... being a wife. Women were transferred from husband to husband. Men were scared that it could bring in outsiders, and mess up the preservation of their property. In the Sophocles, women were treated with no respect. Women couldn't express their opinions on how the world should be. "We"ll have no woman's law here, while I live." Creon said when Antigone thought we all had a duty ... and to receive the incoming. They were to manage the household. In today's times women who manage the household were called homemakers. Also in the Sophocles tragedy women were to keep quiet and to obey there k...

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... me either slay or be slain." (Pg 265) This statement is an example of arete that all of the men had. It was a manly attitude; they would rather be killed than to back away from a fight. Agamemnon is the king of Mycenae and commander-in-chief of the Achaean army. He's not nearly as strong as Achilles but he ... 3) He is so set in his ways and so prideful that even though Apollo plagued him and his people he would not give up. He returned Chryses to her father, but instead he asked Achilles for a replacement and that he wouldn't rest until he gets another woman by his side, this was how a...

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... sits about palace. The Chorus descends from the top of the staircase and introduces the players to the audience. It begins with Antigone, explaining that she is about to "burst forth as the tense, sallow, willful girl" who will rise up alone against the king and die young. With the rise of the curtain, she began to feel the inhuman forces drawing her from the world of those who watch ... card-playing guards . They are common policemen, bothered by the worries of the day-to-day, eternally innocent, indifferent, and prepared to arrest anyone under any leader. The Chorus then recounts the ...

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The play "Antigone" is a tragedy of Greek Mythology. This story is about a young girl named Antigone and her struggles with a king named Creon, who is the newly titled King of Thebes. Antigone is a daughter of the former king Oedipus. Oedipus was not raised by his original parents, so when he is a man he unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. They had four children together; Antigone, Isemene, Polyneices, and Eteocles. When Oedipus ... his own eyes, and laid himself down to die. "Antigone" is the recollection of his two daughters, Antigone and Isemene, of how their two brother...

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... darling sister Ismene, we have had a fine inheritance from Oedipus. God has gone through the whole range of sufferings and piled them all on us, -grief upon grief, humiliation upon humiliation"(1042). This just shows how terrible fate has treated the family of Oedipus. Creon has a different fate, one that he brought upon himself but it is much more dour than anyone else's. Creon's fate was ... to lose all of all of his family and the rest of his life knowing it was his entire fault because of ... excused for her actions, she still lost her own life and the lives of people close to her ...

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... it. Creon relies on Tiresias to help make the decisions of Thebes. Tiresias was the one who told Oedipus of his prophet only because Oedipus insisted. Once Oedipus was banished from Thebes, Creon took over as King. Tiresias is Creon's advisor and has been ever since he became ruler of Thebes. Creon usually follows the words of Tiresias, except when Tiresias is requesting Creon to save Antigone. Creon tells ... prophet if Antigone dies. Creon will bring tragedy to his life. Tiresias explains, "All men make mistakes, it is only human. Stubbornness brands you for stupidity "pride is a crim...

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... he deems would be able to help him. Sophocles even lets readers know a little before how "dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong," symbolizing how despite Creon's role as king, this does not make him perfect (Scene I). Creon is human and will make mistakes, the real mistake is when he knows it is wrong but is too blinded by himself to fix it. His own hubris ... listen to Antigone, with his argument being "an enemy is an enemy, even dead," which he is only saying so he does not have to confront the truth being that he made a mistake (Scene II). The only person who Creon deems w...

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... spirit of kinship we feel with Antigone. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus. After her father went into exile, she and her sister were raised by Creon. Her brothers Polynices and Eteocles died while fighting in war, against each other. They were both equally to blame for the war. Then Creon became king. He declared that Eteocles will have an honorable burial and that Polynices ... ' body will be left to rot outside the city walls ... ? Probably not - Antigone was her stepdaughter while Haemon was her beloved son. Also, this Greek tragedy includes comedy, drama, action and horror - where...

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... birds. In Haimon's speech, imagery is also conveyed. When he talks about how the trees get uprooted during flood time, the reader can picture heavy rain and wind tearing through the earth, and trees getting deracinated. Also, Teiresias says, "Our hearths and altars are stained with the corruption of dogs and carrion birds that glut themselves on the corpse of Oedipus' son"" (231). The reader can firmly picture this ... "" (207). This statement is an ideal definition that describes the task Antigone did. There is a feeling of loss and also pain, coming from the fact that the mother failed...

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AP ONE SHEET- Antigone 1. The title of the play is Antigone. 2. The author is Sophocles. The book was written and performed in the late 440s BC 3. The country of the author is Colonus, which is a part of Athens. 4. Major Characters Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, late king of Thebes. Antigone is a static character. Her feelings throughout the drama never change. She always believed that people should be given the proper burial services. If it meant putting her ... imagery helps the reader understand how long the body of Polynices has been left unburied. The people think that it ...

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