... of a fierce father, she doesn't know how to bend with the wind" (ll. 484-485). Though Antigone boldly stands up for her beliefs, her stubbornness is ultimately the reason for her death. Antigone's disregard of her sister's pleading, and her inability to yield to Creon's law, are direct results of her obstinacy ... Creon is too prideful and stubborn to listen. By the time he finally relinquishes his pride, sees the error of his ways, and decides to spare Antigone, it is too late. Creon's pride causes him to lose his entire family. The loss of Creon's family leads him to be hopeless and .....

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... defies her Uncle Creon and also becomes feminist, she then becomes a hero basically. Creon, is the king and trying to control Antigone and sees everything as man has the say so. Antigone becomes a criminal by burying her brother Policies, after the state told her she couldn't bury him because he fought for the ... 60). Her sister Ismene behaves like societies image of women are suppose to be, "Then too, we"re underlings, ruled by much stronger hands," (75). Antigone behaves nothing like a model woman in these times. Ismene on the other hand is afraid to be defiant and sees herself as lowe...

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... Freedom of religion was encouraged in city-states. These new ideals, though good in intentions, often conflicted with each other creating complex moral dilemmas. Antigone and Creon battle an idealistic war illustrating the conflict existing in the Greek ideals. They both based their actions on their beliefs of what is ... her. She never once regrets burying her brother, which makes her character admirable. This open threat still has no effect on Creon's decision towards Antigone's punishment. Though he recalls his promise to the people, it seems as if he is completey blinded by his love f...

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... , in the same way, feels that an act of mercy will undermine his image as a stern and unyielding ruler. Similar to their stubbornness is Antigone and Creon's second shared attribute; excessive pride. This motif is ubiquitous throughout this great work of Sophocles and is also fundamental in many other Greek ... by the cowardly dissent of one of Polyneices" puny sympathizers. In a daring act of pride, Creon defies the gods and has Polyneices" body defiled. Antigone, mirroring Creon's conceited character, drifts away from the image of the grieving sister who wishes to honor her brother to...

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... their brother Polyneices, despite Creons decree that no one is to bury Polyneices. Ismene is committed to yielding to authority thus abides by the decree of Creon however, Antigone is committed to going against the King, " But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall ... error in judgement for which there is no escape and has a dramatic effect upon the audience. "The only crime is pride...(35) states Teriesis in Antigone Scene 5. This statement is directed toward Creon and demonstrates the supreme error in judgement which leads to the death of his son Ha...

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... fourth wall and offering to the audience both a summation of the theme of the play and the lesson to be learned from the tragedy's of both Antigone and Creon. Choragos states: There is no happiness where there is no wisdom: No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always ... And proud men in old age learn to be wise. Pride was a major cause for the down fall of both Creon and Antigone as well as the protagonist of Sophocles prequal to Antigone, Oedipus. Choragos mentions pride but he is sure to first put the lesson of the play, which is that you can't ... uses but was mostl...

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... tear, an obscenity for the citizens to behold!-(1272) In getting his new powers Creon decides to make a decree that will not allow the brother of Antigone to be buried, and if someone does bury him then that person will be killed. This goes against the beliefs of most of the people in the ... kill another.""(1287) Haemon reveals to the his father that if he continues with killing his wife to be he will flee his presence and kill himself for his love Antigone. In the end Creon realizes that his pride has lead to the destruction of his life and his kingdom. " I know it myself- I'm shaken...

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... tear, an obscenity for the citizens to behold!-(1272) In getting his new powers Creon decides to make a decree that will not allow the brother of Antigone to be buried, and if someone does bury him then that person will be killed. This goes against the beliefs of most of the people in the ... kill another.""(1287) Haemon reveals to the his father that if he continues with killing his wife to be he will flee his presence and kill himself for his love Antigone. In the end Creon realizes that his pride has lead to the destruction of his life and his kingdom. " I know it myself- I'm shaken...

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... paid in full with mighty blows of fate, and at long last those blows will teach us wisdom." Illustrated in this final quote of Antigone, the underlying theme for this tragedy is that excessive pride leads to a gain of knowledge and inevitably sorrow. Enforcing this idea is the relationship ... bride?" In reality, Creon is so absorbed in his own interests and pride, he would never appear inferior to a woman even if it meant killing Antigone, Haemon's bride, by closing her in a stone tomb to die. Haemon's support and respect towards his father is highlighted in the quote "No marriage ... ...

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... King Creon says that burying Polynices was illegal and punishable with death. He calls Polynices a traitor to Thebes because he had fought on the opposite side. Yet, Antigone loves her brother dearly and did indeed bury him. She did not deny anything saying that, "even if I die in the act, that death will be a ... glory- (63). When Creon found out Antigone had buried Polynices, he sentenced her to death. Creon was so convinced that a traitor must not have a proper burial that nothing would change his mind. ... His pride would not let him see reason, that all Antigone wants is a burial ...

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... hero is someone who is not completely good or completely bad, someone who falls from tremendous good and recognizes their tragic flaw. In these three ways Antigone was the tragic heroine. There are many ways Antigone proves she is a good person, such as when she wants to bury her brother, Polyneices," But Polyneices who fought as bravely and died as miserably- (693 ... sister Ismene. "And now you can prove what you are: a true sister, or a traitor to your family" (693). And that is why she is neither good nor bad. Pride brought Antigone down throughout the play. For instance when she ac...

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... a noble background, which she lost as a direct action to her pride. Her punishment is exceeding in which she is sealed to die for the pride she shows. Antigone's pride is a great thing that leads her to death. She shows this pride by first burying her brother, Eteocles, after her uncle and king Creon made specific ... burial. Although she knows that she will die from this crime she confesses to it, even when she had the chance to deny her crime and walk. Antigone knew she was going to die and never cried over this fate because of her pride. Her pride made her do many heroic things that t...

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... Thebes, not knowing it was his father and then took over Thebes. He married Iocaste, queen of Thebes (his mother), and had four children; one was a girl named Antigone. When Oedipus had figured out who he was and what he had done he moved away and cut out his eyes. Iocaste's cousin, Creon, had taken over as king of ... all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and he cut out his eyes. Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. Antigone's fate was to die trying to honor her dead brother and be loyal her family. In the first paragraph of the play it r...

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... pride is so great in fact, that he can't even be swayed by his son Haimon. Haimon asks his father to take his advice and not have Antigone executed, but, because of Kreon's stubbornness for the law of the state, Kreone gets furious and makes the situation worse then it already was. He was ... way too proud to take advice from someone younger, and in his anger he decided to kill Antigone right away in front of Haimon's eyes. ""Just understand: You don't insult me and go off laughing. Bring her here! Let him see her. Kill ... but that does not give anyone the right to create their own la...

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... Thebes, not knowing it was his father and then took over Thebes. He married Iocaste, queen of Thebes (his mother), and had four children; one was a girl named Antigone. When Oedipus had figured out who he was and what he had done he moved away and cut out his eyes. Iocaste's cousin, Creon, had taken over as king of ... all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and he cut out his eyes. Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. Antigone's fate was to die trying to honor her dead brother and be loyal her family. In the first paragraph of the play it r...

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... Thebes, not knowing it was his father and then took over Thebes. He married Iocaste, queen of Thebes (his mother), and had four children; one was a girl named Antigone. When Oedipus had figured out who he was and what he had done he moved away and cut out his eyes. Iocaste's cousin, Creon, had taken over as king of ... all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and he cut out his eyes. Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. Antigone's fate was to die trying to honor her dead brother and be loyal her family. In the first paragraph of the play it r...

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... women were given the same opportunities in the work field. It hurt their pride to know that a woman was capable of matching his skills in his field of profession. In Antigone Creon said "better to fall from power, if we must, by a man's hand; then we could not be called weaker than a woman." This whole quote has to do with pride ... doing things. It wasn't considered lady-like to go beyond the set boundaries that come with being a woman and the thought of crossing them was almost never heard of. In Antigone, Antigone stepped over those boundaries, went against the king's word, and broke...

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List some reasons you think Creon should or should not of changed his mind. If he would have changed his mind about Antigone, people might have look at him different. Although if he did not change his mind he would make everyone afraid of breaking the law or disrespecting him. I believe Creon should ... not have changed his mind because he was establishing a sense of order in the city, by setting an example. He is filling people with fear through Antigone to make people think twice about breaking the law. This, to me, is setting a sense of respect and honor. Although I do believe he went a li...

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... ? How can I ever hope to win his trust? I wronged him so, just now in every way. You must see that - I was so wrong, so wrong" (1554-1557). In the tragedy Antigone, by Sophocles, Creon was also humbled after he faced a tragedy. Creon was presented in Oedipus the King as a humble person. After he became the ruler of Thebes, Creon became proud ... ...

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The given quote that a good man tries to fix his mistakes and that having too much pride is bad is very true. If one can’t concede he made a mistake, he isn’t being honest with himself. There are many examples of this throughout literature. One great example is the story of Oedipus Rex. In the play written by Sophocles, Oedipus is a king who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. At the beginning of the story, he refused to believe a blind prophet who told Oedipus that he had married his mother and killed his father. He was too filled with pride thinking he was very gr...

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