Oedipus at Colonus

The focal point of Sophocles’ Antigone is the protagonist’s desire and search for justice. Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, is the play’s tragic heroine who fights against the evil Creon, the current King of Thebes. Her rebellion against the king was ignited by her thirst for justice, stopping at nearly nothing to combat the immoralities standing in her way. In her heart, the sacredness of family and honor is the pinnacle aspect of her life. These beliefs of hers create the source of…

Agamemnon’s Argument My soldiers blame me for the plague that has fallen upon our army and is killing my people. Yes, despite the ransom, I refused to return Chryses’ daughter, but will my returning her soothe the fury of Apollo? I am sure that I am not the cause of this horror that has fallen upon the Achaeans. I am willing to give Chryses’ daughter back if it will lift this plague. However, I will not be the only one left without a prize. Achilles asks what prize he may give me to make up for…

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck it proves that friends will really do anything to protect each other. Throughout the story the two main characters Lennie and George face a agglomeration of confrontations and prove that they will do whatever they can do to protect each other. One example of this is “I’ll give him the work tickets, but you ain’t gonna say a word. You jus’ stand there and don’t say nothing”(Steinbeck 6). This example means that all George wants Lennie to do is…

In the Bible Solomon writes, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy” (Proverbs 31:8-9). In The Crucible, Giles Corey and John Proctor stand up for what they believe is right and strictly stand by their beliefs and God’s will. They stand up against the court because they know the innocent are are giving in and confessing to things they are not guilty of for the sake of saving…

Throughout the analysis of the play, we thought of some philosophies that we can relate to the play. The philosophies that we can relate to this play are Romanticism, humanism and paroxysm. In humanism, it is about freedom to choose or free will and the power to solve their problems. We can relate humanism to the part where Lysander and Hermia decided that they will run away and live together peacefully. It is shown in this part that the couple fought for their love and they have shown their…

Antigone offers several arguments that do not seem to be as valid as the other two. Honor and the fact that Pollenycius was her brother and was unreplacable. Antigone could have meant two things by her argument of Honor. Either she had honor because she followed the laws of the gods before the laws of man, or she had honor for disobeying Creon in his unjust humiliations of her family. In the first meaning she would be well justified in having this as her argument. In the second, she is not…

My fellow Thebans, I am here today to justify Antigone’s actions in burying her brother. As I stand here and profess my feelings, I hope you can imagine yourself in Antigone's shoes. Many believe Eteocles was a traitor for starting a war on this country, and did not deserve to be buried. Antigone is being taken as a traitor for burying her beloved brother. Antigone’s actions are justified in the way she honored her brother in a proper burial. Now as I know many of you are contentious because…

For every choice there is a consequence whether good or bad, every consequence has a lesson to be learn. History can and will repeat itself if given the opportunity. Alexander the Great can be used to show a conflict that had a consequence of his life. Alexander conquered all of the Peninsula of Greece to Mesopotamia then as far East as the Indus Valley and even headed south to Egypt. Even with all that to his name and empire he was still willing gain concour more but his men were missing home…

“Tragic heroes” can be the good or the bad guys, usually good. A tragic hero usually is someone who stands up for what they believe in. They can also make you feel an impact or learn a lesson. Most of the time they usually end up dying in the story or movie. Standing up for what she believed in, not caring whether it was right or wrong to others, and dying all for her brother is what made Antigone a tragic hero. Antigone knew what she wanted to do was wrong. She understood that the success of…

Disobedience? “I, whom no man’s frown can frighten, am far from risking heaven’s frown by flouting these. I need no trumpeter from you to tell me I must die, we all die anyway” (Roche 210). Antigone, a 441 BC heroine, created by Sophocles in the Oedipus Plays to do what is moral even, if it means disobeying the law. In Antigone, Antigone's brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, die in battle, but Creon refuses to bury Polyneices. Antigone; believing that, even in death, everyone has the right to…