Antigone

the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi said this to show how people can use their power for the effect they want it to have. People use their power to have a caring and loving effect on others. In Antigone she uses her power to show how caring she is for others. Antigone wants to bury her brother Polyneices because she cares for him. By burying her brother she is using her power in a positive way because she is doing what she thinks is right and is caring for him. In the book,…

remember it so clearly how horrifying it was. By “it” I mean the death of Prince Haemon, son of King Creon. When the servants and I got the command to free Antigone, we went as fast as possible (8). While she did go against Creon’s wishes, it was noble of Antigone to try burying her brother; I respected her for that (1). When we got there, Princess Antigone was dead from suicide, going to the heavens, but that wasn’t the worst of it (2). Confused and horrified came Haemon (6). He was in a state…

can be a daunting task, but good leaders know to keep the best interests of their citizens prized above all else. When leaders divert from this vision is when they cause harm both to their reputation and to their people. In Antigone, the king of Thebes, Creon, orders Antigone to death after she disobeys his law. He decreed that the body of Antigone’s brother Polynices would not be buried, in opposition to the gods’ mandate regarding burial. Against the advice of many, in particular, his son…

A Tragic Family a greek drama by Sophocles. Creon is now king and what comes with being king is his attitude towards family and Guards. Creon proves to be childish, stubborn and insulting to his guards, his son, and niece. By defining his decree Antigone, his niece, goes and buries her brother while Haemon, his son, tries to save her with reason. Creon believes what he is doing is correct for Antigone's actions. When Haemon finds out that his father is sentencing his bride to death for burying…

Like all men in the entire world, some make mistakes and realize that they are human just like everyone else and that they need to move on and keep on the momentum of what every it is that they are doing. These men are the ones that will succeed and will continue, and never give up. Unlike other men in the world, we have the ones that don’t take being wrong kindly. These men will take drastic measures to make sure that they will not be discouraged by others just because they were wrong. Men from…

divine justice does not seem to follow any uniform rules or be applied to everybody equally. “The Libation Bearers” by Aeschylus and Sophocles’ “Antigone” vividly represent the ambiguous character of divine justice. In the first play, Apollo directs Orestes to kill his own mother to impose justice, while in the latter, gods fail to save their protégée Antigone from Creon’s punishment irrespective of her loyalty to divine law. The entire Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus is filled with the mixture…

Have you ever felt powerless in some situations? This is exactly how certain characters feel in the tragic (tragedy) play "Antigone", by Sophocles. The whole play revolves around the brothers Polyneices and Eteocles, the fact that Eteocles was given a proper burial, while Creon forbids a burial for Polyneices. Sisters Antigone, who strongly feels that she needs to bury her brother regardless of Creon's forbidding, and her law abiding sister Ismene, who feels that it is not worth trying to defy…

In the play “Antigone,” by Sophocles, Creon, the king of Thebes, is the tragic hero, according to Aristotle’s definition of what a tragic hero is in Greek drama. The hero must be highly placed and Creon is a king. They must make a mistake and must possess a fatal flaw, also known as a hamartia. Creon’s hamartia is hubris, excessive pride. They must suffer a reversal of fortune, where the hero loses everything, and must exhibit tragic recognition in which he or she takes responsibility for…

Just recently, Creon claimed that whoever broke his law was to face death as punishment. That includes any people close to him as well as family members because he doesn’t want to break his, “own sword.” Unfortunately, it just happens to be that Antigone defied him and continuing, “If I permit my own family to rebel,” King Creon claims, “How [will] I earn the world’s obedience.” (ll. 30-31) It is in this situation many questions arise that leaves King Creon…

Creon shows significant changes from his character in Oedipus compared to Antigone. In Oedipus when Creon is accused of conspiring to steal the throne one can see that creon kindly says to Oedipus that by being his brother-in-law is everything he could want this shows how creon is loyal and knows his identity. It is also shown…