Sophocles

decision wrong. In the play Antigone, Creon deals the issue of pride stemming from his decisions. The quote implies that when you’re on a bad path, it 's never too late to fix the bad. The hardest thing, is to admit that you are wrong. The point Sophocles makes is valid, due to the fact that many people make mistakes, yet few will admit to their mistakes, because of this overarching idea of pride. All around us the idea of pride seems to…

In the drama "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles, has discussed the three main themes was the power of unwritten law, the limits of free will, and the willingness to ignore the truth in the life and society. In this drama, it makes everyone and the reader has a feeling of joy, happiness, sadness, suspicious, disappointment and tense about the main character in the play. It a great drama discusses in the life of a man Oedipus, who was destined to kill his father and marry with his mother. At the…

story for his time with a different meaning. Anouilh’s adaptation does not follow the same fate or religion shown in Sophocles’ version. I will be discussing the differences between these two stories starting with the chorus, the dialogue between characters, and the personalities of the characters themselves. @The first major difference a reader can see right away between Sophocles and Anouilh 's version of Antigone is their different takes on the chorus. Though both use the Chorus as a…

the major features of Greek culture, as it displayed various aspects of how the Greeks led their lives. Antigone is a tragedy written by the playwright Sophocles, and is the third of his three Theban plays. Each of these plays have common elements and themes which Sophocles displays using his characters. An example of this is shown in the way Sophocles highlights the detrimental effects of gender inequalities found in early Greek culture through the character Ismene, portraying her as a…

In Sophocles’ widely famous play, Oedipus the King; Oedipus is caught in a very complex situation. Incest. Incest...with his mother. That's not all the story is about though. The Gods are mad at Oedipus. You could say, he just can't win. Oedipus is king and becomes very arrogant throughout the story. Hubris is also a word you could use. Oedipus didn't actually know that he was in a relationship with his mother. Some people could say this is an action of Hubris, but it really isn't.…

Sophocles’ tragic play has remained relevant for well over two thousand years because the same conflicts that happened in the play still happen to this day. The opposing beliefs of Antigone and Creon lead to their inevitable fate because they are unwilling to compromise due to their firm stance on their beliefs. The main issues that divide them include; Antigone’s defiance of laws and her strong loyalty to her family, while Creon’s pride and obligation to fulfill his commitment as king proves to…

The German philosopher Hegel construed the play “Antigone” as “the tragic collision of right against right, with both sides equally justified.” This play was written by Sophocles, a Greek playwright, around 441 BC and gives us insight into his mindset on society and culture. The central conflict rises from the clash of the main character, Antigone, and her uncle, King Creon, over the role of man’s laws and god’s laws in society. Antigone’s two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles had slain each…

Tragic Hero Essay “Lead me away. I have been rash and foolish. I have killed my son and my wife.” -Creon Antigone, the play written by Sophocles, is about the dangers of pride and how it causes catastrophe for Creon. He nevers listens to reason or anybody else because he does not want to admit when he is wrong. He does this out of pride and it eventually ends up accidentally killing the ones he loves most and leaves him with nothing. Creon’s loved ones died because he was doomed to face a…

In Sophocles’ Antigone, we are introduced to a plethora of different viewpoints regarding character and judgment. The main conflict that is brought to light in the play centers around the treatment of Polyneices’ body after he perishes. The individuals who take up this conflict, Antigone and Creon, are locked into a debate that discusses the concept of justice. Antigone uses familial ties and divine reasoning in her case, while Creon argues that protecting Thebes takes precedence over the family…

Creon’s Disgraceful Deed In the play, Antigone by Sophocles, the protagonist Creon discovers that Antigone is going against his laws to show that the laws of God over rules his. Told in 2nd person point of view, the author supports his theme by describing the setting of laws establishing the central conflict of Creon not following the laws of God. This affects the works as a whole because Sophocles’ purpose is to show the division in order to show the readers laws of God versus laws of Man.…