Polynices

Antigone In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the main character, Antigone, disobeys the orders of the king, Creon. Out of loyalty, she attempts to bury her brother, Polyneices, because Creon has declared that he will be left in the fields with no honorable services. Throughout the play, Antigone follows her moral beliefs in order to show her loyalty to her family and the gods, while appealing to other characters’ emotions. Antigone creates a moral argument with Ismene trying to convince her to be…

When hearing the word "monk" one thinks of a quiet, reserved, modest, religious man, who has dedicated his life to his religion. However, the monk that Chauncer described is none of these things. To call the man a monk is a complete and total contradiction. First, the monk is said to be, "an outrider, who most loved venery" (166). Monks are to take a vow of chastity, and to indulge in sex is to break his vows. It is obvious from the beginning that this "monk" is not very deserving of the title.…

Creon is Not Enough to Stand in My Way “It was not God’s proclamation. That final Justice That rules the world below makes no such laws.”(Sophocles.I.357-358). Prior to Antigone by Sophocles, two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, who were both previous rulers of Thebes. Polyneices wanted power but Eteocles would not let him reign as ruler, so Polyneices went to an outside city and took the city’s army and attacked Thebes. These two brothers had met on the battlefield and killed each other…

“No!” the king's wife cried. “My husband has fallen upon the ground, dead! Oh, how could this ever happen to me! What have I done wrong!” How would you feel if I told you that this dramatic play had something to do with a plant cell? Well, first off, it’s not just dramatic plays, any play will do. Secondly, there are a lot of organelles in a plant cell so I will just be stating the organelles that I think best correspond with different parts needed to produce a play. This piece of writing will…

“I am not afraid of death; if it means death, It will not be the worst of deaths -death without honor” (Sophocles). Such in the case in Sophocles’ play Antigone, Antigone 's older brothers Eteocles and Polyneices fought for who would rule Thebes. In result both Eteocles and Polyneices die fighting each other, causing Creon, the King of Thebes, to allow burying only Eteocles, thus leaving Polyneices to be unburied. Anyone in the city of Thebes to go against his rules shall be killed. Antigone…

According to Aristotle, a characteristic of a tragic hero is anagnorisis. The hero realizes too late that his actions are unjust and that the misfortune was brought by himself. In Sophocles’ Antigone, both Antigone and Creon meet a tragic end as the result of their actions. However, the tragic hero of this play is Creon because he does not know that his actions will bring him such fate until the end, while Antigone is fully aware of the consequence of her action from the very beginning. Creon…

Values and Motives Affecting Fate From the beginning of Antigone, the sides are chosen. Creon, the new king, is motivated by his new position and feels he cannot let the people down. Antigone is motivated by her love for her family and the pain of the past. Both allow their values to run their actions despite laws being broken and family being killed. As all of this is taking place, the Chorus is there to guide the way. The Chorus acts as a director by showing the audience the scenes as they…

Similarities & Differences of the King and his Niece The play Antigone written by Sophocles has three main characters in it, Antigone and Creon being two of them. He was the first playwright to introduce the third character to Greek plays; before that it had only been two. Although they bear enough similarities, the differences between Creon and Antigone are quite pronounced. Creon and Antigone are, actually, unlike most people would think, similar in some critical ways. Both of them are…

Antigone is a tragedy paly, and the third book of a trilogy written by Sophocles probably before 441 BC. The tragedy took place in Thebes city, right after the end of a war that doomed the city. The dispute mainly was between the king of the city Creon and his niece Antigone, when she disobeyed his orders and went on with burying her brother. The goal behind Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone was to show which matters are more important obeying the laws of the city or honoring the laws of gods and…

Both one-act plays Antigone and Trifles are centralized by the themes of femininity and law vs. moral rights and beliefs. Antigone is a strong hard headed woman who stands up for what she believes is right, just as Mrs. Hale does in Trifles. The two woman protagonists share many character traits as they each overcome conflicts of male vs. female and law vs. moral rights and beliefs. Because Antigone was written in the ancient Greek era, I feel the influence it has on Susan Glaspell’s early…