... in this passage, but there is still sarcasm present. The chorus" whole short speech is very cynical, because he is describing the worsening situation for Antigone, but he does it through describing tragedy as glorious. When tragedy is described as "convenient" the tone becomes very bitter, and the whole ... found in the scene where the guards are harassing Antigone after she is caught trying to bury the body for the second time. Since Antigone was just caught, this is a very tense moment. The audience is sympathetic with Antigone at this time. The first guard harasses Antigone through say...

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... a much higher power and force than that of the State. Socrates outlined the duties of man in his speech. In both Apology and Antigone, it was necessary for Socrates and Antigone (respectively speaking) to die to ensure an ideal state. For an ideal state to exist, the laws of the state must be upheld and no one must question them. Creon believed that Polynices ... and orders are meant to protect people. The deaths of righteous people symbolize the wrongness and injustice in punishing Antigone for an action that should not have been called a crime. The actions that Antigone took were not ...

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... and the leader of nations. Consequently, women have been diminished to the role of housekeeping, taking care of the kids, and preparing meals for the family. In any case, there is a clear distinction of the difference in power between the two sexes-one gender always dominates over the ... dominance of men and subordination of women, Shakespeare and Sophocles seem to question the validity of those beliefs in their plays, Macbeth and Antigone, with their radically heterodox female characters-they neither conform with the loving tenderness nor the acquiescence and tendency to submit to auth...

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... will be your plea./I am different. I love my brother/and I'm going to bury him, now" (99-101). Antigone completely dismisses all the warnings Ismene gave her and just as Creon attacked Haemon and Teiresias for their wise counsel, Antigone attacks Ismene for not coming with her. Antigone is so convinced this is her divine mission, she believes undertaking it makes her superior to her sister ... have no right. You weren't willing to,/and even if you had been I wouldn't have taken you with me" (659-660). In her arrogance and pride, Antigone punishes Ismene because she did not help earlier....

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... the proper burial services. If it meant putting her life at stake, she made sure that Polynices was buried properly. In this drama Antigone is the protagonist who fights for her families honor. She believes that the religious laws of burial are more important than the laws of the city. Creon Creon is the ... happened and ran over to bury it again. The Sentinel grabs her and takes her to Creon. Rising Action "Creon's punishment for burying Polynices was to be put to death. Instead Antigone is put in a cave as her punishment. He wants her to die of starvation and depression. Creon wants he...

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... . In addition, if a female role exists in the play, the male actors must assume the persona of a female and wear both an intricate mask and feminine clothing. For example, in the production of Antigone, a male will play the characters of Antigone and Ismene, the two daughters of Oedipus and Iokaste. After hours of preparation, Sophocles will finally conduct the production of his play ... over the conflict of the burial of her slain brother Polynices. Prior to the beginning of Antigone, Polynices and Eteocles, the brother of Polynices, Antigone, and Ismene, engage in a dual that takes the...

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... referring to the familial grief that seems to be "handed down" from her father (Oedipus) to his son, her brother (Polynices). Antigone is a powerful woman who cites her own experiences of suffering as a basis for her power. She admits that she has nothing to lose by speaking against Creon, and that Creon will only bring the next grief to her ... me of a traitor" (55-56). Her commitment to family is displayed and urges Ismene to have this same commitment. The sister's relationship allows for the ambiguity of the female gender role definition as we have two conflicting personalities. Anti...

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... people and himself (p.86). If this was not the case those words would have never left his tongue. Once Antigone had been sentenced and taken away, Creon spoke to his Chorus Leader for guidance because he had essentially lost his confidence as the king and a man. This was shown when he asked ... way, she was a rebel to the social norm and the standards of gender specific expectations and actions. She was not reliant on men for anything. There was a sense of independence with Antigone, as a women she challenged the status quo. Her actions are truly seen at work when she is discussing the...

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... his law, she answers, "Because it was not Zeus who ordered it the unchangeable unwritten code of Heaven; This is not of today and yesterday, But lives for ever, having origin"" (Sophocles 17-18). Antigone provides the reason that she broke his law because she was following divine law. When Snowden leaked data on surveillance programs from the C.I.A. to the public, his ... right to be buried to follow divine law. In Snowden's case he explains that he broke the law to help benefit people's privacy. Antigone's reasoning only seems to help one person's morality to bury their loved ones for ...

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... streets to rot away. Creon believes that Polyneices' body shall be condemned to this because of his civil disobedience and treachery against the city. Polyneices' sister, Antigone, upon hearing this exclaims that an improper burial for Polyneices would be an insult to the Gods. She vows that Polyneices' body will be buried, and Creon declares that anyone who interferes with his body ... , and brothers) make death a gain in her eyes By contrast, if she had left her mother's son unburied, she would have grieved She expects to win glory for her gesture to the gods. Antigone displays the cha...

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... should not make assumptions about whether or not something is right or wrong, unless the answer to that is apparently clear. Antigone believed that the actions she took were done for the right reason, because they adhere to the law of the Gods. In opposition to that, Creon believes that the actions ... strong beliefs (Segal Sophocles 65). Charles Segal says in Sophocles' Praise of Man and the Conflicts of the Antigone: She chooses the divine command over the human compulsion, and rejects life with it's compromises for the absolutes of death. Indeed, in her terms these absolutes are, par...

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... inconspicuously known that Creon is distraught over whom he ought to listen to. Creon, however, remains in his stubborn character and follows through with the death sentence for Antigone. Antigone makes one last! speech to the people of Thebes to confirm that she has their support and pity, because dying without having been wed, is a large ... She speaks of how she can never be wed, and as a result how there will be no husband, or children to weep for her when she's gone. With that said, Antigone is sent to her bridal-chamber, at which point she nobly takes her own life from a self-made n...

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... case you have forgotten. Nobody is going to be able to say I betrayed my own brother." Despite the consequence of death, Antigone follows through with her beliefs and gives her brother the proper ceremony for a dead soldier. By carrying through with her beliefs, Antigone not only shows her strength and courage, but also her commitment to her family. Family is very important to ... downfall. At the beginning of the play, she talks with her sister, Ismene, about giving their dead brother a suitable burial. Antigone asks for Ismene's help and explains to her the consequences of breaking th...

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In the ancient tragedy, Antigone, the Greek dramatist Sophocles presents a primary conflict that features a desperate struggle for dominance and challenges the blind justification of authorial power. Although the tragedy bears the name of its ... 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 ... the differences in characterization are r...

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... other side of the story. They now have the internal conflict of choosing between the law and tradition. After the presentation of Antigone's and Creon's reasoning for determining whether the act of burying Polyneices was the right act to do, the chorus first supports Creon. "Man the master ... leaning toward siding with the gods due to the citizens' utmost respect of their laws, leaving empathy for Antigone hard to express. After weighing out the rational arguments about the justification of Antigone's actions, the chorus still ends up torn when action has decided to be taken. They tempo...

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... the pressure of Creon, where Haemon felt obligated to comply with his father's civil laws, Haemon felt he could not fully express his love for Antigone. When Haemon discovers Antigone has killed herself, he reveals the intensity of his love for her. The messenger notes, "[Haemon] has won his bride at last, poor boy/not here but in the houses of the dead", which ... further illustrates how Haemon finally, but belatedly, expresses his feelings of love for Antigone (lines 1370-1371). Sadly, Haemon reveals his love when Antigone dies and before sharing a blissful marriage that they both so ...

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... ? Response Family and state have played an important role in Greek culture for a very long time and have been integral parts of the Greek society. The play Antigone, by the Greek playwright Sophocles focuses on the conflict between the protagonist, Antigone and her uncle and king, Creon. This leads to one of the ... others swords and this leads to confusion as to who should take over the throne. Creon, the brother of Oedipus and uncle to Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone and their younger sister, Ismene ascends the throne as he is the nearest surviving kinsman. In his opening address as the...

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... Polynices, she supposes that her life isn't that great to begin with and she would rather die doing what's right for her family than to stay alive and be miserable regretting what she didn't do. Antigone made that clear when she said, "I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory."(112-113.) Creon was ... of the town and no person of the town should go against his rulings and then try to argue with him for their rights. None of this occurs to Antigone because she will die for her family and for what she thinks the Gods believe in. Creon is making the entire city view him as a ty...

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... state versus the individual is far more important than the individual itself leads the lives of Antigone, his son Haemon, and his wife Eurydice to their final resting places. As Creon sentences Antigone to death, he has no sympathy for this poor girl. "This young girl-/dead or alive, she will be stripped of her ... him from money to even her diet (the macaroons) and because she is so sheltered, her perception of the world is romanticized. The leading men in Antigone and A Doll's House have similar characterizations. Both Creon and Helmer are egotistical men, who put too much value on th...

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... of Oedipus. When her brothers Eteocles and Polynices killed one another, Creon, king of Thebes, forbade the rebel Polynices" burial. Antigone disobeyed him, performed the rites, and was condemned to death for what she had done. Now the question arises, "Did Antigone take proper action?". Was it just to go against her Uncle Creon's wishes and go ahead and bury the brother that ... but that does not give anyone the right to create their own laws to live by. Which is why I have to keep my viewpoint that Antigone deserved her penalty because she knew what she was in for if she continued wit...

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... wrong because Eteocles would not give up the thrown to Polyneisces. These are the reasons why King Creon had potential for greatness. The flaw that Creon made by not burying Polyneisces and punishing Antigone makes him the tragic hero. He had just made his new law and was going to follow it. The ... a traitor: crimes kept in the dark arrest Ismene, I accuse her equally."" Creon is saying that Ismene is being charged with the crime also, for what her sister Antigone did. He thinks Ismene should be charged because she knows about what her sister had planned to do, but kept it to herself. H...

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... hubris is first evident when he fails to acknowledge the will of the Gods after finding out Antigone has buried Polyneices. Creon argues with his son Haimon who feels that it is wrong to punish Antigone for she went against the law because of her strong ethics and feels that it is her moral ... does not murder his family physically he does it through his rash decision of killing Antigone due to his need for dominance when his decree that no one is to bury Polyneices is disobeyed. One critic states that "Antigone has her revenge when Creon falls into the infancy of human evolution, back ...

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... struck back against Hector because Hector killed his friend, Patroclus. Achilles could be described as irrational after Patroclus was killed. While he waited for the gods to stop protecting Hector, Achilles savagely killed many other Trojans and eventually killed Hector purely out of vengeance. Achilles did not ... In the play, Antigone, Creon strikes back against Antigone after she breaks a law. Antigone followed natural law and buried her brother, Polynices" body. Creon had decreed it forbidden for anyone to bury Polynices" body; the punishment for this would be death. When Creon found...

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... 's view is "twisted," I do believe that their fate is a direct result of their extreme pride and stubbornness. In this Summary of thoughts, I will examine the opposed views of Antigone, and Creon and, their reasons for their, actions. I will further investigate and explore why I believe that their extreme pride, and stubbornness, ultimately brings them to their tragic fate. Hall 2 I conclude with my thoughts ... her brother his sacred rights. We feel compassion and sympathy towards her, since she is willing to stand for her religious beliefs and risk her life in the process. Their Tragic...

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... serve a high law, the law of the Gods. Creon's laws however, sometimes do not follow divine law, and this is where Antigone's main conflict with Creon occurs. When talking to Ismene, speaking of Creon, she says, "It is not for him to keep me from my own" (54). Anitgone's individualism is shown here, due to the fact that she emerges in her ... treated in this community. Most of the community, due to fear of Creon's harsh ideals, are afraid to share their morals for fear of being in Antigone's place. This can be seen when the Chorus says, commenting on Creon's decision to kill Antigone, "...

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