... be given 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 ... 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 her to live in the cave with misery ... Chorus...

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... 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 ... the 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 closure while Snowden's reasoning focuses on helping the gen...

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... "I now possess the throne and all its powers, by nearess of kinship to the dead."" (Oates/ O'Neill, 193) Creon held the belief that of Antigone's two brothers, Eteocles should have rightfully taken control of the throne, because he felt that her other brother, Polynices, had been disloyal to the city of ... about his decision to put his niece to death, and rob his son of a wife, he is internally hurt because everyone is siding with Antigone and Haemon. He asks repeatedly if it is right that people have say in the actions taken by their government. Sophocles makes it inconspicuously know...

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... attractive- (121). He is a little pompous and too eager to justify himself. For instance, Creon's true nature appears when the guard comes to tell him that Antigone plans to bury her: CREON: - I have no use for him, either. I call god to witness that if I saw my country headed for ruin, I ... true affection between them. They are farther apart in feeling than family ties would dictate. Haimon's words may be motivated by anger over Creon's edict about Antigone, but Haimon's first words are conciliatory. "I am your son, father. You are my guide. You make things clear for me, and I obey you...

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... believes that the government sets the laws and they are not to be broken under any circumstances. After Creon announced that Polynices was not to be buried, Antigone knew that Creon was being unfair and she didn't want to risk her integrity by allowing her brother's corpse to rot so she decided to go through ... with it. I realized that Antigone would rather be caught burying her brother and sentenced to death than living in regret for the rest of her life because she wasn't loyal to her ... dead, had committed suicide. Creon was so sad that his pride had caused the death of his famil...

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... death of the young couple corrupts the motif of their ideal marriage. The formal elements identified above convey the tone of pathos toward Antigone and Haemon because Creon's ruling leads the innocent young couple to commit suicide without experiencing their strong dream to marry, thus conveying the ... thus conveying the pathetic tone. The sparagmos imagery of the young couple's death, further exemplifies the tone of pathos within the passage. Not only does Antigone commit suicide, but Haemon, "doomed, [and] desperate with himself", also takes his life by, "by leaning his full weight ...

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... 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 ... as critical to proper moral consideration as reason. This explains why he does not respond accordingly with the reasoning of the guard, Tiresias the prophet, Antigone, her sister Ismene, or even his own son Haemon. Throughout the whole play, Creon emphasizes the importance of practical j...

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... those characters nobler and somehow benefits humanity. Out of 100 plays of Sophocles, only seven of them have been reminded until now. Among those plays, Antigone is a play about the struggle between state and family. It is Creon's nobility, tragic flaw, his downfall, and his great loss that bring him ... a man'shand; then we should not be called weaker than a woman." Creon displays his negative attitude toward women when he tells the guards to watch Antigone and Ismene carefully, "For they are but women, and even brave men run When they see death coming." (Scene II 164-165) Being challe...

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... is right, and who is wrong, and whether or not their views are in fact twisted. The Truth, The Reasons, Their Actions The views of Antigone and Creon are opposed, and they both possess the same stubborn belief in their own rightousness. At first we believe that Creon acts from sincere , ... a higher law. She believes that she is acting according to her religious duty and that she cannot dishonor the laws the gods have established. Here Antigone appears to be a selfless and compassionate individual, willing to risk her life in order to provide her brother his sacred rights. We feel compas...

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... again he physically blinds himself. The story of Oedipus then continues as the blind man, who was exiled from Thebes, is lead by his loyal daughter Antigone to Athens and to his death in the next of Sophocles" three Theban plays, Oedipus at Colonus. This play delivers many messages in the same ... should never judge another by rumors or by his appearance. When the people of Athens (the chorus) first see Oedipus they pity him and his daughter Antigone, who has lead him throughout the country since his exile from Thebes. However, when they discover Oedipus" true identity they are scandaliz...

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... is not arrogant, or does not insist in its own way, it is a celebration of what is right, true love never ends. In the plays Othello, Antigone, and Romeo and Juliet, love leads to the downfall of each of the tragic heroes. The characters excessive love leads them to the end of their own lives ... . His bride is being sentenced to death because she disobeys Creon's orders by burying Polynices" body. Haemon tries to spare Antigone's life by pleading with his father. Haemon is so in love with Antigone that he threatens to die with her. "The city mourns for this girl; they think she is dying...

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