Polynices

What purpose is there of having a ruler if he can’t enforce his authority? Creon, the new king of Thebes, faces this same issue in Antigone by Sophocles, after the last king’s brother, Polyneices, started a war and perished along with the king, Eteocles. As the new king, Creon decrees that Polyneices, a traitor, shall not be buried, which angers Polyneices’s sister, Antigone, who buries Polyneices anyway. Creon orders her to be put to death, a reasonable punishment in order to protect his…

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” In Antigone two sisters are disputing ther view on morals and the law. One sister, Antigone believes she should disobey the law in order to bury her brother. While her sister believes in following the rules. Antigone and Ismene are similar in the ways they want to bury their brother, but differ in their views on breaking the law. Antigone and Ismene differ in their views towards breaking the law. Antigone…

The play Antigone is a bit odd because the royal family is intermarrying, & the king ends up getting killed and replaced by Creon. Antigone (Creon’s niece), hears that her brother won't get a burial, and the play spins off from there. This is a representation of right vs. right, Creon vs. Antigone with both sides equally justified. Although like all battles, only one will remain victorious, and it will be Antigone. Antigone will be the one who is ultimately right because she is paying her…

Creon’s definition of a good leader is: a ruler who is just, that always makes the right decision no matter what. The newly appointed king Creon made a declaration that no one is to touch the dead body of the traitor Polycienes or there would be a huge amount of punishment. Antigone both the niece of Creon and the sister of Polycienes, buried her brother’s dead body. While in a conversation between Creon and his son Hameon, Creon still unsure what to do about Antigone. “I’ll suppose [Antigone…

In an attempt to achieve justice for her late brother, the daughter of Oedipus, Antigone risks her life by defying the King Creon’s commands. Trusting in herself and her God, she never once backs down from her battle. Braver than any woman at the time dared to be, Antigone, disobeyed the authority of a man. Her story makes her one of the first and most powerful heroines. After her brother Eteocles is killed by her brother Polyneices, Antigone is heartbroken. She learns the succeeding king,…

Sophocles message in the story is that you should try and be yourself even if others do not believe in your ideas ,but it is important to stay inside the law if they are correct laws and to follow them. He also tries to show the two different sides of order those who follow and those who don't.Those traits are expressed by two important characters in the story named Antigone and Creon. Antigone is the first character which believes in overriding the system being the system implanted in the…

Corruption, Evil, Agony, Selfishness, Pity. All of these things will something in common, they are a result of power. When people are given Power, Power will always have these negative effects on people. Some people will always abuse the power they are given, as shown in Antigone and in history. Even in stories it shows that power will lead to negative effects if one person is given too much. In the book Antigone, there is a king named Creon. Creon had become king due to both the people in…

I do not feel that both Antigone and Creon’s positions were equally defensible. However, both Creon and Antigone have strong beliefs and opposing conflicts about what is important to them. For example, Creon’s devotion is solely towards protecting the state and enforcing civil disobedience to ensure the laws are not broken. As king, Creon wants to be both feared and respected by the citizens so that he doesn’t appear as a weak King. By enforcing strict laws, Creon feels that he is able to gain…

“Around 1118, a French knight named Hugues de Payens founded a military order along with eight relatives and acquaintances, calling it the Poor Knights of the Temple of King Solomon.” The Knights were monks and noblemen that were sent to defend the Holy Land. They branched out and boasted sizable ships and expanded their religion into Western Europe. The Knights were fierce noblemen that defended the Holy Land and all of the Christians in it. “Muslim soldiers retook Jerusalem and turned the…

Antigone, though created in the mentality of a different century, is capable of being modernized and carried out for today’s society. The play takes place in a time with emperors, empresses, and devout belief for the gods, but the main ideas and moral lessons are not limited to the specific time frame. To fit the play to our time, the play can take a similar turn of events such as the movie Snowden, which happened to based off of real events. Of course, the language of the play would be changed…