In today’s modern age‚ there are many different forms of art and literature that reference or discuss one of the most tragic‚ amazing‚ and brutal events in the course of our history. World War I‚ originally known as the Great War‚ was one of the biggest and deadliest wars that has ever taken place in our history on this planet. A series of events in 1914 led to an all-out war with Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and the Ottoman Empire (Central Powers) pitted against Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy
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Contextualisation of Antigone. Original Setting Antigone is set originally in Ancient Greece in Thebes‚ The play is about the Princess Antigone rebelling against her Uncle‚ King Creon of Thebes‚ after he states that her brother Polyneices‚ who rebelled against his country‚ will not be buried after his death in war. Her other brother‚ Eteoclese is going to be buried with full military honours. Antigone‚ finding this unfair‚ asks her sister Ismene to assist her in burying their brother‚ who refuses
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Sympathizing with Antigone Very few things in life are entirely one-sided‚ with the clear and unbiased result being obvious. Life in general is much more complex‚ with multiple viewpoints and intricacies being required in order to have a grasp on the reality of a situation. In Sophocles’s Antigone this fact still holds true. Antigone and Kreon are locked in an argument over the burial of her brother‚ Polyneices‚ with Antigone going against the law set up by Kreon and burying her brother. Both
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Is suicide the only way to get out of hard times in life? What about your family and friends‚ how do you think they will feel about suicide? Are you feeling trap and don’t want to feel that way? In the book Antigone by Sophocles‚ Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Eurydice committed suicide because Creon who is the ruler didn’t think before doing things. They felt trap. Suicide is a mental illness‚ so there are three important things about suicide that we need to learn and they are signs and risk factors‚ rates
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In Antigone by Sophocles (406-496 B.C.) there were many instances where gender inequality was present. I have decided to write my paper on the second option‚ which asks us to analyze Antigone’s defiance and to also explain gender representation in Antigone. First I will discuss whether or not I felt that Antigone’s defiance was political or just an act of love for her brother. I will discuss how women were treated and viewed during this time especially Antigone. If there were any instances where
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Antigone vs. Ismene In the Greek tragedy Antigone‚ the playwright Sophocles developed his characters with strongly contrasting personalities. The sisters Antigone and Ismene are foils to each other‚ in that they are characters with completely opposite personalities. Antigone is strong‚ stubborn‚ and stands up for what she believes in‚ while Ismene is weak‚ obedient to the law‚ and very passive. Throughout the play‚ Antigone and Ismene display their opposing beliefs and personalities. When introduced
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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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In Antigone‚ two brothers communal the king status‚ which Oedipus their father‚ left for them. One of the brothers‚ Polynices‚ wanted to commence a war with the kingdom since he wanted the king status for himself only. The main ruler‚ at the time‚ Eteocles and Polynices fought each other‚ therefore wistfully killing each other. Their Uncle Creon‚ who prehended position as King after the deaths of the brother decided that only Eteocles will have a proper burial; Polynices body should lay rotting with
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Rendition of Antigone proposal by Director: Dawson Gundlah For my rendition of the famous play of Antigone from the Oedipus Trilogy I propose a new age adaptation to the play. I propose we make it a little more fun‚ and lighter‚ but we should not change what the play supposed to do and that was to be a tragedy. It will be the best of both worlds and provoke emotion in the reader like the original. Antigone is a powerful story about a daughter of a man who married his mother on accident‚ a sister
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Compare and Contrast Antigone and Ismene In the classical play “Antigone” by Sophocles‚ two of the main characters are sisters‚ Antigone and Ismene. The pair get into plenty of trouble‚ and are alike and different in througout the story. They are the daughters of the previous king‚ Oedipus. Their brothers have just killed each other in the battles between Thebes and Argos‚ Thebes emerging the victor. Polyneices fought for Argos whilst Eteocles fought for Thebes. The uncle of the family‚ whose
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