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  • Effect On Creon's Decision Towards Antigone's Punishment
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    Antigone is a play that mainly deals with differences amongst characters that cause life long drawbacks and a threatening resolutions. The drama is portrayed through Antigone's and Creon's characters, who undoubtedly resemble each other. Although they try to be masters of their own fate and eventually succumb to grieving outcomes, they both seem to have the values of a tragic hero. Although, they have their differences, their battle with one another illustrates them both as moral characters full...
  • Sophoclean Tragic Heroes
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    March 17, 2002 There are often a number of characteristics that can be used to describe characters through out literature. The classic mythological hero may be described as having the tragic Greek heroic personality. The tragic Greek heroic personality contains characteristics such as excellence (ar^eye), pride (hubris), blind recklessness (ate), and disastrous retribution (nemesis). Though most mythological heroes contain these qualities, Sophocles developed his own heroic personality. The soph...
  • True Tragic Hero In Sophocles Antigone
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    Antigone, is the drama written by Sohpocles. There is still a great debate on who is the true tragic hero in Sophocles' Antigone, Creon or Antigone. Many people believes that it must be Antigone, herself. This is because Antigone is an outstanding example of someone who did what she thought was right, while she was among fools, many hardships, and people who were discouragingly un courageous. When the king Creon ordered that the body of Polyneices, Antigone's brother, be left to rot unburied bec...
  • Antigone And Creon
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    In Ancient Greece, new ideals surfaced as answers to life's complicated questions. These new beliefs were centered around the expanding field of science. Man was focused on more than the Gods or heavenly concerns. A government that was ruled by the people was suggested as opposed to a monarchy that had existed for many years. Freedom of religion was encouraged to be exercised in city-states. These new ideals, though good in intentions, often conflicted with each other creating complex moral dile...
  • Tragic Hero In Antigone
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    Antigone In the play Antigone, the debate over who is the real tragic hero is and the controversy of Greek ideals in the Antigone continues on to this day. Who is the tragic hero in Antigone? Is it Antigone herself or is it Creon the ruler of Thebes? The belief that Antigone is, is a strong one. Still there are people who think Creon is the tragic hero. Antigone is widely thought as the tragic her. The play is named after her. In addition, she is the antagonist in it. Many people usually associa...
  • Eurydice's Death And Antigone's Death
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    Family is supposed to be the ultimate support, everlasting, and always ready to forgive. In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is immersed in a "power trip" that alienates and even kills his family. He caused his son, Haemon's death, his wife, Eurydice's death and Antigone's death. Creon views himself as the perfect leader, believes he is always correct, and in turn has to live with the guilt of three deaths that were his fault. Antigone goes alone to bury Polynices and deliberately disobeys Creon's l...
  • Haemon's Mother And Creon's Wife
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    Why Antigone is Much More Important Than Creon The Tragedy of Antigone is not called Creon because Antigone is more important than Creon, she is more controversial, and she is more admirable. Antigone played a bigger role than Creon in that she defied the law and started the whole play's chain of events, eventually leading to nearly everyone's death. When the play starts, it starts with Antigone talking with her sister, Ismene. She talks about burying her brother, Polynices. Even though Ismene r...
  • Only Son Of Creon
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    Antigone Antigone and Ismene are sisters. They have two brothers who just killed each other and both died. Creon, whos very powerful, honored one and dishonored the other. The dishonored brother being left outside, unburied, and prohibited anyone to cry or sympathetic on the dead body. Antigone who came from a loyal family could not stand to see her brother died unburied, so she asked her sister to go with her to steal and bury the brother-body. Unwillingly, Ismeneaffrighted of the law and did n...
  • Laws Of The Gods And Creon
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    Antigone Antigone, by Sophocles, is a story about the struggle between Antigone, who represents the laws of the gods and Creon, who represents the laws of the state. The play takes place circa 442 B.C. in the city-state of Thebes. The story revolves around the burial of Polyneices. Polyneices led an army against his brother, Etocles, the King of Thebes. They killed each other in battle and the new king, Creon, made a decree that only Etocles was to be buried because Polyneices was his rival. Ant...
  • Creon From Antigone
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    The critical lens states that when a dictator dies, his ordinance ends, but when a self-sacrificing individual dies, their legacy begins. This statement is true because oppressed citizens do not fondly mention a mean ruler, such as Creon from Antigone, after he passes away. Yet a martyr, such as Antigone, also from the story Antigone, is remembered for her self-sacrificing deeds. Creon will not be remembered because he did not allow Antigone to bury her dead brother Polynices, and decides to exe...
  • Antigone And Creon
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    "Antigone' By Sophocles War " Antigone' By Sophocles Essay, Research Paper War of Beliefs In the play, "Antigone' written by Sophocles, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war based on their beliefs of what is right and wrong. The conflict arose when the principles that backed up their actions clashed with each other, making it a contradiction between morals. Antigone's side of the conflict held a much more heavenly approach, as opposed to the mundane road that Creon chose to follow. I cho...
  • Creon's Side And Polyneices
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    Antigone Character Analysis Essay Dealing with enemies has been a problem ever since the beginning of time. In Antigone, by Sophocles, the value of dealing with your family and dealing with your Enemies become a huge problem for a King such as Creon. All throughout this play, Creon holds a title of authority that he must observe. After Oedipus left Thebes and Creon took over as King, there was a fight for the throne. Eteocles fought on Creon's side and Polyneices fought against his brother (Eteo...
  • Antigone And Creon Being The Protagonists
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    Critics have traditionally Antigone Antigone Critics have traditionally divided over the question of whether Antigone or Creon is the protagonist in the play, Antigone, by Sophocles. The answer lies in ones interpretation of the play. Is it a play about a woman doomed by the sins of her father, r is it a play about a king who holds himself more powerful than the gods? Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus. Oedipus, once the king of Thebes, unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Four...
  • Antigone's Tragic Flaw Of Pride
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    Throughout the play, Antigone Antigone Throughout the play, Antigone, both Creon and Antigone suffer from tragic flaws which eventually lead to their downfall. Creon and Antigone cannot control their tragic excessiveness; this leads to the public's negative opinion of him, while Antigone commits suicide due to her tragic excessiveness. The tragic flaw that ruins Creon's life is his inability to see that he could be wrong; he is too narrow minded to accept the views of others, even though they ar...
  • Creon As The Tragic Hero From Antigone
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    Creon is the tragic hero in the play Antigone by Sophocles. A tragic hero must a major character that shows high rank and is generally respected as courageous. The character shows nobility but has a fatal flaw or fatal flaw in judgment. The tragic hero will have an unhappy ending. Despite the unhappy ending, or even death, the tragic hero will learn something from his mistakes before the story is over. The two main contenders for tragic hero in the play Antigone are Creon, the king, and Antigone...
  • Individualists Antigone Death By Conviction Individualists
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    Individualists Antigone Death by Conviction Individualists are selfish! Individualists are willing to take any and all kinds of abuse for their cause. They will stand up for what they believe in no matter what the cost. Some are called heroes; some are called psychopaths. But all of them have no doubt whatsoever about their convictions. In Antigone and Inherit the Wind Antigone and Matthew Harrison Brady share similar individualist characteristics. In the play Antigone, one of Antigone's brother...
  • Antigone And Creon
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    In the mythical story "Antigone,' two men which were brothers have slain each other for the thorne. The older brother, Polynieces, believed thatthe throne rightfully belonged to him. However, Eteocles, the younger brother sibling, stood in Polynieces way. Creon who was the king and a nuncle to the dead brothers, declared that Eteocles should recieve asoldieirs funeral while Polynieces would lie in the battle fields waiting for the vultures to get hungry. At this point, the story begins. Antigone...
  • Antigone's Death
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    English 10 Antigone Joe Preston English 10 period 1 Antigone Essay Mrs. Bleek e 18 November 1999 Antigone Essay Antigone is an admirable character in some aspects through out the play. Her pride basically serves as a building block to her being admirable. Certain examples through out the play prove this to be true, but in some instances the end result is negative. A big example of this was her willingness to bury her brother accepting any consequences. To Antigone the Gods are more important tha...
  • Creon And Antigone
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    Antigone – Pride And Conflict Of Law Antigone – Pride And Conflict Of Law Sophocles? Antigone, in its later phases is no longer about the conflict of law; It is about stubbornness and self will, about the sin of refusing to listen; about a man who has never been told. Conflict of law, presents the initial disturbance within Thebes. Creon, King of Thebes, refuses to bury the body of Polynices, for in his eyes Polynices is? his country's enemy? Antigone pg. 131. Thus, despite breaking ...
  • Antigone's Transference Of Emotions
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    Antigone's Transference Of Emotions Antigone's Transference Of Emotions Essay, Research Paper Antigone's Transference of Emotions Antigone is moved to bury her brother's rotting corpse because of a great shift in her self, due to her father's death, at the end of Oedipus at Colon nus. Until Oedipus' death, Antigone's self had totally been invested in his well-being and survival to the utmost of his capabilities, and restraints of his fate. Antigone was more responsible for her father's well-bein...

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