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Many Veterans Battle Substance Abuse” and drawn attention to associated violence and legal problems among returning troops (Ismene L. Petrakis, MD, Robert Rosenheck, MD, Rani Desai, PhD 2010 185). They also suggest that substance use disorders may disproportionally affect veterans from the current conflicts, and especially those veterans who also have psychological problems (Ismene L. Petrakis, MD, Robert Rosenheck, MD, Rani Desai, PhD 2010 185). However, actual rates of substance use disorders…

Polynieces is her true brother and family is very important to her. 2. The relationship between Antigone and Ismene can be described as having completely opposite personalities; however, they still love each other very dearly. I sympathize with Antigone because she is risking her life by wanting to give a proper burial for her brother, even though she is living in harsh conditions right now. Ismene genuinely for Antigone by saying “Antigone, I’m so afraid for you. /…

hamartia. Antigone’s devotion and determination to honor her brother causes her to commit the rebellious act of burying him. As seen in the dialogue between Antigone and her sister Ismene, Antigone knew the consequence of burying Polyneices and did not care that she would be killed for burying her brother. In response to Ismene, Antigone states, “I myself will bury him. It will be good to die, so doing. I shall lie by his side, loving him as he loved me; I shall be a criminal—but a religious…

discourse are self-image based discourse, the hidden transcript, in-between discourse, and ruptured discourse. For the purpose of this essay, focus is primarily restricted to subordinate groups comprised of women, particularly the cases of Antigone and Ismene in Seamus Heaney’s The Burial at Thebes and Hedda Gabler and Thea Elvsted in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler in relation to the dominant figures of Creon and Brack, respectively. However, these are contextualised within larger subordinate…

in the case. Creon accuses Ismene trying to steal the throne. Ismene's crime is that she is secretly helping Antigone to steal the throne from Creon. Ismene changed her mind because she has now learned that it's right to break the law do to something that's right rather than sitting in the dark. I think that Antigone is a little harsh on Ismene, because in this situation, it's always better to have a backbone although I know that Antigone is fear of getting Ismene to be kill. I think that…

Creon views women as objects that men are meant to own and control. Antigone’s sister, Ismene, is desensitized by this lifestyle to the point of standing idly by while her brother’s death is made devoid of honor. Yet, Antigone disobeys the king to honor her family and desires for Creon to judge her by her actions and not her gender. When Antigone comes before Creon himself to…

believes a burial is essential for someone to find peace after death, so she is reasonably upset. She decides that if no one else will do it, she will bury Polyneices herself. At the very beginning of the play, Antigone asks her sister Ismene to help carry out the plan. Ismene rejects, and Antigone responds with, "You have made your choice, you can be what you want to be. But I will bury him; and if I must die,…

There are multiple reasons as to why we make certain decisions that have the power to determine our present, future, and those around us. The main one is not that of Religion or morals but simply; selfishness. In today's society, there is the belief that if we are selfless and put others before us, then we will be rewarded in the end. Does it still count as being selfless if we expect to benefit from doing a so-called "good deed"? No, it does not. Most people refuse to realize that we…

Throughout the play “Antigone” the concept of Divine Law versus Human Law is very prevalent. The king of Thebes, Creon, forbade anyone from burying Polynices because he is a traitor to the city. He is to be left on the battlefield unburied and unmourned. Antigone becomes upset because she believes her dead brother is a victim of injustice. She intends on providing that for him. The idea of leaving her brother alone, unburied, in a field where he may be devoured by wolves, vultures, and other…

Is Hubris Good or bad? In Sophocles’ play Antigone we see the dangers of hubris. The definition of hubris is arrogant pride or too much self confidence. The play starts off with hubris shown in a good way but throughout, leads to large conflicts. Creon, Antigone’s uncle becomes king of Thebes. At first, he Creon has reasonable laws and punishments. As the play goes on it shows Creon has too much hubris. He allows the power of being king to go to his head and his pride to…