... 's son, Haemon, he sentences her to be put in a cave without any food or water and let the gods decide what to do with her. He was warned by a blind prophet not to do this, but he chooses to anyway, which eventually left him with a dead son, a dead wife, and self-imposed exile. Antigone had good reasons for her actions. She did obey ... the rules of her gods, which were that any dead body must be given a proper burial, with some limitations. This would prevent the soul from being lost between worlds forever, along with wine as an ... offering to the gods. However, Antigone could not let...

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... fall; he must try to resolve a conflict but ends up failing. The play Antigone by Sophocles makes it hard for the readers to decide who is the tragic hero. Creon best fits in with the definition of a tragic hero. The things he say's does and the comments made by those around him show he is the tragic hero. Creon's main tragic flaw was his pride and his ... wife. Creon degrades women he thinks men are superior. Since Antigone stood up for her self his ego is hurt. "Go down below and love, if love you must - love the dead! While I"m alive, no woman is going to lord it over me" (1057). Tha...

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... ; we are women; it is not for us to fight against men; our rulers are stronger than we, and we must obey in this, or in worse than this. May the dead forgive me, I can do no other but as I am commanded; to do more is madness."" Ismene p. 128 Ismene hears that Antigone has been caught burying their brother, and ... 's mother died by hanging her self by her girdle. Haemon approaches Antigone's dead body, draws a dagger, and stabs himself. Creon's wife, Eurydice, who's only purpose in the show is to cause Creon more grief, hears that her son is dead, and retreats to her room. The groups of f...

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... 's plan to bury her brother in the prologue. She confides to Ismene that she knows of Creon's edict, but that she intends to defy it. At Ismene's protest of not defying the king's orders, Antigone states that there are higher obligations to the dead and the gods. She points out (lines85-91 ... ): "I will bury him myself, and even if I die in the act, the death will be glory. I will Hall 3 lie down with the one I love. I have longer to please the dead than please the living here: in the ... kingdom down below I will lie forever. Do as you like, dishonor the laws the gods hold in honor." A...

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... to her family: "Why not? Our own brothers' burial! Hasn't Creon graced one with all the rites, disgraced the other? Eteocles, they say, has been given full military honors, rightly so-Creon has laid him in the earth and he goes with glory down among the dead. But the body of Polynices, who died miserably- why, a city-wide proclamation, rumor has it, forbids anyone to ... bury him, even mourn him. He's to be left unwept, unburied, a lovely treasure for birds that scan the field and feast to their heart's content. Antigone recognizes ... and suffering. It is interesting how Sophocles has...

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... resistance to Blanche makes sense, due to her habits. Ismene, although innocent, steps up and stands by Antigone, against the man she feared to disobey in the beginning of, "The Burial at Thebes," When Creon, their uncle and ruler of Thebes, declares Antigone's death penalty, he also brings in Ismene ... pleads, "Antigone, don't rob me of all honour. Let me die with you and act right by the dead," (p. 35). Antigone objects to her sister's lie, for being part of the deed. Although Haemon, Antigone's husband to be, later mentions Thebes supporting Antigone. Ismene must have been aware of ...

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... first looked at him. The stubbornness and cruelty he gives to the land of Thebes makes him be feared and he feels as if he has the right word of everything. The sentencing of Antigone brings the first appearance of Creons tragic flaw. Antigone wants to bury his dead brother Polynices, but Creon ... opposes. Polynices wasnt allowed to receive a proper funeral like his brother Eteocles did because in the war only his brother fought ... for Creon. Antigone saw this as an unfair statement, therefore she picks up the body off the ground and buries his ... found out about this and put her in...

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... upright. Sophocles achieve this by giving her the principles of right and wrong behavior. Throughout the play, Antigone makes it obvious that she thinks little of Creon, since he is putting himself above the law of the Gods. Antigone mentions, " I have longer to please the dead than please the living here do as you like to dishonor the laws of the gods hold in honor" (88-92 ... ). Antigone is convinced that no punishment Creon could offer would be worse than what the Gods would do if she does not bury her ... . This is directed towards Antigone, a woman, who bravely risks her life for th...

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... his great plays. He basically invented the third character. Not many of his plays can be accurately dated. (A short summary of the play follows.) Antigone Polyneices and Eteocles have been killed in battle. Creon decided that Eteocles will be honored and Polyneices will not be buried. Antigone and Ismene are the sisters of the dead brothers, and they are now the last children of Oedipus. Antigone ... brings Ismene outside the city gates late at night for a secret meeting. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices' body, and Ismene refuses to help her. She fears ... the death penalty, and she t...

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... 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 to the dead. Page.140. Women were to remain indoors to superintend ... the servants who worked indoors 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 ...

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... take place when it came to drawing the slips from the black box and starting the process of The Lottery. "There was proper swearing-in of Mr. Summers by the postmaster, as the official of The Lottery"(248) Although conducting The Lottery was believe to bring a better crop the villagers did not take into consideration ... and shall be, operative for ever, beyond man utterly." (Sophocles 1213) She firmly believe that was she has done is the right thing and is willing to face the death penalty. Antigone made a rational decision to bury while talking to her sister Ismene, who wants nothing t...

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... a law. Though both followed a certain guideline, Antigone broke the law only caring about herself while Snowden broke the law for the people of the U.S.A. Antigone and Snowden both outline their reasons to break the law but pertain to specific things and circumstances. Antigone says, "It is no shame to pay respect to our own flesh and blood. The dead clay makes no protest. " (Sophocles 20) She explains ... that whether or not a family member committed horrible deeds, they have the right to be buried to follow divine law. In Snowden ... 's case he explains that he broke the law to help b...

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... interferes with his body shall be punished. This is where the conflict begins. Thus the theme of this play becomes the priority of unwritten law. The question is whether duties to the gods are more essential then obedience of the state and law. Creon calls the rotting of Polyneices' body an "obscenity- because he believes that burial of the dead is a necessity of human law and not of a citizen ... . . There is no compromise between the two - both believe in the absolute truth ... of their obedience. Antigone believes that the unwritten and natural law supercedes any form of human writte...

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... not to do this, but he chooses to anyway, leaving him with a dead son, a dead wife, and self-imposed exile. Antigone had good reasons for her actions. She did obey the rules of her gods, which were that any dead body must be given a proper burial, with libatations. This would prevent the soul from being lost between worlds forever, along with wine as an offering ... to the gods (page 518- side note). Nor could Antigone let Creon's edicts go against ... what a king had decided was right, which she contravened. Why condemn somebody who stood up for what they believed in and is now dead f...

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... pushes her to make many choices throughout the novel, such as disobeying Creon's decree in order to follow the laws of the gods. The grim reaper represents Antigone's welcoming of death and her respect for the dead overpowering her respect for the living. She states that she must please the dead far long than she must please the living. Antigone is not swayed by the sacrifice of her own life to ... deed done out of loyalty to divine law brings me pride, for I must please the dead far longer than I must please the living. I could never think that a decree of Creon's could override the la...

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... own fate. Creon is a perfect example. Creon's first error occurs when he announces that "whoever shows by word and deed that he is on the side of the state (whoever buries Polyneices) shall have my reverence when he is dead." (756). He has merit to make such a law because he thinks Polyneices is a traitor. However, he must recognize that if someone defies his ... his son, Haemon. Haemon begs his father not to kill Antigone, and even hints that he may commit suicide if the act is taken out. Creon ignores Haemon and finds himself responsible for his own suffering and sadness after his son...

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... told his father, Creon, defending Antigone's stand for burring Polyneceis. Antigone was Haemon's true love. Haemon committed suicide once he lost Antigone. Though Antigone wasn't the only thing Haemon had lost, he felt he was loosing his father. Creon had big business to do with Haemon suicide because Creon was nothing but an unconcerned ... that Creon was a very close minded person who though his ways were the only right way to think and do things. Haemon felt lonely, as if he didn't have anything else to live for since the woman he loved was dead and the only parent he had was indiscree...

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... to see..."(pg 387/lines 163-168). Creon announces that he will bury Eteocles for gallantly fighting defending the city of Thebes "...I am determined that never, if I can help it, shall evil triumph over good. Alive or dead, the faithful servant of his country shall be rewarded." (pg.387/lines.169-172). During Creon's speech ... ones gone. Just like that she screamed, seeing the body naked, crying and cursing the ones that had done it. Then she picks up the dry earth in her hand, and pouring out of a fine bronze urn she's brought she makes her offering three times to the dead. Soon as we ...

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... 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 image and can feel the pain and remorse of the dead son even as he struggles to stay alive when ... he is dead. Symbolism is also widely used throughout the play. When the sentry brings Antigone to Creon, he compares Antigone to "a mother bird come back to ... a stripped nest, bitterly crying a broken ...

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... of his two daughters, Antigone and Isemene, of how their two brothers died. After Oedipus is dead, Polyneices and Eteocles battle each other for the thrown. They are both killed in battle. The next in line for the thrown is Creon. Once he is king, he gives a proud and proper burial to Eteocles, but puts out an order to everyone in Thebes that no ... to set Antigone free. What he doesn't know is Antigone has already taken her life, and a curse has been set upon him from the gods Hecate and Pluto: two frearful divinities- the goddess of witchcraft and sorcery, and the King of Hades, the u...

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... 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 for her at all. She was the child of incestuous parents and her mother is now dead and her father is banished. The only thing left to her is her siblings and her two brothers ... that he killed himself. Creon's wife, Eurydice, was so devastated that her son was now dead, had committed suicide. Creon was so sad that his pride had caused the death of his family. It seems a little ironic that Creon punished Antigone fo...

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... and Antigone and Haemon go to their deaths" (13, Watling). With the death of Antigone, Creon's son, Haemon, decides to die with his lover, Antigone. With the horrible news of Haemon's death, Creon's wife decides to die as well. MESSENGER: She is dead---your wife, the mother of him that is dead---The death-wound fresh in her heart. Alas, poor lady! CREON: Insatiable Death ... . Wilt thou destroy me yet? What say you, teller of evil? I am already dead, and is there more? Blood upon blood? More death? My wife? (16, Watling) Creon ... started a chain-reaction of deaths; Antigone dies, then ...

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... that Antigone's brother, Eteocles, who died for his country will be buried with full honors. While the other brother, Polyneices, who supposedly betrayed his country will be left out to rot, a great sign of disrespect to the dead for his soul will not depart to the afterlife, but wander the earth as a lost soul. After Creon declares that Polyneices will not be buried, Antigone sets ... out and buries her brother, believing that she will not be punished for the laws of God are greater than those of man. When Creon ... what more do you want more than my death? Creon: Nothing that gives m...

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... taking an evil wife. Haemon not only kills himself to be with his love but also for the love and respect of his father. Haemon's love for Antigone caused him to commit suicide when he found her dead body. Creon's wife's love for Haemon made her kill herself when she found out about his ... over every instant in his life. Othello loves Desdemona deeply, but he lets his possessive love take away everything he feels for Desdemona. Othello lets even the slightest hint of infidelity to destabilize his faith in his wife. Othello allows all of Iago's lies to get to him and ends up murdering his...

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The Significance of Divine Law - Does it Provide Justification for Crimes against the State? The importance of divine law versus the adherence to the laws of the state is a major theme explored throughout the play, Antigone. Creon (the king of Thebes) denounces Polyneices (Antigone's dead brother) as a traitor, for he battled against his own city in a war. He has left the dead body of Polyneices unburied and out in the ... open as carrion. The king then says that ... anyone who tries to give Polyneices a proper burial will be stoned to death. Antigone, inspired by divine law, makes the decis...

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