Creon

clearly seen. One can see the difference between a rational mind and an emotional mind throughout the play. Oedipus’s emotional actions actually lead him to completing his prophecy. Oedipus’s emotional reactions and tone caused him to think wrong about Creon and make Tiresias angry. Oedipus’s overruled mind from emotions caused the gouging of the eyes. Oedipus was overruled by emotions which changed Oedipus’s rational mind to an emotional one. Oedipus’s emotional actions/tone from an emotional…

brothers and the gods changes Ismene’s ability to only see what is wrong, Creon strong desire for power, and Haimon ability to stand up to his father. Throughout the play Antigone’s strength of mind affects many others and inspires them to demonstrate the passion she has. Creon is focused only on being king and the power he gets from it and looses sight of what truly matters, until Antigone helps him discover what truly matters. Creon creates a creed against burying Polyneices to show the…

Creon is a stubborn king and cannot be reasoned with. Creon is so engulfed in the idea of freewill that he allows it to over-power his judgement and try to repress fate. In regards to Antigone’s death, Creon discusses Antigone’s engagement to his son, Haimon. In this scene Creon shows how he uses his freewill to attempt to over-power fate. After being asked if he intended to take Antigone away from his son he replies “No; Death will do that for me.”(Sophocles 459). Creon believes that…

Antigone’s traits Heroes have certain personality traits that make them heroes some of them being loyal and dauntless. Which Antigone shows throughout the play written by Sophocles called Antigone. In the play She tries to fight for her brother’s burial and risks everything including her own life. In the play titled Antigone the author shows the clear characterization of loyalty when Ismene was telling Antigone that she refuses to help her bury their brother. ”My own brother and yours i…

that now Ismene would live her life with shame knowing that she had dishonored the gods and her family, whereas Antigone would have a death with honor. Ismene wanted to do what she thought was right, and that shifted, as opinions so often do, to Creon being in the wrong. In the beginning, Ismene just wanted to keep Antigone safe, offering to “keep it a secret” (99) and reminding her that she was…

A tragic hero is best defined as a person of high power, such as a king or queen, who has a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall and causes the conflict of the play. Antigone is the tragic heroine of Antigone, and Creon can also be considered a tragic hero because of his role in the plot. The young woman is a person of power, since she is in line to be queen. For many, Antigone’s tragic flaw should not be considered a flaw at all. She is unbelievably loyal to her beliefs and family and that…

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 should--but Polyneices, who fought as bravely and died as miserably--they say that Creon has sworn no one shall bury him, no one mourn for him, but his body must lie in the fields, a sweet treasure for carrion birds to find as they…

occupation in France. Unlike the theme in Sophocles Anouilh version is about war. During the play Creon represents the Nazi’s and Antigone represent the rebellion of France. Throughout the play Antigone goes through the same troubles as the Sophocles version of Antigone except she goes through different conflicts and also Creon wasn’t as much as a controlling king like he was in Sophocles’ play. Creon actually gave Antigone a chance to live but she said if she is let go she will continue to…

period of time when Nwoye did not feel lonely anymore; unfortunately Nwoye’s father took that away for his own selfish gain. Haemon’s father also caused the death of the one person Haemon fell in love with – Antigone. Out of anger and frustration, Creon barked the orders to “… carry her far away, out there in the wilderness, and lock her living in a vault of stone …” which led to Antigone’s suicide. Haemon’s father reacted this way partially to depict himself as a king that does not tolerate…

The Woman in Stone and the Woman in a Tower: The Stories of Niobe and Danaë to Foreshadow Antigone’s Fate Sophocles’s Antigone follows Antigone, a girl born to the royal but doomed house of Cadmus. She is brought before her uncle Creon for breaking his law and burying her traitorous brother Polynices. As she waits for her sentence, stories of mortals and gods alike are told, including those of Niobe and Danaë. These stories of Niobe and Danaë are incorporated to foreshadow Antigone’s fate of…