Polynices

In life things aren’t always fair, which is showed well in the play Antigone where a woman named Antigone gets killed because of her actions which she believed to be fair. So that brings up another topic, what people think is right. In the play both Creon and Antigone do what they feel and believe is right, at the end of the day Antigone buries her brother because she thinks honor and following her heart is more mighty than what Creon has decreed. In the play Antigone, by Sophocles, the mighty…

portrayed as being oppressed but they handle their oppression in different ways. Antigone is women who break from the chains of oppression; she is defiant and rebellious to the laws of the city of Thebes, she defies the law by giving her brother Polynices a decent burial. The law was that he was to…

How Fate Works in Greek Society Life Fate is defined as the development of events beyond a human's control, determined by a supernatural power. How important is fate in a society? Why bother thinking about what fate is? Based on Greek works, when fate is in the hands of man, it is uncontrollable. In many situations, fate determines whether one lives or dies. In Greek society, fate is very important due to it being the determination of one's future. Many Greek works revolve around the word, fate…

of the oldest depictions of civil disobedience is in Sophocles' play Antigone, in which Antigone, one of the daughters of former King of Thebes, Oedipus, defies Creon, the current King of Thebes, who is trying to stop her from giving her brother Polynices a proper burial. She gives a stirring speech in which she tells him that she must obey her conscience rather than human law. She is not at all afraid of the death he threatens her with (and eventually carries out), but she…

there be, “no burial of any kind. No wailing, no public tears./ Give him to the vultures, unwept, unburied” (Ant.4). Antigone believes that family is greater than law so she willingly sacrifices her freedom and life in order to give her brother, Polynices, a proper burial. This quote contrasts the painting in that Abraham is attempting to kill his son, but Antigone is trying to honor her family. Antigone is selfless in her willingness to sacrifice herself as Abraham is only willing to sacrifice…

Sophocles’ original intentions for his play Antigone has been open to interpretation for thousands of years through different languages, morals standards, wars, revolutions, cultural beliefs and human emotion, leading to varied and perhaps even misinterpretations on part of both audiences and translators, much like the bible. Throughout 4th century B.C.E and the 21st century, there has been vast changes in culture, thus leading to the audience reading the play and seeing it through a different…

Sophocles’ Antigone: An Athenian Male’s Judgement of Antigone The presence of gender defined societal spheres within Ancient Athenian society promoted the creation of misogyny. Consequently, misogyny’s presence played a role in influencing a man’s perceptions of a women’s actions. Considering this, Sophocles’ raises a highly polarizing argument within his tragedy “Antigone” through motivating his audience to question their ideals. His audience can either support the upholding of burial rites or…

Power has the ability to corrupt, and blind those influenced by it. It has the potential to control the path of nations, whether the consequence is beneficial or detrimental to the fate of the society. Power gives confidence to those it possesses and magnifies the characteristics of its beholder. The theme of power is seen throughout Sophocles’ Antigone, through the character analysis of the play’s tragic hero, Creon. Creon is the play’s tragic hero due to the extreme loss, which is caused by…

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Antigone is a novel where the protagonist of the novel, Antigone, passes the standard in society to do what she believes is right, disregarding the King’s command. Antigone defying the law is the start of the tragic ending of many of the characters of the novel. By looking at this through a psychoanalytic sense, we see the tension between the conscious and subconscious thought, which is important to understand the “why” of the tragedy and how it really unfolds. Conscious is defined as the awake…