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    Is Antigone A Tragic Hero

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    Antigone is the tragic hero in this drama story for these reasons. She had way to much pride for herself and what she believes in, she has all her faith in what is right, and she thinks that she is doing the best option. She makes some bad decisions but she is the tragic hero in this story because she is the worst off out of her family. In the first part of the story her brother is killed in battle for picking the wrong side to fight with. So the brother that fought on the right side got…

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    Antigone Tragic Hero

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    Aristotle once said that "A man doesn't become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” This ideology creates something that is known as a tragic hero. Aristotle has created a set of characteristics that define a tragic hero. One prime example of a tragic hero is Antigone. She fulfills every characteristic required to be one. To provide context, Antigone’s story starts with her brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles. Since their father, Oedipus, had left the throne, they had been…

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    Reverence In Antigone

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    Reverence for the Gods in Antigone Religion has been important to people for a long time, and people show respect for their gods in many ways. In ancient Greece, gods were considered to be very important. Gods played a major role in ancient Greek art and literature, such as Antigone, a tragedy written by Sophocles. In Antigone, Antigone buries her brother Polyneices, breaking Creon’s laws and following the laws of the gods. Creon sends Antigone to the woods to die, where she kills herself.…

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    “Be 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…

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    There’s nothing grievous, nothing full of doom, or shameful, or dishonored, I’ve not seen; you’re sufferings and mine. The first thing Creon does in Antigone is declare a law that Polynieces’ the brother of Antigone will remain untombed for the hungry birds to devour. The law also declares that anyone who dares attempt the act to bury Polynieces will die by public stoning in the town. “You cannot learn of any man the soul, the mind, and the intent until he shows his practice of the government…

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    Power can do many things for a person, but it is how they use it that matters. Power has a negative effect on people through rash decisions and past references. The ability to gain power quickly will just end up with a negative affect. King Creon is new to power and so he makes rash decisions. “Eteocles, who died… fighting for his country, is to be buried with full military honors...Polyneices who...c[a]me back with fire and sword...is to have no burial....” (Scene 1). This shows that because…

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    greatest lessons are taught. One such almost forgotten example found in tenth grade literature, is the life of Haemon in Sophocles’ Antigone. Haemon’s loves for his father along with his father’s pride lead to Haemon’s death and his unfortunate title of a tragic hero. The first sign of Haemon’s love and deep respect for his father is found at the start of scene three of Antigone. Haemon is asked by his father if he is come to persuade him…

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    Creon the King of Thebes The play Antigone takes place around 441 BC. The setting of the play Antigone is in ancient Greece. In ancient Greece the king is the most powerful person. There are nine characters in the play Antigone. The characters names from weakest to most powerful are Eurydice, haimon, A Messenger, A Sentry, Teiresias, Ismene, Antigone, The Chorus, and Creon. Creon is the king of the Thebes. That means that he is the most powerful person in the play Antigone. In the play Antigone…

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    Women In Antigone

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    Furthermore, in most societies around the world women consider as a weak person. They can’t make their decision of their own, that they felt is right. I have seen, and read a lot cases in which women are weak. Women have a lot strength to fight and stand for their rights, but many times they can’t able to do anything. Like Antigone was not allowed to bury her brother. Moreover, women sacrifices for their desires to keep themselves safe. In most countries women are not permitted to do all…

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    “There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; no wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, and proud men in old age learn to be wise” (245). In these final words said by the Choragos, he explains an important lesson learned by the tragic hero in the play “Antigone,” written by Sophocles. In this tragic play, Creon, Antigone’s uncle and the new king of Thebes, gives Eteocles a formal burial but forbids one to Polyneices because of his traitorous act against the city.…

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