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Antigone Essays and Term Papers
Tragic Heroes in AntigoneBethany Vaughn
Mr. Brand
Honors 10[th] Literature and Composition
September 20, 2013
Tragic Heroes
The story Antigone by Sophocles follows a woman named Antigone, the daughter of a fallen King, who is willing to stand up for her dead brother, Polyneices, regardless of law. In the play we ...
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The Role Of Fate In AntigoneSophocles’ Antigone concerns the struggle of a young woman battling for justice at all costs. The idea of fate is a staple throughout Greek Literature, and Sophocles uses the concept of fate to dictate the actions of a character. Antigone’s destiny is one of predestination, a mission of the ...
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Antigone 9In the story Antigone Creon showed that to much power will corrupt anyone. As Creon became blessed with total control his character, principals, and his judgement deteriorated. Antigone was written by a man named Sophocles. He was a man that did an excellent job of showing how absolute power ...
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Antigone EssayIn Antigone, Sophocles creates Antigone, the tragic hero of the play. Antigone, the main character of the story cannot accept her dead brother Polyneicês not being buried. Going against the orders of Creon, her uncle and the King of Thebes, Antigone buries her brother. She follows her own morals ...
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Antigone 3"Frailty is thy name woman!" Taken from this line reflects a common misconception about women. According to some, the sole purpose and duty of a woman is to serve her husband and look pretty. Her voice is not heard. Her thoughts are not taken into consideration. Her virtue and ...
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Creon Vs. Antigone In The Burial of Polyneices
When King Oedipus learned that he lived his life under a curse, unknowingly killing his father and marrying his mother, he poked out his own eyes and dissappeared into exile. After Oedipus' abandonment, toghether his sons Eteocles and Polyneices ruled Thebes. The two brothers ...
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The Importance Of Setting In Macbeth, Antigone, and ProofThe Importance of Setting
In any play, the major characters face certain problems that will or will not be resolved during the course of the story. Many factors influence this ultimate fate, among the most important of which is the setting of the story. The setting, more than anything else, ...
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Antigone Reflective Statement"Reflective statement; Antigone"
In our interactive orals today we discussed the cultural and contextual consideration of Sophocles' play "Antigone". In our discussion we covered the life and career of Sophocles, later versions of Antigone and the development of Greek tragedy.
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Antigone: Creon A Tragic HeroIn Sophocles’ play Antigone, the Greek playwright presents one of drama’s leading tragic heroes. Indeed, King Creon, a man of great power and esteem, like many men today, also is filled with hubris. This excessive pride causes the downfall of a man who might otherwise have discovered for himself ...
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Antigone 4Life’s many ups and downs leads to many options
There are many decisions you will need to make in life. Decisions such as deciding whether or not to make a sacrifice for someone. Every day there are many sacrifices being made. In fact life requires sacrifices to be made. Sacrifices such ...
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Oedipus And AntigoneSophocles’ plays have many parallel themes and conflicts. Certain characters and events are mirrored and go through similar sequences in both plays. One conflict that is prevalent in both plays is the idea of loyalty. In Oedipus, many are loyal to Oedipus, including the city of Thebes itself. ...
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Character Sketch Of AntigoneAntigone, the character for which the play was named, is a very complex character. She seems to change directions all throughout the play and there is never one point in which you know exactly what she will do because she is just that unpredictable. This unpredictability also makes her seem very ...
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Moral Law Vs. Civil Law In AntigoneEmily Snyder
In the case of Antigone versus the state, she chose to follow moral
law, or God's law if you will. Ultimately she felt that His law was right,
and the civil government had no right to say who does and who does not
have the right to a proper burial. People make decisions everyday ...
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Antigone - A True Crime: PrideAp Literature & Comprehension
8 March, 2011
A True Crime: Pride – Prompt 2B
Hubris is a word that the ancient Greeks used to describe pride, or, more often, the negative effects of possessing too much pride, namely when one has too much of it. When people are too prideful, they can become ...
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The Loyalty Of Antigone To BotAnitgone, she poses great loyalty to both her father Oedipus, and brother Polynices. She tended though to show it much greater towards her father rather her brother.
Antigone is both the daughter and sister to Oedipus. She along with her sister, Isemene, have been caring for their father and ...
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Antigone Fatal Flaw And DownfaIt is clear that Creon's tragic flaw was his pride, arrogance and beliefs of a leader that cause his downfall. His downfall began when he denied the burial of Polyneices and was firm when he condemned Antigone for her objection to his law. Creon represents the laws of the land and the divine ruler ...
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Antigone: CreonIn the tragic play Antigone, written by Sophocles, Creon is a very stubborn person, who always believes he is right in decision making. He is the leader of Thebes and if his ways continue Thebes will be a very unhappy place. It will be an unhappy place because a leader who ignores the requests ...
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Antigone - Creon As A Tragic HIn the story Antigone, Creon shows all of the characteristics of a tragic hero. He receives pity through the audience, yet recognizes his weakness, and whose downfall comes from his own self-pride.
Though the audience notices how villainous Creon is, they still express pity towards him. They ...
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Is Antigone A Tragic Play As Defined by Aristotle?
Antigone is not a tragic play. Rather it is a theological debate spawned by Sophocles, a debate that is still raging today, the debate of who holds the higher law, the Gods or the State. While this debate has slowly twisted into Church versus State, which is a very different ...
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Antigone And A Few Good Men: Doing What Is RightSome individuals in literature try to do what they believe is right, even though they face oppositions. In the play "Antigone", by Sophocles, and "A Few Good Men", by Rob Reiner, Both Colonel Jessep and King Creon are two such inividuals. In both of these plays, they are both successful in ...
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