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In the Book of Jobs, Eliphaz states that those who obey the laws of God are rewarded greatly, and those who disobey God are punished. This is portrayed to be truth when Abraham is told by God to sacrifice his only son. Abraham so willingly did not question God’s intentions and did as he said. Right after Abraham was stopped by one of the angels God says to Abraham, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your…

Often, people think their actions are for the benefit of others. In reality, those actions could potentially be harmful. People pursuit their thoughts and actions too far because they are often stubborn. In result, they end up realizing what they did was wrong after they have done harm to others. A story, which follows those events, is called a tragedy. A tragic protagonist in a story or play would be in a similar situation. In Sophocles’ play Antigone, Creon, the present king of Thebes,…

because Eteocles defended the city of Thebes as a true soldier. Harmony exists between the community and the individual as Sophocles arranges it in Antigone. The Kritios Boy (ca. 480 B.C.E.), reflects an idealized severe expression which Creons son, Haemon also has when he is conversating with Creon in regards of Creons expectations. Additionally, The Aphrodite of Knidos (ca. 350 B.C.E.) completed by Praxitles, is an ideal sculpture of beauty. On the other hand, Antigone denotes an ideal…

Crystal Wu Mrs. Johns Eng. 3H, per. 5 September 23, 2016 Antigone Persuasive Speech Greetings my fellow Thebans! I, Teiresias, have come to address the edict proclaimed to this city of Thebes by our new king Creon. As you may have heard, Eteocles and Polyneices, sons of Oedipus, murdered each other in a battle for the throne. In Creon’s decree, Eteocles shall be honored for his patriotism with the proper burial rites. With regards to Polyneices, Creon has forbidden his burial, declaring his…

can’t bear to look” (1438-1439, 239). It is not only what he has done to himself (the blinding) but what he’s done/ been victim to that has caused widespread pity. In Antigone, pity could be easily felt for more than one character (Creon, Antigone and Haemon). While it is not unique to Antigone for so many characters to die in such a short time, it is the emotional toll each character felt that causes this widespread feeling of pity. The ending choral piece encompasses a shared sense of pity as…

Life is full of unexpected surprises and outcomes that we as humans cannot comprehend or control on many cases. Antigone is one of those great plays which portraits many life issues and situations that we see on our daily life. Although most will argue that Antigone is the true hero of the story I will be one of the few to say that Creon was the both hero and victim of this story and because of his pride, ego, and loyalty met his ultimate demise. Creon is a complex character that starts of the…

It is true that pride, honor and loyalty can make or break a man. Take the play Antigone, written by the Greek author Sophocles. The overall theme of this play is pride, honor and loyalty, especially when it comes to the kingdom and family. Antigone wants to bury her fallen brother Polynieces to honor him but Creon their uncle and king is strongly against this because he dishonored the kingdom so Creon decided that his punishment should be that he not be buried but fed to the dogs and the fowls…

The quality of wisdom is one that has a debatable connotation. While it is true that most people would associate it with feelings of peace, happiness, or enlightenment, I have come to look at wisdom as a source of unrest. Observing wisdom and its cause of human disturbance in literary works such as Antigone, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, and Genesis, it is evident that wisdom is the direct cause of anxiety rather than the feelings of peace or enlightenment that are generally associated with the…

Kenny McAvoy Professor Watson Philosophy paper 1 14 September 2016 Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is an account on how man can live a complete life, in order to achieve happiness. Aristotle argues happiness is derived from human excellence and in Nicomachean Ethics he provides a guideline for how man can achieve such excellence. Aristotle writes in his work, “Now each function is completed well by being completed in accord with the virtue proper [to that kind of thing]. And so human good…

opportunities to accept that he is wrong, Creon does not realize it until it is too late. He refused to listen to Teiresias who is the voice of reason. When he finally decides to free Antigone from the vault he finds that she committed suicide. His son Haemon who was deeply in love with Antigone also kills himself. A chain that also lead Creon’s wife to commit suicide. In the end Creon lost everything, his family and his…