Polynices

Is it wrong for the king to punish people who do not obey the law? What if those people are relatives? In 440 B.C, almost every country was a monarchy, which means the king was a lawmaker of the country and people must obey the law. The king should be a person who is strict to the law and people can rely on. Creon is qualified to be a great king; he strictly follows the law, but unfortunately he is too obsessed with the law until the point that he has no compromise and mercy. The…

Once Oedipus was out of the picture so many things have happened over time. Creon becomes the new king of Thebes after both princes have died. Eteocles and Polyneices were killed by each other's hands and only Eteocles was given a proper burial. There is a new law that is being enforced: No one shall bury the traitor Polyneices, anyone who buries Polyneices will be punished. Antigone hears the new law but, she immediately acts on it. Antigone actions demonstrate that loyalty to family is more…

Tragedy is the fall of someone who is great, or at least is great in the eye of the observer. The key to a tragedy is not that outside forces are the ones that cause the fall, but that the fall is triggered by a flaw in the protagonist. This flaw can be minor or major, but must be significant enough to cause the terrible outcome of a fall from grace. I will be comparing two plays written centuries apart and relate why they both meet the criteria of being a tragedy, as well as how they differ and…

Antigone Essay Reading into the play “Antigone” written by Sophocles, it is clear that many people have various motivating principles. These people include the characters Creon, ruler of Thebes, whom is motivated by self pride, and Haemon, Creon’s son, whom is motivated by pathos. “Antigone” is a story about Antigone, a mortal daughter of Oedipus and Queen Jocasta, the fiancee of Haemon, following religious laws over civil law; which developed ruckus between Creon and herself. Creon had stated…

Antigone, the protagonist and namesake of the play by Sophocles, is a courageous and ambitious character for unapologetically breaking laws of the city to do what she sees is right. Both of Antigone's brothers Eteocles and Polyneices have died in a war against each other, but only Eteocles is given a proper burial by the King. Antigone believes a burial is essential for someone to find peace after death, so she is reasonably upset. She decides that if no one else will do it, she will bury…

"The Locket" by Kate Chopin was an interesting short story about and man named Edmond who went off to war and wears a locket his love one, Octavie, gave him. After reading "The Locket," The ending was not surprising when she found out that Edmond was alive.There were to many things that gave away that he wasn't dead. For example Judge Pillier seemed okay about this son dying. Also, what really gave it away was when Judge Pillier said "That for once relent and give us back our dead." Last,…

There are many various types of leaders in the world. One aspect that all leaders have is pride. How much pride the leader holds is up to him, and the more pride the leader holds the harder he falls. Sometimes this pride can lead a person to believe that only their own opinion matters and no one else’s. In Antigone, King Creon represents a leader with an excessive levelexcess levels of pride, which causes him to contradict himself. In the beginning of the play when Creon delivered his edict , he…

As the play Antigone unfolds, it becomes clear that it is a tragedy that revolves around a tragic hero. Written by Sophocles’, Antigone is a Greek tragedy set in Ancient Greece after a devastating war. A new King has come to power after the two men next in line for the throne killed each other in the war. The two men, Eteocles and Polyneices, are brothers. Polyneices was exiled from Thebes but came back to fight against his country. The new King, Creon, is very arrogant and excessively prideful.…

Sophocles’ tragic play has remained relevant for well over two thousand years because the same conflicts that happened in the play still happen to this day. The opposing beliefs of Antigone and Creon lead to their inevitable fate because they are unwilling to compromise due to their firm stance on their beliefs. The main issues that divide them include; Antigone’s defiance of laws and her strong loyalty to her family, while Creon’s pride and obligation to fulfill his commitment as king proves to…

Antigone by Sophocles, is a Greek tragedy that has a unified plot. The plot is a controlling structure that drives the story as it develops throughout the sequence of events from beginning to end. A good plot does not overshadow the other elements, however its’ own elements are nothing short of notable. Antigone’s plot action along with other plot elements successfully drive its storyline along as the characters respond to the conflict presented. Firstly, a unified plot contains a beginning,…