Antigone

Haemon refers to him as his "good advisor" and will follow any path Creon sees best for him. This pleases Creon because as he sees it, his "word is law in all things." He goes on ranting on the importance of a good son and advises him to forget Antigone. Creon tells Haemon she has gone against his rules and he does not want his people to see him break his word. Despite their kinship he, "If I bring up my own family To flout me, there will be no holding others. A man who sees his family obey him…

realize what they did wrong, and the audience must leave with a lesson learned, not just sadness. In the Greek play, Antigone, by Sophocles, the newly appointed king, Creon,…

Under the Surface of Creon's Personality In the play Antigone, written by Jean Anouilh, one of the main characters name is known as Creon. Creon has a very decisive and self willed personality which eventually leads him to his downfall and he is very unerved about losing his reputation to small problems that occur. His personality is strong, yet he is still afraid of being seen as weak and submissive to those in a lower position than him in life. Creon is Haemons, Antigone's lover,…

Creon is a Tragic Hero for many reasons and you will soon figure them out. Creon made many different mistakes during Antigone and there are 3 different characteristics that Creon had done during Antigone. Creon was born into nobility, he was responsible for his own fate, then he realize that he made an irreversible mistake. I found that Creon made many different mistakes during Antigone and he believed that he was better than everybody else even before he was king even when his father Menokikeus…

After the death of her brother Polyneices and father Oedipus, Antigone’s collective unconscious retreats into an inner conflict between life and death, paralleled in her the derivatives of her name, Anti-gone equating to against birth. Her sense of self is compelled towards in the identities of the dead, particularly exemplified in her morals embedded in her family’s honour. She becomes the epitome of the living death, whereby manifestations of love in marriage and children have been forbidden…

Throughout both Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles, Oedipus and Creon fear of impairing their dignity; leading to their eventual ruin. Although at different times, both Oedipus and Creon were the kings of Thebes who both ended in isolation and suffering. A common hubris both characters manifest is their pride; something that frequently gets in the way of their leadership of Thebes. Both Oedipus’ and Creon’s pride leads to their ultimate suffering by making faulty decisions, ignoring…

The “Ode to Man” is a famous section of Antigone that, as its name implies, praises to mankind. It ,however, dwells into the deeper meaning of mankind's inability to transcend limits. Anne Carlson also includes her own twist in her adaptation of the “Ode to Man” that displays a harsh social commentary. The poem “Ode to Man” is recited by the chorus after the civilization of Thebes put themselves together after the civil war. This is an exemplification of the accomplishments of mankind to put…

short, for the father a son is a symbol of the transience of his power. The fear of his child’s potential opposition to his reign causes the father to not collaborate with his son which leads to instability that usurps the pre-existing hierarchy. Antigone and Theogony offer…

Sword and Me Put yourself in someone else's shoes" a quote as old as time. One sees what they see; how they see it. This skill can be used in literature and in life to further connect to those in the story or in your surroundings. In the play "Antigone" many people accomplish tasks and speak phrases that we could find strange and unreasonable, a woman sacrifices her future life just so she could keep a promise, a man dies because he found a woman dead? Strange, that is until one does what is…

My analysis for this essay is of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and how Oedipus’ main character flaw is responsible for the tragedy of the story. While there are many elements that had to come together for the tragedy to unfold, it was ultimately Oedipus’ tendency to react quickly without putting much thought into his actions and his temper that ultimately result in his tragic fate. From the start, Oedipus shows his tendency to react quickly, even if he had good intentions. He begs Creon to tell…