Oedipus at Colonus

There are many various types of leaders in the world. One aspect that all leaders have is pride. How much pride the leader holds is up to him, and the more pride the leader holds the harder he falls. Sometimes this pride can lead a person to believe that only their own opinion matters and no one else’s. In Antigone, King Creon represents a leader with an excessive levelexcess levels of pride, which causes him to contradict himself. In the beginning of the play when Creon delivered his edict , he…

As the play Antigone unfolds, it becomes clear that it is a tragedy that revolves around a tragic hero. Written by Sophocles’, Antigone is a Greek tragedy set in Ancient Greece after a devastating war. A new King has come to power after the two men next in line for the throne killed each other in the war. The two men, Eteocles and Polyneices, are brothers. Polyneices was exiled from Thebes but came back to fight against his country. The new King, Creon, is very arrogant and excessively prideful.…

There’s always that one kid in class who seem to know almost every answer to all questions given. You may even know this kid as the teacher 's pet. This student will act like they know everything and look down on everyone as if they’re little children learning their lefts and rights. This person can be connected to Creon, except instead of being a student he is a king and does have the higher authority over everybody. The play Antigone by Sophocles is about how Antigone and Ismene come to help…

A wise man once said” Pride comes before the fall”. This means that when person is proud he or she does not notice people around them, do not sympathize with them, does not see other humans their positive qualities and this leads to a both physical and moral falls. They are starting to do a lot of mistakes without thinking about the consequences. This quote is true in the book Antigone and in the short story “To Build a Fire”. Sophocles’ Antigone and Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” shows that…

Dominance and Resistance in The Burial at Thebes and Hedda Gabler James C. Scott’s ‘Domination and the Arts of Resistance’ explores the discourse of domination and resistance, including the tension between the publicly exhibited dominant discourse, termed a “public transcript,” and the four types of political discourse prevalent among subordinate groups. The four types of discourse are self-image based discourse, the hidden transcript, in-between discourse, and ruptured discourse. For the…

Through examination of Antigone’s and Kreon’s origins of pride and reactions to consequences in Sophocles’ Antigone, I found that Antigone herself drew more of my sympathy. Her brother’s improper burial as her basis of pride along with her steadfastness through times of retribution appeals significantly to the pathos of the audience. Such qualities—especially in contrast to Kreon’s selfish hamartia of hubris—provide for a tip in the scale of sympathy in favor of Antigone in the Greek tragedy.…

Sophocles’ tragic play has remained relevant for well over two thousand years because the same conflicts that happened in the play still happen to this day. The opposing beliefs of Antigone and Creon lead to their inevitable fate because they are unwilling to compromise due to their firm stance on their beliefs. The main issues that divide them include; Antigone’s defiance of laws and her strong loyalty to her family, while Creon’s pride and obligation to fulfill his commitment as king proves to…

Antigone by Sophocles, is a Greek tragedy that has a unified plot. The plot is a controlling structure that drives the story as it develops throughout the sequence of events from beginning to end. A good plot does not overshadow the other elements, however its’ own elements are nothing short of notable. Antigone’s plot action along with other plot elements successfully drive its storyline along as the characters respond to the conflict presented. Firstly, a unified plot contains a beginning,…

Divine mediation is the glue that holds together the morality of Antigone in Sophocles play of the same name, but the divine law of life is not as territorial as Creon’s man-made interventions. The central conflict of Antigone is between this moral divide of man or god and which one accounts for society. From the conflict analysis presented by Professor Francisco J. Gonzalez, Walter Kaufmann’s defense of the essential Greek tragedy in the case of Antigone provides a clearer perspective that both…

History 18 - Section K Essay Number # 1 “Caivus Ivlivs Caesaris: Conqueror, Politician, Leader.” “I have been told that the soldiers will refuse to obey orders to advance,” the eagle-eyed commander began, his soldiers still trembling in fear of the enemy. “Such a statement leaves me completely unmoved. I know that in all cases where an army has failed to obey its general, this has happened because of some misfortune brought on by the general’s incompetence or else because some crime of the…