad however‚ the events will be “tragedy” if something bad happen to someone while following a value and “tragic” will be its adjective. In addition to this there is also a conflict between two goods. Hegel and his thoughts abour tragedy has been accepted until now. When we analyse the play‚ Antigone‚ we face with some differences from Hegel’s thoughts. Hegel’s idea of conflict between two goods is not applicable for either of the characters because they do
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