The story of Antigone wasn’t a story like all the rest. There was no such thing as a happy ending. Instead it told of a girl who would do what was right or die trying, but actually died in the process. Not even able to see the outcome of what she fought for. This girl’s name was Antigone and she believed so strongly that she wanted everyone around her to see it the way she did, so she used the powers of persuasion which are ethos, pathos, and logos.
For burying her brother, against the King’s wishes, Antigone has been sentenced to be thrown into a vault and left there. The King thought that this way, if she died or not, it wasn’t kis doing, but before Antigone was brought down to her inevitable doom, she made a speech using pathos. Using pathos …show more content…
Ethos is trustworthiness, or reputation, which were qualities of Tieresias due to the fact that his story had been heard from all over. As a young man he did many stupid things and made wrong judgements. He came to the realization that he was blind even when he could see and made the decision to scratch out his own eyes. This built him and reputation and from years of helping people he became very trustworthy in the eyes of the people. “I have much to tell you: listen to the prophet, Creon.’ ‘I am not aware that I have ever failed to listen.’ ...‘Tearing each other, dying’ ‘In a whirlwind of wings clashing. And I was afraid.”(Scene V, pg 230+231). Creon, as stated, always listened to what he had to say because although he was old, it didn’t change the facts that he had a reputation for knowing things others didn’t. Tieresias uses ethos without even trying to use it because his reputation made him easier to trust and made his words easier to believe. When a wise man such as Tieresias comes to Creon, he realizes that he would be stupid to ignore him so he listens to what he he to say and is persuaded that something was wrong with the gods and it all lead back to what he did to Antigone. Creon then, not wanting to upset the gods, tried to fix the situation with Antigone to even out his action, but by that time he was too late. Bringing it back to earlier on …show more content…
This was including Antigone’s brother who had died at war, but was marked as a traitor. Creon uses the persuasion of ethos due to the fact that he was King and people listened to him, therefor giving him a reputation that couldn’t be broken. “This is my command, and you can see the wisdom behind it. As long as I am King, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man.” (Scene 1, pg 197). He used ethos , all according to where he was on the power pyramid. People were forced to listen and most of them followed the new rules but some people didn’t. Antigone was one of the people who decided to ignore the King’s opinion and followed their gut instinct. Creon’s heart was in the right place while making this law, but little did he know that he would end up taking this way too far, therefor giving him a lifetime of
For burying her brother, against the King’s wishes, Antigone has been sentenced to be thrown into a vault and left there. The King thought that this way, if she died or not, it wasn’t kis doing, but before Antigone was brought down to her inevitable doom, she made a speech using pathos. Using pathos …show more content…
Ethos is trustworthiness, or reputation, which were qualities of Tieresias due to the fact that his story had been heard from all over. As a young man he did many stupid things and made wrong judgements. He came to the realization that he was blind even when he could see and made the decision to scratch out his own eyes. This built him and reputation and from years of helping people he became very trustworthy in the eyes of the people. “I have much to tell you: listen to the prophet, Creon.’ ‘I am not aware that I have ever failed to listen.’ ...‘Tearing each other, dying’ ‘In a whirlwind of wings clashing. And I was afraid.”(Scene V, pg 230+231). Creon, as stated, always listened to what he had to say because although he was old, it didn’t change the facts that he had a reputation for knowing things others didn’t. Tieresias uses ethos without even trying to use it because his reputation made him easier to trust and made his words easier to believe. When a wise man such as Tieresias comes to Creon, he realizes that he would be stupid to ignore him so he listens to what he he to say and is persuaded that something was wrong with the gods and it all lead back to what he did to Antigone. Creon then, not wanting to upset the gods, tried to fix the situation with Antigone to even out his action, but by that time he was too late. Bringing it back to earlier on …show more content…
This was including Antigone’s brother who had died at war, but was marked as a traitor. Creon uses the persuasion of ethos due to the fact that he was King and people listened to him, therefor giving him a reputation that couldn’t be broken. “This is my command, and you can see the wisdom behind it. As long as I am King, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man.” (Scene 1, pg 197). He used ethos , all according to where he was on the power pyramid. People were forced to listen and most of them followed the new rules but some people didn’t. Antigone was one of the people who decided to ignore the King’s opinion and followed their gut instinct. Creon’s heart was in the right place while making this law, but little did he know that he would end up taking this way too far, therefor giving him a lifetime of