Antigone

is what makes them unlike men; their ability to defy standards set for them surpasses that of a man who is already expected to do great things. Referring to “men” does not also include women for these reasons. In Sophocles’ works, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, the role of women, interchangeably strong or weak, is contradicted through expectations, appearances, and decisions. Iocaste, in Oedipus Rex, starts as a strong female who is opinionated and is not afraid to speak up…

Antigone on the other hand, defines justice, as the interest of her family. She is the daughter of incest, and the sister of Eteocles, the Theban hero, and Polynices, the betrayer. Antigone believes it is unjust to unbury her own brother, while leaving him to be fed to the vultures. Therefore Polynices is obligated to have an appropriate burial. On page 63 lines 90-92 when confronting with Ismene to help her lay their brother to rest, Antigone states “ I have longer to please the dead than…

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.…

play, Antigone, and Lorraine Hansberry, in her play A Raisin in the Sun, explore the ideas of dignity and morals. Everyone has their own personal morals; however, not everyone has enough dignity to publicly support their own beliefs. These texts were written in very different time periods, as Antigone was produced almost 2500 years before A Raisin in the Sun. Antigone and Ismene, sisters in the play Antigone, lose their brother and view the situation with very contrasting perspectives. Antigone…

In Antigone Jocasta's and Oedipus’s children ( Eteocles/Polyneices/Antigone/Ismene) are divided some have honour and some do not, those who do not are full of disgrace. Antigone is brave, bold, courageous and honours her brother by giving him the burial she thinks he deserves, even if no one else believes he does and even when she is threatened with death by stones “Listen, Ismene: Creon buried our brother, Eteocles, with military honors, gave him a soldier's funeral, and it was right that he…

Sophocles’s plays Antigone and Oedipus Rex are two very dramatic stories that are accounts of convoluted problems occurring in Thebes, Ancient Greece, around 430 B.C. In Antigone, King Creon refuses to allow his brother to be buried as proper funeral rites after the civil war of Thebes. His sister Antigone defies this, thus Creon sentences her to be buried alive- until she takes her own life instead. Furthermore, Oedipus Rex is about a man named Oedipus who has been cursed to kill his father and…

Who is the tragic hero of Antigone? When the word. ‘Tragic hero’ is mentioned, many individuals visualize a tragic hero as a character whom plays the role of both a victim and as a hero of a plot of the story. Occacionately, others view a tragic hero as someone who derives from being a main hero, or main character, to being the compassionate victim. The tragic hero of Sophocles Antigone, was Creon. Creon was a very headstrong and arrogant man who would never take advice from anyone and would…

Tragic Hero of Antigone In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles, Creon is one of the main character with a hamartia or fatal flaw. Sophocles portrays Creon as a tragic hero by the characteristics shown in the play as it develops. Creon is the type of person who will not listen to anyone, even if the other is right. His choices and decisions end up deciding the fates of both his son and wife Haemon, Eurydice and niece, Antigone. He is stubborn and his pride is so great, he can not bring himself to…

When looking at the Sophocle’s Antigone, there are multiple ideas on the notions of law, law of human and law of the divine. Though there are opinions as to which of the two is the most powerful, the text supports divine law as being the most influential law in the characters’ lives. Divine law is what many of the citizen’s feel is the most significant law, the law they feel they must follow, despite any consequences they may face. Divine law is the law of the gods, whatever they will is…

Antigone’s Love Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. In the beginning of the book, we find out that Antigone’s brothers have slaughtered each other in war. One of the brothers, Polyneices is considered a traitor and Creon, the king, refuses to give him a proper burial. Antigone decides to disobey the king and give her brother a proper burial. Antigone loves the idea of a noble death and it drives her decision-making at the end of her life. Her death had a major impact on the city and…