lastly they need to realize their mistakes and accept their consequences. In Antigone‚ there are two main characters that fit the criteria of a tragic hero‚ but only the protagonist‚ Antigone meets all of the conditions. Antigone meets the second requirement of a tragic heroine‚ by fulfilling the criteria of being neither entirely good nor completely bad. In the opening of the play‚ Antigone asks her sister‚ Ismene to help her give Polynieces a proper burial but Ismene disagrees because she believes
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Antigone by Sophocles is an interesting play that I enjoyed reading. It was something different for me since I don’t ever read plays. After reading the play I thought this story would fit under a feminist approach‚ until I fully began to understand and analyze each character of the play. In this paper I will discuss how the major events of Antigone can be analyzed through the psychological approach point of view. I as well read each critic about Antigone and found some similarity and dissimilarity
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English II Period 4 12 sept. 2011 Antigone was Correct Antigone defied King Creon because she did what she thought was right. Burying her brother seemed better than not burying him. Antigone was correct in disobeying Creon because Creons Law was flawed and she had good reasons for her actions. Antigone by John Gassner‚ based on Antigone by Sophocles‚ is a Greek Tragedy about Antigone and King Creon. Creon attempted to prevent Antigones brother’s burial‚ so Antigone disobeyed him. She ended up dying
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Antigone Antigone was written by Sophocles‚ after the age of 50. Antigone is a play used to show Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero. His definition of a tragic hero is a man who is held in a high place of society and is brought down by the decisions he makes; because of that‚ his punishment may exceed the crime. In the end‚ he must accept the fact as to why he has fallen. The tragic hero of Antigone was Creon‚ who was king of Thebes. Creon is a tragic hero because he is a man of noble
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of Antigone‚ the protagonist of the play‚ Antigone‚ challenges society’s orders and norms. At the time period of the play‚ society’s norm for women was the maintain order in the family‚ give life to newborns and take care of the family members. However‚ Antigone challenges these social orders due to her social value of life: burying her brother‚ Polynices‚ and giving him a proper burial. Thus‚ it is through these norms and restrictions as well as her only social value that stimulates Antigone to
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Stalinism defined the ideology‚ policies and actions led by Stalin and the Communist Party in the years 1929 to 1941. Stalinism in practice was vital in the economic growth of Russia with Industrialisation and Collectivisation which in turn improved social welfare including women’s rights and levels of education. Furthermore‚ Stalinism targeted key aspects of the Bolshevik past and ‘sought to achieve Socialism in a backward country’ (Thomas and McAndrew). However‚ Stalinism had a number of detractors
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Reading Response for Antigone Power is a tricky entitlement to decide among a community. Some people may believe that the ruler has the best decision in mind for everyone in that specific community‚ and other people may believe otherwise. My personal opinion on how much power a ruler should have is sort of a complicated opinion in that I do not believe in one specific ruler to make decisions for a whole community. Rulers should not have any significant power than anyone else because it should be
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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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In Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ two sisters‚ Ismene and Antigone‚ have two different views on what it means to be human. Ismene understand “being human” or “life” in a biological sense. She believes in continuing‚ by being a female‚ in continuing the family bloodline. Antigone however‚ understands “being human” in a sense of family honor and reputation. Both are important‚ but neither is right nor wrong. Creon‚ the ruler‚ has his own views on how to rule the city. He believes that he is in charge and
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tragic hero’s are men‚ with a could examples of Antigone and Cleopatra * Athenian Tragedy * Oldest tragedy existing * Emerged during 6th century BC * Reached its peak as dramatic form in the 5th century * When &Where * Open air theatres * Could usually hold up 14‚000 people * Backdrops * Tragedies took place in late March/early April * Great Dionysian festival-in Athens * SHAKESPERE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BRING US DEATH ON STAGE
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