considerations of the play Antigone. As a general background‚ one can possibly notice that Sophocles was more about the art then about the economy. He was the Michelangelo of his time‚ so to speak. Antigone is a great nationalistic play which illustrated how Greece was at the time‚ and also of how women were perceived to be much inferior then men. Although Antigone and perhaps Ismene are the main characters of this play‚ they both reveal different aspects of woman. While Antigone represents the rebel who
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The idea of justice is one of the strongest motivators for humankind to make decisions on how to live and whether or not to try and change how one conducts themselves. Creon‚ in the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ is immovable in his ideals and confident in his personal idea of true justice‚ maintaining pride and order in his city-state Thebes. He faces the dilemma of whether to prioritize the good of his city-state by ostracizing a traitor in the family‚ or to respectfully bury him as is the will of
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because of one’s decisions. In Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ this exact circumstance finds its way into Haimon’s life. A fall-out between himself and Creon‚ his father‚ occurs. Haimon disagrees with Creon because he loves Antigone‚ he wants to help his father with public relations‚ and he believes burying of the dead is God’s right - and his only. Love seemed to be a reoccurring theme throughout the play‚ but it was most impactful in Haimon’s love for Antigone. Some might argue that he only desired to marry
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Antigone - Prompt #3 CREON "Die then‚ and love the dead if thou must; No woman shall be the master while I live (184)." This quotation portrays a powerful and important theme about gender and the role that a woman plays in Greek society. Antigone’s gender has an incredible effect on the others around her‚ for her actions don’t constitute those of an average woman in Greek society. An average Greek woman is characterized as subservient and passive‚ but Antigone possesses independent‚ strong-willed
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among others. In the play‚ Antigone‚ king Creon uses his power to take away Antigone’s right to bury her brother. When the two brothers killed each other in war‚ Creon announced that no one shall be buried unless given his permission.This led to Antigone burying his brother out of respect and Creon ordering to excuse her. Creon is abusing power to take away power of others. This also shows how creon reacts when someone disobeys him. Creon goes to extreme measures when Antigone goes
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bury his dead body as punishment. Antigone wanted her brother to be properly buried in order for him to move onto the afterlife. Instead of obeying Creon’s immoral law‚ she put her family over her own safety and acted against him. She went to Polynices’ rotting and mauled body and was in the middle of burying him‚ but was caught in the act. As punishment‚ Creon locked her away in a cave where she eventually killed herself‚ believing she would be there for life. Antigone chose family
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Literature Literature (from Latin litteraetantri (plural); letter) is the art of written works‚ and is not bound to published sources (although‚ under circumstances unpublished sources can be exempt). Literally translated‚ the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters"). The two major classification of literature are poetry and prose. "Literature" is sometimes differentiated from popular and ephemeral classes of writing. Terms such as "literary fiction" and
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English 125 4 February 2013 Antigone It is human nature to judge other people; most people form an opinion of others within three minutes of meeting them. While reading Antigone my opinion was formed about her on the first two pages. She was extremely stubborn and headstrong‚ but she was also extremely brave and faithful. She loved her family and would do anything to protect them‚ even if that meant risking the wrath of the king to have a proper burial for her brother. She believed in the Gods
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Gerald M. Zinampan II-5 (Marketing) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Long time before the Spaniards and other foreigners landed onPhilippine shores‚ our forefathers already had their own literature stamped in the history of our race. Our ancient literature shows our customs and traditions in everyday life as traced in our folk stories‚ old plays and short stories our ancient ancestors also had their own alphabet which was different from that brought by the Spaniards. The first alphabet used by our ancestors
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when portrayed simply as news. For our inaugural season‚ we have selected four plays inspired by previous works. Production Selections Another Antigone‚ by the playwright A. R. Gurney and licensed by Dramatists Play Services‚ tells the story of Henry Harper‚ a university professor‚ and Judy Miller‚ his student who wishes to rewrite the classical play Antigone as a
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