Ismene

Greek culture is known for having many stories both written and performed. The stories usual consist of a person who supposed to seem as the hero. Being a hero in Greek culture means to be able to put self aside in order to fulfill the journey. It also includes being able to ask putting yourself at risk in order to achieve a goal. Based off this definition, both Odyssey and Antigone fit in this definition, but the hero who better suits this description will have to be Antigone. Although both of…

Antigone and the Importance of Moral and Ethical Codes How can you convey the theme of betrayal and moral/ethical codes through a family tree? This was the dilemma I faced when I began to plan my visual aspect of my Antigone project. On one side, my tree is a very literal layout of Antigone's relatives. There is representation of her family all the way back to Cadmus, and the family extends out even into the gods Zeus and Dionysus. With pullout explanations on the side, we learn where each of…

In the play, Antigone, there are two types of justice that are displayed. One type of justice is represented by Antigone who believes in “divine law”, the will of god, and another type of justice is represented by Creon whose understanding of justice is through strict laws and harsh punishment. The play begins, In the aftermath of the theban civil war, in which two brothers, eteocles and polynices, died while fighting on opposite sides, for the throne of Thebes. Creon, ends up being King of…

Robert Kazy Andrea Neptune English 1B 19 October 2015 Character Analysis There have been many great characters in all sorts of works of literature over the course of history. Many of these characters are present in plays, such as Shakespeare’s character of Prince Hamlet. One of the greatest playwrights of all time was Sophocles, a writer in ancient Greece responsible for the play Oedipus the King. While Oedipus is the main character of the play, his brother-in-law, Creon an equally important…

In order to preserve society, a balance of individual and state must be addressed as well as one’s personal conscience. Government’s hold a lot of power, and they let that power go to their head. They let their pride, fear, arrogance, and vanity get the best of them. This affects their personal and lawful decisions. Also people deserve to be able to stand up for what they believe in without being scared. These individuals are afraid to do what they think is morally right because of the fear of…

When two people have to fight through their own downfalls in order to show who has a stronger character, which one will step up to show who the real hero is? Who will reveal a willingness to fit the role of a tragic hero? In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles, the ruler of Thebes, Creon, declares that Polyneices may not be buried because he betrayed Thebes and fought against them in battle. When Antigone, the sister of Polyneices, realizes this, she is infuriated and wants to bury him in a…

The act of civil disobedience is often associated with nonviolence and simple demonstrations, however, that connotation is insufficient. Civil disobedience is the refusal of individuals or a group, to obey particular laws as a way of forcing the government to change (Civil Disobedience); therefore there is no singular manner in which it must be conducted. In a comparison of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Antigone, two different approaches are revealed. Though Dr. King and Antigone are strikingly…

birds that see him, for their feast’s delignt” (30-35). In this quote, Antigone wants the audience to feel pity for her. She is showing that she wants to bury her brother and that he should not be left for the birds to feast on. She wants her sister, Ismene, to also feel bad for not wanting to bury their brother. Another example of catharsis in Antigone is as follows: CHORUS. But who is the murderer? Who is the murdered? Tell us. MESSENGER. Haemon is dead; the hand that shed his blood was…

Heroines in a Patriarchal Society For many years, there has always been an equality gap between males and females. Males being the more revered and desired gender, while females were the more disregarded gender, as they were forced to the mundane house work. Researchers have studied and learned how family dynamics work throughout history, with their research including archaeology, documents, and literature. In the 5th century, this sense of patriarchal dominance was no different in…

The play antigone evidently demonstrates the contention of common law and divine law.Here divine law is spoken to by antigone while mainstream law is spoken to by ruler Creon. Aside from this there are different characters in the play who maintains Antigone in the play the contention is not of identities but rather of ideas– the contention of standards. The ruler bolsters mainstream law while others underpins the religious soul that is divine law. In any case is the standard of the god in…