Sophocles

Blindly Conforming Everyone is a conformist one way or another, even if they feel alone or different from the rest. Many despise the word conformity, but it really isn’t that bad. In his play, Antigone, Sophocles will show this idea of conformity through each of his characters. Most of them can be explained by a single quote in the article "You are a Conformist (That is, you are Human)". Here, author Noam Spancer makes his final remark, "When you go against a group, you did it not on your own,…

Around 430 B.C., an Athenian tragedian, Sophocles, wrote the play Oedipus Rex. Capturing the complexity of human consciousness, Sophocles pitted fate and free will against one another in order to make the tragic fall of Oedipus impactful to the audience by invoking a sense of pity and sadness for his character. It can be argued that in this play, individual free will instead of fate was the dominant factor that made Oedipus a tragic hero because of his sharp decline from beloved king to…

In Sophocles Antigone, the reader is forced to ask her/himself a few different questions that would help to answer some of the problems in the story. These questions the reader would ask are who is responsible for what happens in the end of the story of Antigone? The next question is, could any tragedy in the story be avoided if any characters would have acted differently? Lastly do any of the characters share similar characteristics? These questions would help the reader determine who was right…

In Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone, Antigone is a woman who fights for her right to bury her deceased brother, Polyneices, going against the king’s laws. Antigone proves herself to be a Homeric hero through her actions. In comparison with characters from the mind of Homer, who made many heroes in his works, Antigone is most like Achilleus and Hektor, from The Iliad. Achilleus in that she follows through in what she believes is right and isn 't afraid to speak up to authority, and Hektor in the…

In Sophocles’ play, Antigone the characters Creon and Antigone differ in many ways. These conflicting motivations lead to Creon's development as a tragic hero and Antigone’s interactions advance to the plot of the play. They differ in ways of their thoughts. Antigone and Creon both have different views. Creon cares about his throne and the city while Antigone Obeys her gods and family so Antigone wants to bury Polyneices, but when Polyneices and Eteocles killed each other, Creon only had respect…

that is representative of many tragic tales, in which a great lesson is learned too late for it to be put into use. Tragedies are known to be found frequently in Greek plays. One of the most famous Greek playwrights, Sophocles, still has surviving texts that remain in print today. Sophocles is best known for his work in what is referred to as The Theban Plays. The last of these plays Antigone, is one well worth noting as a literary work and does an effective job of wrapping up the story of what…

their prophecies aside. They would try to change their fate but end up suffering and with the prophecy that they dreaded coming true. Many say that the play is a warning about the gods and how we are great, but the gods are greater, but could have Sophocles really been trying to show us his dislike towards the gods? He shows us what the gods are truly like and how they are cruel, by having a story where a great king suffers because of the gods. Is it really Oedipus’ fault for not knowing…

where one is expected to act a certain way because of something they could not decide when they were born: gender? The Greek tragedy, Antigone, written by Sophocles addresses many themes and issues. One of these is the role that gender plays in society expressed through various characters such as Antigone and Ismene and those around them. In Sophocles' Antigone, Antigone breaks the social norms of women by opposing Creon and standing up for what she believes in, showing the audience that women…

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…

they worship and count on to help them through the hardships of life. But, are any of the Gods real, and do they actually help and or hurt the people who pray to them? In the play Antigone many lives were lost, resulting in an overall climax to Sophocles I. By the end, most of the important characters are dead. The time setting of this play might suggest that the Gods of Greek Mythology caused the tragic events. That is completely untrue. With that being said, the best argument to prove this…