Her name is Antigone. ... Because Creon has a strong will, however, does not mean that he does not show humiliation. ... He is not willing to listen to Antigone's story and why she did what she did. ... What are you doing? ... I do not have that kind of determination, but Antigone does, and that is why she is considered a heroine. ...
Antigone is a very tragic story written by a Greek author named Sophocles involving many deaths because of one man, Creon. ... He is noble because he didn't make the law of forbidding the proper burial of Polynecies just for the sake of being mean, he did it because he believed that Polynecies was a traitor and Eteocles was loyal. ... Secondly, Creon is the tragic hero of Antigone because he has a tragic flaw. ... His pride leads him to do arrogant things. When he does these arrogant things, he doesn't do what the gods want because he thinks that, since he is king, he could do w...
The main protagonist of the play and the character whom the play is named after is Antigone, Creon's niece. ... However, Creon does not agree with Antigone on her point of view. ... This is shown when the chorus suggests that the burial of Polyneices might be the work of the Gods but Creon rubbishes the claim by saying that, What you say is intolerable, if you mean that the Gods care about this corpse. ... What man dared to do this?. ... When Antigone asks Creon, Do you want to do anything more than take me and put me to death?...
Human Law The play entitled Antigone was written by a man named Sophocles, a scholarly author of philosophy and logic. ... Divine law may not apply to those who do not believe in God. ... Both Antigone and Creon have their own ideas of what is right and what is wrong. ... This doesn't necessarily mean that Antigone does not obey the human law that is set up by King Creon, it just means that this particular rule conflicted with the law of the Gods, something that Antigone believes highly in obeying, especially when it deals with her family. ... Towards the end of the play, a blind prophet ...
., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. ... Although Antigone was written before Oedipus the King, the generations involved in Oedipus the King precede the ones in Antigone. ... This would mean that Creon is actually collaborating with others that know things, not just bringing word from gods, as he claims. ... But Oedipus had earlier ordered Creon's banishment, proving that power does truly reign in the name. ... What I see come into view next is more of a tyrant, however. ...
In Othello however the reason both for the tragedy and the "uncertain vision" has a name, Iago. The second most important reason as to why the uncertainty is treated differently is the fact that Othello due to his temper might be able to see what is happening, but his "hot blood" does not let him do so. ... The realization of the prophecy nevertheless, did not necessarily mean a tragedy. ... Instead the revelation of the truth will bring on many tragedies that will influence and bring death to the family and conflict between Antigone and Creon. ... The conflict in Othello is actual...
It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. ... Emerson does admit the difficulty inherent in being a non-conformist, remarking, "This rule [nonconformity], equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. ... Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong is what is against it"(21-22). ... Thoreau espouses this idea as well saying, "The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right...
What a terrible thing to do! ... The highest class were what were known as the Hetaerae. ... Now I will look at what the many Greek philosophers said about women. ... What fools they are! ... The character by the name of Medea's comment in Euripides' play named after her that women were claimed to live a secure existence at home echoed the expectancy in Athenian society that women from the propertied tier would evade common or proximate communication with men who were not members of their own family or its group of friends. ...
No, I must dare to do this!... Ajax triumphs but he is dead; Oedipus wins, but he is blind; Antigone achieves victory after she hanged herself. ... She never wavers from her faith that what she does has divine approval. ... "What Earth will do we shall not be told,"" but Helios, the Sun, is clearly on Medea's side. ... "In the gods' name,"" says Jason, "let me touch the soft skin of my sons- (1402-3). ...
