... Conscience versus Law; Moral or Divine Law versus Human Law. This is one of the most prominent issues because each issue describes the differences in views between Antigone and Creon. The conflict is between the individual and the power of the stat. Another one of the issues is the threat of tyranny throughout the play ... what she holds most sacred. She demonstrates that she couldn't care whatsoever about the laws of man. This is why the two responses of Creon and Antigone would be completely opposite. The clash is the epitome of man vs. the gods. Throughout the play there are plenty o...

• Word Count: 1944
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... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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...

• Word Count: 1387
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... theme is loyalty and the practical problem of conduct involving which is a higher law between the divine laws and those of the humans. Both Antigone and Creon have their own ideas of what is "right" and what is "wrong". This is to say that we should not make assumptions ... feel sympathy toward him, and for always doing what he thought was right, and be loyal to what he thought would farther and protect his kingdom. Antigone possesses the qualities everyone admires. She is defiant, strong-willed, rebellious, brave, loyal, and stubborn. Creon matches these strong qualities with cruelty, au...

• Word Count: 2111
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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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... 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...

• Word Count: 1884
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... considers him a traitor. This means that Polyneisces will go to hell. The God's laws say that if you don't receive a burial, then you go to hell. Antigone, a daughter of Oedipus, cannot live to see her brother die without a proper burial. She goes against the laws of man to follow the God's laws, and ... 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 pride that Creon had influenced h...

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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...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate