... family when she said, "No one will ever convict me for a traitor."(57.) I think this shows how courageous she is and that she won't give up on something even if it could kill her. This is also important to society because everyone in Thebes was ... By standing up to Creon, Antigone proved to the town to be strong and speak up for yourself because it could make a change. At this point in the play I feel that Antigone is viewing the world antagonistically because her life was just not going good ... that remains is the love from her sister. I believe she feels that all in life has gone wr...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... Laius was with his servants and a cart. A very simple thing to do, if he was asked to move away or as said harassed, he can move and step on the other road or plead to the king and give them the way. He could have done a very simple thing. But because ... change the fact that he was a murderer. That not even once, did thought about regretting his actions. That makes him even guiltier for causing injustice. Not only to the death of the king and his servants but also when he got the prize for solving the riddle and replacing Laius on his throne. He was too greedy to let it go and prideful ...

• Word Count: 1032
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... and bury the brother that was to be left out for the vultures? Would it be better to leave the situation how they are? Could she go on about life trying not to think of how she left her own blood out in the open? Could Antigone act as if she did not care? Afterlife to ... think Antigone thought her act was courageous and valid. I myself would not have risked my life to ensure a proper burial for anyone, whether it was in modern times or back then. To go against authority and break the laws given by the monarch was a plain senseless act. When someone is dead we now know there is nothing el...

• Word Count: 1321
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... would inevitably choose to put her in the cave. As Oedipus showed us, you cannot escape fate no matter how you try. If you go back and find out you should have turned left when you turned right and change it, then you may think you have defied fate. You are wrong, most likely, like Oedipus, you will do exactly what was determined ... ; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he to me"(493). Oedipus thought that by going away from his "mother" and "father" the chances of him killing his father and marrying his ...

• Word Count: 669
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... , people don't think about every choice they make or what will be the result of their judgments. Some people go about their existence making decisions based on their opinions, background, mood, and convictions, without ever considering the influence their decisions will have on others. Often times, people can change those around them ... her initial reluctance to help her sister by claiming, "We are only women, we cannot fight with men, Antigone!/ The law is strong, we must give into the law/ In this thing and in worse."(Prologue ll. 47-49) Ismene's statement illustrates how she is afra...

• Word Count: 854
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... the end of the play. (Act 5, Sc. 2), his shields fall when he tells to Horatio that how his life is going along: How all occasions do inform against me And spur my dull revenge Now whether it be Bestial oblivion or some ... reputation in the community, which is illustrated in the quote: Oswald: "The sun. The sun" Mrs Alving: I can't bear it; I can't bear it! Never! Mrs. Alving approaches Oswald to ask him what was the aspect that was making him worried. Oswald ... the fact that he really deserved his misfortune. Hamlet was foolish enough to wait until he killed Claudius because he thou...

• Word Count: 3952
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... . In the very beginning of the play Antigone's sister Ismene makes a few different comments on Antigone's behavior, telling her she has a "rash heart- (2). Before even knowing what Antigone was asking of her Ismene was thinking Antigone hadn't thought it through like Ismene wanted her to. Trying to reason with Antigone, Ismene tells her, "Your heart beats hotly "passion- (3). Pointing out Antigone ... mightier than ourselves, we have to hear these things "and worse."" (3). Trying to reason with her sister that there isn't a problem with having to do what others ask of them. That is how t...

• Word Count: 944
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... " wife and mother, was also blind to truth of Oedipus" identity. In addition, Laius, Oedipus father, was blind to think that he could cheat destiny with simply mortal actions. The blindness in Oedipus The King is an effective contrasting technique used by Sophocles ... which afflicts the city of Thebes. Instead of sending a messenger to the people of Thebes, he comes to hear their problem directly: "I thought it wrong, my children, to hear the truth from others, messengers. Here I am myself- - you all know me, the world knows ... According to the priest oh Thebes, "You cannot equal the G...

• Word Count: 869
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... enters the realm of philosophy. According to the plays of Sophocles, fate is predetermined and can't be changed. I do not think this is true; I believe in the idea that we as humans have free will and therefore, am able to determine our own fate. ... respect to the will and fate that the gods have intended. Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines fate as, "a power of thought to control all events and impossible to resist a persons destiny." This definition would imply that fate has an overwhelming power ... were true, why would this being of higher power waste his time planning the fate ...

• Word Count: 714
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School