... involved parties. It is the pinnacle of Greek theatre and Sophocles, a budding young playwright, has written a new play entitled Antigone. To successfully produce his play Sophocles must follow specific guidelines set up by the state by first making an appeal to the Archon ... up a series of practices and begin designing masks for each character. Each actor will be required to perform a variety of characters throughout the play and thus wear multiple masks due to the Greek rule that allows only three actors to have speaking parts ... persona of a female and wear both an intricate mask a...

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... , not narrative form, and achieves, through the representation of pitiable and fearful incidents, the catharsis of such incidents" (Golden 11). Using the criteria established by Aristotle in Poetics, "Antigone" by Sophocles displays the qualities of a tragedy. The principle character engages in an immense moral struggle (ending in death). Catharsis is accomplished through the catastrophic consequences of the main character ... 's actions. Throughout the play, the viewer experiences pity and fear for a number of the characters. In the opening scene, a conversation between Antigone and her ...

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... trying to teach his audience about a human's ability to control his/her fate? In doing so, analyze how the characters behave as a result of knowing what their destinies will be. What are the effects of discovering their destinies? Conscience vs. Society Characters in Antigone must choose between following what society says is the right thing to do and following what they believe in ... hearts to be the right thing to do. Often, choosing to follow the conscience is the more difficult road to walk. In Antigone, identify the difficult choices the characters make and analyze the effects tha...

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... are numerous gods with different levels of authority and influences. In the play Antigone, religion steps in to intensify the struggle between Antigone and her uncle, Creon, who is also the King of Thebes. Although these two characters both believe in the idea of a polytheistic religion, their opinions differ on ... the amount of influence the gods should have on everyday society. Creon believes that all people should obey the laws he has established, even if other beliefs, ethical or spiritual, state otherwise. Antigone, on ... She feels that her brother was irreplaceable, unlike a chil...

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... are courageous and have a fatal flaw of pride. But no two people are the same, and they have there differences too. In both of the plays Antigone and Oedipus are very noble people and do what's right. Antigone feels that all people even her brother deserved a proper burial; "with all honorable observances due to the dead". (127 ... to her is that she does what is the right thing to do so her brother may have a good after life. Oedipus is also as noble as Antigone is. He knew he had to do what was right so he thought it was his duty to find the killer of the king before him. Oedipus said ...

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... makes the story a tragedy. The tragedies in this play were not the result of fate, but the result of the traits of the characters. The play is a story of love, loss, hatred and loyalty. Antigone and I are alike in terms of loyalty because, like her, I am loyal to friends and family. I am loyal to my family ... anger the person doing the teasing or make that person dislike me. I also show my loyalty by keeping a secret when a friend asks me to. Just like Antigone stuck by her cousin, I stick by my friends. Another example of this is helping them when they are in need; such as helping them ...

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... this essay, the subject of study will be the conflict between the dominant and the subjugated. Specifically, the focus will be on the conflict between father and son. In Sophocles' Antigone, the opposition of Creon and Haemon mirrors the main conflict and is a reflection of the modern dynamics of father-son relationships rendering the subject eternally relevant and accessible to audiences ... concern for his welfare. Perhaps Harmon's ability to transcend the natural conflicting elements that exist between him and his father stems from their similarities. As stated in the introduction to ...

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... his vulnerability to fate. Creon, for example, has a strong sense of arrogance and pride which is his tragic flaw. Though the chorus and most other characters throughout the play know that man has made himself invincible to everything else in the world except the gods, Creon doesn't seem to realize that his ... others begin to die because of his pride, and he is left alone to continue suffering with his looming fear. Another example of symbolism is when Antigone is denied by her father the right to marry, and she expresses herself through wearing a black veil. The blackness represents h...

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... these qualities. The first quality is that the play is written in poetic form. In the plays Antigone and Hamlet we see this quality. All the characters speak in poetic form. One example is from the play Antigone, Creon says, " Come tell me now, will you, too, say you bore a hand in ... a Greek Tragedy is there is no violence on stage. This quality is only present in the play Antigone. The violence in the play Antigone is talked about by the characters, but never shown. An example of is when Antigone and Ismene are talking about what has happened to their family. Ismene says, " Third, ou...

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... mother. However the plays of that time do not reflect the evidence that we have about the women in classical Athens. The tragedies of Medea, Antigone, Electra, and even Agamemnon, show women are strong and free willed and are capable of doing things on their own. In Euripides" Medea, ... Medea is constantly talking about the conditions that women face in her time. Sophocles Antigone is a very impressive portrayal of a woman in fifth century Athens, and she is able to produce sympathy from the audience, making the audience aware ... over us." The idea of being controlled or dominated by ...

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... The six elements that a drama consists of are listed below with a short definition, in reference to a drama, following: Plot-the ongoing business of the characters, what they strive for, what they expect to see happen. The sequence of actions or events. Character- is either developed or flat, either individuated or typed, ... would not have been so great if it weren't for the characters. In a drama, it isn't exactly the plot itself that makes it a drama; rather how the characters respond to what is going on that makes the drama so interesting. If Antigone would have not been so persisten...

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... main character and tragic hero of this play. I believe that Creon is the main character because he is constantly in debate throughout out the entire play. Creon, unlike Antigone, interacts with all of the characters making him the central character to the play. Creon initiates the tragedy by establishing a punishment, that he feels is appropriate, to serve his nieces rebellious crime. When ... 's case, the tragedy would not only involve the individual but his family too. Tragedy develops mainly because of one course of action the character chooses over another. Through Creon's dictatorsh...

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... situation comedies on television today. The plot hinges on a complication or situation revolving around love, family problems, money, or the like. The characters are stock - identifiable, simplified social types, such as a miserly father or a nagging mother-in-law. Greek tragedy flourished in the 5th ... Sophocles composed more than 100 plays, of which 7 complete tragedies and fragments of 80 or 90 others are preserved. The seven extant plays are Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus or Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), Electra, Ajax, Trachiniae (Maidens of Trachis), Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colo...

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... impacts upon people, in which they have no control on the effects. Two plays, "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen, and "Antigone", by Sophocles, illustrate the basis behind this quote. "Antigone", is a tragic play that takes place in Thebes. The sons of the great Oedipus, Eteocles and Polynices, have just killed each ... body will be left for the vultures to feast on. She plans to bury her brother's body. Polynices is her blood, her brother and her family. Antigone understands if she is caught, she will be killed. "I"ll bury him myself " (1032), She tells her sister Ismene. "And even if I d...

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... 4th centuries BCE. I uncovered a variety of themes that were expressed in both "Antigone" and Greek history and culture. A theme that I felt stood out the most was the theme of striving for perfection. I found that the characters Antigone and Creon were both drawn by the need for perfection in the same vein as ... the Athenians during the Golden Age of Greece. Creon, the prideful king of Thebes, in "Antigone", had it in his heart and mind to create the perfect ... his motivation and was not aware of the mistakes that he was making. Tragedy ended the play as Creon's attempts of perfecti...

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... and reversal stages, and the audience must go through catharsis; this can be applied to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Sophocles' is Antigone". First off, one rule from Aristotle is having a chorus for three functions. These functions are to recall the past, comment on the present, and ... the family feud by putting up a statue of Romeo and Juliet, making him the tragic hero that went through discovery and reversal. As for Antigone, Creon is considered to be the tragic hero. Just like Lord Capulet Creon is the tragic hero going through both discovery and reversal. He is ... . The...

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... from the audience. By fulfilling all the essential characteristics of the tragic hero, Oedipus attains a greater connection to the audience, further exemplifying the play's underlying tragic effect. Antigone, the first installment of the Oedipus Trilogy, though set chronologically last, also depicts the essence of the tragic hero. Through the character of Creon, Sophocles effectively conveys the essential ... catharsis. The play centralizes itself around the tragic plight of Oedipus and a second tragic hero would steal from him his ability to inflict the significance of the tragedy. In ...

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While reading the Greek play, Antigone, sadness and despair came to mind. The characters" fate in the play all seems to be doomed for death and tragedy. There were many conflicts that occurred throughout the play whether it is between choosing family over the ... right over wrong. The lost of loved ones was due to the stubbornness of a tyrant king, Kreon, who refused to give Antigone's brother, Polyneices, a proper burial. If Kreon chose to obey the Gods and gave Polyneices a proper burial, or if Antigone decided to follow the laws, heartbreak and death could have been prevented. Kreon refus...

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... is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude. Every Tragedy, therefore, must have six parts namely, Plot, Characters, Diction, Thought, Spectacle and Melody. Tragedy is the "imitation of an action" (mimesis) according to "the law of probability ...  anagnorisis turn upon surprise. Peripeteia leads directly to the anagnorisis. This creates the catastrophe, leading to the final "scene of suffering".   Characters in a tragedy are also very important. In a perfect tragedy, character supports plot. The protagonist should be renowned, so his 'ch...

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... a practical necessity. It made the transitions between scenes, giving actors the chance to enter and leave the playing area, and even announced what characters those actors portrayed. But the function of the chorus goes beyond this. The choral odes, accompanied by dancing and music, were part of the ... tragedies, we find variations of two basic tragic situations: either the fatal situation is brought about by the man's miscalculation of reality or the characters find themselves between two conflicting principles and are confronted with a choice, the results of which are always fatal. Th...

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... which a Hero dies is considered a tragedy. There are more elements needed to label a play one. Probably the most important element is an amount of free will. In every tragedy, the characters must displays some. If every action is controlled by a hero's destiny, then the hero's death can't be avoided, and in a tragedy the sad part is that it could. Hamlet's death ... Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful step by his daughter, Antigone. A misconception about tragedies is that...

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... the start of the play in heroic terms. Her language and action, as well as the familiar frame in which they operate, mark her as a heroic character, one of those characters whose purpose was specific, whose defiance of threats and advice, whose refusal to betray their own ideal vision were the preoccupation of Sophoclean tragedy. Medea is presented to the audience ... consequences of her action, and goes safely to Athens. Medea's success contrasts her completely from other Greek heroes. Ajax triumphs but he is dead; Oedipus wins, but he is blind; Antigone achieves victory after she hang...

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... which a Hero dies is considered a tragedy. There are more elements needed to label a play one. Probably the most important element is an amount of free will. In every tragedy, the characters must displays some. If every action is controlled by a hero's destiny, then the hero's death can't be avoided, and in a tragedy the sad part is that it could. Hamlet's death ... Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful step by his daughter, Antigone. A misconception about tragedies is that...

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