Oedipus at Colonus

In Sophocles' Antigone, gender biases are quite prevalent. Sophocles used the conflict between Kreon and Antigone to demonstrate this. Kreon would not listen to Antigone simple for the reason that she was a women, and the community viewed Antigone as rebellious for the same reason. However if she were a man, she would have been seen as strong-willed and standing up for what she believed in. Also, Sophocles used Antigone's sister, Ismene, as a portrayal of how women should behave in society.…

The fact the she is ignorant to the risks of burying her brother, reflects the age of Antigone. She is ignorant and essentially scarifies her own life to bury her brothers. Her resistance in the male dominated world expresses another example of her age. Although her sister admits that women does not have power in the male dominated world, she refuses what her sister says and starts arguing that her actions were reasonable since she remained t loyal to her family. In fact, she is a emotional…

The Tragedy of Antigone Family: how far would a person go to stay loyal to them? Would she do anything for them such as break the law or go as far to risk her own life? Or, would she not care and only focus on that helping them would get her in trouble? Would losing her life be worth her burying her brother? In the story Antigone the main character Antigone probably thought about these things as she was making very important decisions. The most important decision that Antigone made was choosing…

The writer of Antigone was talking with excitement and his beaming face bore witness of that. “You said coincidental, could you be more explicit?” I asked him with the impression that he had been interrupted. “The name Antigone”, he continued with smile, “carries in itself the whole message of the play. Let us go back to Anne Carson. She translated the name from Greek into English as “against birth” or “instead of been born”. “Against birth” or “instead of been born” is another way for me to…

Scene II - The best word that describes the current state of the play is vengeance. Within the play, Creon is furious that Antigone buried the other brother, and wants Antigone to suffer. “The inflexible heart breaks first, the toughest iron Cracks first, and the wildest horses bend their necks At the pull of the smallest curb” (II, 78-80). This shows Creon’s irritation that someone who was a part of his family, was betraying his own decree. Creon also begins to ‘bargain’ with Antigone, hoping…

“It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride”- John Ruskin. Creon in Antigone by Sophocles loses more than just someone because of his unnecessary pride. As his first orders of being king, Creon declares that anyone who tries to bury Polyneices will be sentenced to death. This declaration violates the gods’ laws, but the stubborn ruler still passes it because he believes he is better than the gods are. The brave Antigone…

In the play, Antigone, Sophocles develops Creon as a tragic hero by establishing his hubristic nature, in order to emphasize how excessive pride and arrogance results in the tragic downfall of an individual. When the reader is first introduced to Creon, his overly arrogant nature is evident through his interactions with others. After arresting Antigone and sentencing her to death, Haimon goes to his father and implores him to free his fiancee. Creon, in response to his son, justifies his…

In just about any story, there stars several different types of people. In almost any historical story, men rule, women obey. In any Greek drama, the beings above all are the gods. Within such a diverse group of people, even if men ruled, everyone is still bound by certain limits. It is up to the person themselves to find their way around these limits without bypassing a certain point beyond repair. Antigone, written by Sophocles, features two key people: Antigone and Creon. This drama lays out…

Antigone’s audacity causes her downfall as she insists to risk burying her brother and defy the state’s laws, proving that audacity results with unfavorable actions that one wouldn’t sensibly desire to do. Creon tries to advise Antigone and help her escape the punishment she faces when she disobeys the state’s law, however, she disrespectfully opposes this and says, “Why then delay [my execution]? There is nothing you can say that I would wish to hear…” (139). Unwilling to cooperate with the…

Our Hands Are Not Clean In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the main conflict is between Antigone and Creon. While Creon is a representation of the civil law of the act by the human in society, Antigone is a brave heroin who is resistance to the civil law and has chosen a death with a strong belief in the laws of gods. To control the law of the state which made by man is man, so it is extremely limited. This is the time when the conscience and morality works. The reason of conflict between Creon…