Oedipus at Colonus

There is a lot of controversy around the play Antigone. Where do the faults truly lie? Did fate or free will bring her to her untimely death? Was Antigone truly guilty of all that she is accused? Should she be blamed for everything that has happened? The decree of King Creon is ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous! Antigone is innocent and can’t be blamed! During this time period in ancient Greece, Family loyalty was extremely important. Family loyalty, especially of the female, plays an important…

If the Romans had left their city in 386 BCE, their fate might have come to an abrupt end. After the Gauls destroyed their city, the Romans were given building materials that were provided at public expense, that every citizen should rebuild his home, as long as he accomplished his home in under a year. It was often said that Rome’s ramshackle layout and its chaotic streets in the city were direct result of a rushed reconstruction. So also appears that the Romans, as part of this rebuild, now…

Antigone is the sequel story to Oedipus written by Sophocles. The author included many conflicts that created the plot of the story. There are two main conflicts and they are between Creon and Antigone, and Creon and Haemon. There are also many smaller controversies that make the story have its conflict, that’s why it is essential for respectful conversation between two opposing views. Although the conflict between Antigone and Creon is important to the story, the conflict between Haemon and…

Haemon enters the king's chamber after the news of his fiance, Antigone’s admittance to the crime. Hearing of his future wife to be charged with death. He clearly is ruffled by having to hear this news all through the city, he begins with a cautionary line with the reference to heaven, and what gains your attention faster than that? His dialogue is a mixture of rational thinking, brashness and sound arguments meant to influence his father's plan. While in comparison, Creon the King is full of…

The Law That Goes Sideways Will the gods reward Antigone for her courage and loyalty to her brother in the afterlife, or will she face consequences? In Sophocles’ Antigone (441 b.c.), Creon’s monologue secures the attention of the reader through the use of rhetorical devices, attempting to persuade him into believing that the law he created is crucial and must be upheld even if his people disagree with it. After Creon supersedes the previous king and Antigone is caught trying to bury the…

Despite the punishment of death, Antigone buries Polyneices as she believes that it is her duty to honor him. Before taking action, Antigone asks her sister, Ismene, if she would help, but she refuses since she believes that she should follow Creon’s laws. Determined that burying her brother was the honorable thing to do, Antigone proceeded without Ismene. However, when Antigone is caught, Ismene assumes responsibility for burying Polyneices. Antigone refused to compromise and allow Ismene to…

Sophocles, in his book “Antigone”, identities Creon as the tragic hero that falls due to his hubris: being prideful, stubborn, and arrogant. A tragic hero is one who is in or born into a high rank and later loses respect, power, or honor because of a tragic flaw that the hero had. Creon inherited the throne after fate took the lives of Polynices and Eteocles, Creon later makes a law that forbids anyone from buring the traitor Eteocles because he had killed his own people. He later sees himself…

In his play, Antigone, Sophocles exemplifies the quality of “unshakable willpower” differently in each character through their behavior. He makes it clear to the audience that the character’s actions are either a virtue or a flaw. Creon, Antigone, and Haemon are characters who are different, but also similar through their unshakable willpower. Although the people question Creon’s authority, he is obstinate and refuses changing his laws. Antigone’s insistence in the burial of her brother…

Antigone takes place in Thebes, located in Greece. It was written by Sophocles, in 441 B.C. It was written in such different settings and times unlike my book, Reckless. Reckless was written by Cecily von Ziegesar, in the year 2005. So even though Antigone is a greek tragedy which took place a long time ago, and Reckless is a more modern book, it has many similarities. One similarity between the characters in each book is, Antigone and Callie are prideful like Ismene and Jenny are gentle.…

One of the main characters I decided to recreate was Antigone. She first appears on page 1068 of the prologue and appears back again on page 1082 of scene two. In overall, one of the play’s reoccurring theme is death. I chose to draw a mainly black puzzle into one part of Antigone’s face to show the foreshadowing of Antigone’s own death and how death had been a part of her for so long. On page 1072, Antigone says, “I am not afraid of the danger; if it means death, It will not be the worst of…