Antigone

societies like the men do. Antigone becomes motivated by this to bury her unburied brother Polynices while her other brother, Eteocles, was given the right burial. Antigone believes women should…

” (lines 548-550) Antigone makes Creon feel weak and uncomfortable. Her actions and words makes him feel less of a man. If she win over the law it shall make it look like the city of Thebes is being ruled by a woman. Antigone and Creon contrast to the point of them having conflicting motivations. These conflict motivations cause the characteristics of anger, pride, and intimidation to be highlighted within Creon’s character. Creon is seen as a tragic hero because when Antigone decides that she…

Theban Plays” by Sophocles, Antigone supports what she has faith in. In that she trusts to do the will of the Gods and to cover her brother. As to leave a body unburied was a wrongdoing against the Gods. But to cover Polyneices was a wrongdoing deserving of death; a rule set up by the new King, Creon. Antigone, despite being cautioned by her sister, is deliberately caught in the act covering her brother and is placed before the king, who undermines her with death. Antigone is rebellious because…

Creon’s belief in civic values The Burial at Thebes, by Seamus Heaney, tells the story of a defiant woman named Antigone, and a pompous king. Antigone has been sentenced to death by the king, Creon. Throughout the book Creon shows the characteristics of Hubris, by being arrogant, attempting to show authority to his family, and over exerting his power.Multiple of Creon’s family members die by exile or by suicide. This is due to the king’s Hubris and effort to prove to the people that no one is…

Sophocles, was a playwright about 2,500 years ago, who specialized in writing about Greek tragedies. In Sophocles’ plays, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, the main characters Oedipus and Creon, are both found in a position of power as the ruler of Thebes. Oedipus, who has been doomed by a prophecy, finds out that his wife is truly his mother and the person he killed on the roadway is really the King, and his father. Creon, who is Oedipus’ uncle, takes the throne after Oedipus leaves Thebes due to his…

are saying she should not die” is something that haemon say stop his father . Haemon tries to convince his father to not to kill Antigone so it wont angry the gods. He is angry with his father for putting his soon to be wife to death as well not caring for his feelings. He wants his father to chose the side of the gods. He tries convince his father not to kill Antigone so it wont angry the gods. He says the gods are all powerful. He says that a man who believes he is higher than the gods is…

shoes. Many believe Eteocles was a traitor for starting a war on this country, and did not deserve to be buried. Antigone is being taken as a traitor for burying her beloved brother. Antigone’s actions are justified in the way she honored her brother in a proper burial. Now as I know many of you are contentious because your beloved king takes Antigone as a traitor. But in the words of Antigone, “... I have done no wrong, I have not sinned before God. Or if I have, I shall know the truth in…

Antigone’s selflessness allowed them to fully embody their causes. To be willing to sacrifice yourself for the greater good of others is the ultimate form of selflessness; this is exactly what Antigone does as she expresses that “[she is] not afraid of the danger; if it means death” (Sophocles 193) Antigone was more than willing to endure any pain, whether it be emotional or physical, if it meant that her brother may lie in peace. She neither feared the future nor fate and cared only that…

conforming in society, as the help people see what’s going on and what other people are doing. People constantly use these cues everyday to make choices all day. These cues tell someone weather to laugh or to cry, be mad or be happy. In the play Antigone, there’s a lot of conforming and not conforming but the two main nonconformists but conformists at the same time are Creon and…

A Tragic Hero is not always the one who does everything right nor wrong. A tragic hero might be the one who suffers the most or might not, but what the rest of the people are unable to see is the situation he/ she is settled on. A Tragic Hero acts wrong without looking at the damages he/she will provoke. The character of a Tragic Hero has an enormous impact in the outcomes that can be produced. The result might be either favorable or unfavorable for the rest of the people. A tragic hero does…