Oedipus at Colonus

“Bring some more bread and wine for us!” Antinous, the most arrogant amongst the suitors, had screamed at us servants like he usually does. He thinks so highly of himself and overestimates his abilities but I go to the kitchen to bring more food because Zeus, son of Cronus, has requested that we honor guests into our home. I bring the food out to the suitors and I see Telemachus, the prince of Ithaca, along with a beggar. He has returned from his voyage to look for his father. I had treated that…

A tragic flaw may lead to the characters downfall. Pride in Creon over power his mind and his actions. Creon imprisons Antigone for breaking his laws and imprisons her in a closed in cave, which leads to his downfall. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus of Thebes and Jocasta. Antigone is supposed to live in a stone cave until dead but Creon decides to give her a more public death. Creon is a tragic hero because he is noble, has a tragic flaw, his flaw brings about his downfall, and he learns…

Antigone Report Do you value your own life instead of your family’s? Antigone in the Story Sophocles, Antigone did not do the right thing by burying her brother. In this book Antigone has a brother that has passed away and Creon the leader, Which is Antigone’s uncle will not bury him and allow him to be in the afterlife, so Antigone buries her brother while risking her life to Creon. Obviously, Family comes first, Antigone will die if she disobeys the law. If Antigone disobeys the law and ends…

Antigone Moral Hierarchy Essay When Antigone arrives in Thebes she hears that both her brothers Polynieces and Eteocles had died. Eteocles had received a proper burial but Polynieces had not because Creon, Antigone’s uncle who had the throne said that he was a traitor and an enemy. Antigone then buried Polynieces herself. And didn’t care about the consequences. Each character in Antigone has a stage in Kohlberg’s Moral Development hierarchy that they can identify with . In the play…

2. Within the article Aristotle suggests that it is improper for female characters in tragedy to be “manly or formidable”. Thus, he would not agree with the entire characterization of Antigone in Sophocles’ play, Antigone. In which Antigone is the main character who constantly stands up against Creon and all who oppose her, so that she can fulfil what she thinks is right. Thus, in some ways she is formidable in personality because of her adamant nature on fulfilling her values and is not in any…

The character Creon was very strong willed. He was focused solely on pulling Thebes away from the terrible times that have plagued it since Oedipus left the city blinded and disgraced. Creon was so focused on this task that he would have done almost anything to fix the problems he saw. Creon’s son Haemon on the other hand was not particularly concerned with matters of state. Haemon was young and in love and this was the most important thing to him. These two had very different opinions on what…

Sophocles, of Athens, is remembered as one of the most successful “innovative playwrights” (Encylopedia) of his time. Some refer to him as the “master of tragedy” (European Graduate School 1) and he is also credited to providing insight to the political and social aspects of Greek life. Prior to his rise to fame, Sophocles had an interesting background which is believed to have an effect on his later writings and observations. He was a prior politician, priest, and military leader. In his piece,…

Gandhi once said, “Anger is the enemy of non violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.” Pride and honor meant a lot to ancient Greeks but in the play Antigone by Sophocles, the reader sees that too much pride can prove to be a fatal flaw. At the start of the play, both Antigone and Creon seem to be morally justified in their quests. Antigone simply wants to bury her brother, who had died in battle, but Creon demands that nobody touch the body because he had died fighting against…

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…

Author Bentley Little once said, “Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.” This quote applies to the character Creon in Sophocles’ play Antigone. Creon caused the deaths of many other characters in this play, and this should not be forgiven, but rather recognized as murder. Creon is guilty of the murder of Antigone, Eurydice, and Haemon; even though all three characters took their own lives. In Antigone’s case, he caused…