Haemon

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 of shock beyond what I’ve…

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…

Sophocles’ play Antigone addresses a person’s morals, and the circumstances for a person to stray from their morals. When both of her brothers are killed in battle, Antigone expects to follow the divine law and bury both of them, even though her brother Polyneices is considered a traitor. When her uncle Creon, the new king, issues an edict that prohibits the burial of Polyneices, Antigone is furious. Although the consequence is death, Antigone buries Polyneices anyway and aims to become a martyr…

There is often a direct conflict between the laws of the state, and the laws of the divine in the matters of the court. In Sophocles’ Antigone, there is a conflict between King Creon and Antigone as they disagree on how Antigone’s brother’s body should be dealt with. Creon declares that Patroclus’s body will remain unburied - food for the wild dogs - since he was a traitor, but Antigone thinks she should have the right to bury his body and let him pass on to the afterlife. Although both show…

Ismene and Antigone both believed differently on the proper course of action following their brother’s death and the order against his burial. Both of their brothers died when they simultaneously killed each other- however king Kreon only allowed Eteokles to be buried honorably while Polyneices would not be buried. This is because Polyneices invaded Thebes with the hope of taking the throne from his brother. This act caused Kreon to consider him an enemy and criminal who deserved no respect or…

When a person believes in something worth fighting for to the extent of going against authority, he or she risks everything, even their lives, but in doing so, they also risk leaving lasting marks behind. They risk changing the status quo of things and risk changing the lives of people around them, especially their loved ones. The great Spartacus did exactly this as he led a major slave uprising during the Third Servile War against the Roman Republic. Taking their inspiration from Spartacus,…

In this play of Antigone, characters are given choices to respond by emotion of oneself or the law. In Antigone there was two brothers Polynices and Eteocles. Eteocles and Polynices were suppose to share the throne of their deceased father but Eteocles wanted it all for himself so Polynices challenged him to a duel. They both ended up dying and they left Polynices to rot. The ruler, Creon, is Antigone's uncle. In Antigone it's against the law to bury Polyneices because Creon says Eteocles has…

“The truly tragic kind of suffering is the kind produced and defiantly insisted upon the hero himself so that, instead of making himself better, it makes him worse and when he dies he is not reconciled to the law but defiant…” - W. H. Auden. According to Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher, some examples of being a tragic hero can be defined as having a weakness, usually seen in pride, having to be faced with very serious decisions throughout the story, and the hero must have discovered his…

In the play “Antigone”, we see a man in power make fatal assumptions about his self-worth. Creon’s stubbornness and superiority complex ultimately leads to his and his family’s demise. This is used as a punishment for Creon’s assumed superiority over the Gods. This is all extremely evident in the play, along with Antigone’s role as the play’s tragic hero. In the story, Antigone and Creon are so contrasted because Creon’s character is one that is selfish and supports a patriarchal rule over his…

Civil disobedience is an peaceful act of disobeying a law or demand of a government or higher power. Nonviolent protest has been demonstrated since the ancient Greek times to the segregation of blacks and whites to today’s media. In various literature several authors had characters demonstrate the act of civil disobedience, however, this act has also been demonstrated by real life people such as Rosa Parks and her refusal to give her seat up for a white man. Film is another way civil…