... 't normally do. Some people wouldn't defy authority to do what they believe is right. Creon did things that people wouldn't do. I think Sophocles believed a little in both family and authority. But I think he found family more important. Antigone felt strong in her beliefs. She was a brave woman. Creon made a law that no one could bury her brother Polyneices because he fought against ... without his fiancé, so he also committed suicide. Later in the play Creon's wife kills herself. I think that made Creon look at life differently, now that he has no family left. Creon was wrong because ...

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... more important to Sophocles than authority, the play gets complex with Creon, and him wanting to choose authority over his family. Antigone and Haemon also play big roles in demonstrating how they want their family more than anything. Polyneceis and Eteoles were brothers along with Antigone and Ismene. Polyneceis and Eteocles fought in a war for Thebes, the town that Creon the powerful ... Oedipus, and Creon was Oedipus's brother in law. Creon promised to watch and take care of them when Oedipus died. Creon was being an insensitive and insincere family member, choosing his authority ove...

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... that a decree had kept her dear brother from eternal resting. By openly acknowledging that she was breaking the law Antigone proved that family obligation is much more important. Born into the family of Cadmus, Antigone fate was doomed to end in tragedy, and as those who had passed before her she fought each moment ... most severe punishment of all: waking up each morning and looking at the face of a murderer. Antigone's decision to break the law because of the importance of family is visible today in modern day America. Picture this: A daughter passes out and a frantic father takes her p...

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... The Lottery takes place in the 1940's in a small village in America with a few hundred or so brain washed villagers. Through out both stories family is relevant, and cruel deaths occur. Because of these elements within the two stories it is clear as to why and how the perspectives of freedom ... me." (1205) Antigone is very confident that what she believes is the right choice, using her liberty to deny authority for her personal responsibility. Family essentially is meaningless when it comes to The Lottery. After Bill Hutchinson had opened his slip his wife, Mrs. Hutchinson had brought t...

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... Thebes during the ancient Greece. Antigone is the daughter or King Oedipus. Antigone and her sister Ismene, are the last two left carrying the burden of the family curse that has been passed down for a few generations. The text quotations I have chosen for my analysis are lines 487-508. Antigone has been caught ... by stating, "I'd never let any man's arrogance bully me into breaking the God's laws. "(497-498). She is refusing to turn her back onto her family whether that acts they have been committed were good or bad. This to me speaks powerfully about Antigone's personality and charac...

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... sibling love, religious obligations and taking a stand in the social/ political view on women in Athens. Antigone buries her brother simply out of loyalty to her family. Eteocles, they say, has had his burial according to our customary rites, to win him honor with the dead below" () Antigone says. She wishes ... she is aware of him betraying the city (according to Creon), he still deserves a proper burial, as he is her brother. Antigone knows that her family is anything near good; therefore, with her brother trying to invade the city, she still believes that he deserves the respect t...

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... of solitary in a cave by committing suicide while in captivity. The conflict in the play is mainly attributed to tension within Antigone's religion, family loyalty, and gender roles of Thebes; these represent the rigidness and imbalance of life in Greece at the time of Sophocles. At the time ... decision Antigone made to bury her brother, even though it is against Creon's laws. The tragedy shows that Antigone has a profound concern for family with the predominant conflict of the play where she buries her brother even though it was illegal because he is a traitor. Antigone feels a ... d...

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... main character, Antigone, to display his notion of human nature. There are numerous aspects of human nature, although Sophocles chooses to focus mainly on a few of them. Religion, importance of family, and the role of gender are all aspects of human nature that are emphasized throughout this great tragedy. Religion in Greek drama refers to a belief in a polytheistic hierarchy, meaning that ... hand, holds the beliefs of the gods in the highest regards. She feels that the laws of the gods should be obeyed above all other laws, especially in regards to family. These two conflicting viewpo...

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... prophet Teiresias uses his physic power and inform Kreon that if he doesn't swallow his pride and stop abusing his power that death will come to his son and his family will be cursed. Kreon decides to go to the tomb to set free Antigone. Once he arrives at the tomb he learns that Antigone has hung her self. He then ... did he would have realized what a gigantic mistake he was making. In the end we learn one very important thing from this tragedy. We learn that no matter what family comes first. If you alienate your family or sentence them to death then you have nothing. Sure you may hav...

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... and refusing to fight. This greatly resembles Antigone and her bravery. She had to believe in herself, even if she did not have the support of her family. In the beginning of the play, she asks her sister, Ismene, to help her carry out the burial their brother: Antigone: Decide. Will you share ... take all the blame and punishment. It is at this point, very early in the play, that we see Antigone's personal strength and love for her family. She is not angry with her sister for not agreeing to help. She does show that she is disappointed in her for not feeling the same as ... (64). Even...

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... on the field of battle from the others' hands. This alone is a tragedy for Thebes, yet it goes beyond this when the next male figure of the royal family steps into rule: the Uncle. Now Thebes is forced under the leadership of a ruler that should have never been, Kreon. As we progress up the ladder of ... decides, at all cost, she will honor her brother. Antigone turns to Ismene for help and is tragically disappointed when her sister refuses. Feeling betrayed, by what little family she has left, she performs the ceremony and faces the consequences. Antigone then faces a slow agonizing dea...

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... . Antigone, the king's son and the king's wife all commit suicide because of the kings decisions. The kings arrogance did not allow him to see that he was losing his family. In Antigone, the king, Creon can be considered a tragic hero because he meets all the characteristics of a tragic hero that Aristotle defined. In Aristotle's book, "The Poetics," a tragic figure possess ... fulfills the characteristics of a tragic flaw in Antigone. Creon displays arrogance as his tragic flaw in Antigone. Creon's arrogance does not allow him to see that he is pushing his family towards death. Creon is...

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... at the end of Antigone. All the major flaws that Creon develops is the reason for his tragedy. Creon is very cocky and allows power get in the way of family and he forgets the real meaning of being a king. He does not know how to deal with his own conflicts in a hasty manner, so he does what he wants to ... should be honored for wanting to bury her brother. Creon tries to explain to his son about the importance of family honor, but he shows no compassion and accuses Haemon of taking Antigone's side. Creon's stubbornness get in the way of family and the People of Thebes. Creon did not le...

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... which one cannot change his or her outcomes. Creon knowing that his fate of the death of his family is transfixed he still tries to undo the mistakes that got him there. Knowing that his family will die for his mistakes he tries to fix them by trying to free Antigone "I shackled ... he later learns that Antigone had committed suicide. This all spirals into a chain of unfortunate events leading to the death of Haemon and his mother Eurydice. With his family dead creon prays: "take me away, I beg you, out of sight/a rash, indiscriment fool!/ I murdered you, my son, against my will/ you .....

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... for justice. They know what really happens when it comes to who committed crimes and see to it that they are punished. Oedipus killed his father and had a family with his mother and the gods saw to it that he punished for it. I don't think that he blinded and banished himself on his own will, I ... He denies the proper burial of Polyneices because of his acts against the city. Plus, he goes against the will of his own family and winds up causing multiple suicides. In ancient Greece, family and marriage played a major role in the lives of the people as it did in many civilizations. Power i...

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... of each other and they killed each other. Creon denied Polyneices proper burial because he was an enemy and that where this play begins.Fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where we begin this play. Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and ... 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 reads, "My darling sister Ismene, we have had a fine in...

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... of each other and they killed each other. Creon denied Polyneices proper burial because he was an enemy and that where this play begins.Fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where we begin this play. Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and ... 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 reads, "My darling sister Ismene, we have had a fine in...

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... Ismene's assistance in the burial of Polyneices, Antigone states, "And now you can prove what you are:/ A true sister, or a traitor to your family."(Prologue ll. 26-27) Antigone is willing to die for her brother's honor and believes his honor to be more important than her earthly life. Antigone ... considers Ismene a traitor because she is not supporting their family with her refusal to help. Although Ismene supports Antigone's idea, Ismene expresses her initial reluctance to help her sister by claiming, "We are only ... afterlife because Creon wouldn't permit them to be together in life...

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... he will have to go through if he follows through with Antigone's death. Creon will lose his family if he demands the punishment he has ordered for Antigone. Tiresias previously saw what the prophet of Oedipus brought to this family and he was trying to change the next dreadful prophet for Creon. After Tiresias informs Creon of ... not matter to her and she wanted her brother to be buried properly. Creon could not take the disobedience Antigone displayed that he did not remember she was family and understand her beliefs. Creon's craving for someone to be punished for burying Polynices cau...

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... in the play Antigone is talked about by the characters, but never shown. An example of is when Antigone and Ismene are talking about what has happened to their family. Ismene says, " Third, out two brothers, on a single day, poor wretches, themselves worked out their mutual doom. Each killed each other, hand against brother's ... . Her fatal flaw is all the lies she tells. In the end she gets taken to a mental institute and loses the love and respect of family and friends. The seventh quality of a Greek Tragedy is that all parts are played by men. This quality is true in the plays Antigo...

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... of each other and they killed each other. Creon denied Polyneices proper burial because he was an enemy and that where this play begins.Fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where we begin this play. Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and ... 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 reads, "My darling sister Ismene, we have had a fine in...

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... the rules that they set forth. She feels that the laws of the gods should be obeyed above all others, especially in respect to family. The bold, defiant character of Antigone clearly clashed with the patriarchal dominance of Creon. This collision between characters gave rise to conflict and the ... and Antigone's clashing views, and the passage of patriarchal society from Creon to Haemon. The denial to bury Polynices strikes directly at Antigone's family loyalty. This enormous sense of loyalty makes her simultaneously violate and omit to the duty of women at the time. It is precisely th...

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... conflict between morality and politics because Creon does not bear in mind that many others feel condemning Antigone is performing a moral injustice. Creon's family, advisors, and the people want him to forgive Antigone for her actions, but Creon insists that this would undermine his power in the eyes ... of the people. He wishes to use Polyneices as an example that he is just and will not bend the rules in the case of family members. Even when receiving counsel from his most trusted friend, Tiresias, Creon lashes out critically, "I have a lot of experience with soothsayers. ... unfaili...

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... both get in a fight with Teiresias because they believe that he is not telling them the truth about his prophecies. Also, at the end of each story many of their family members are killed because they did not believe this. Kreon and Oedipus seem to have the same attitude towards their crown. This is what leads to their downfall In the ... commits suicide; Oedipus gouges his eyes, and goes into exile. This was the penalty for the one who killed the former king. In the conclusion of Antigone, many of Kreon's family are killed. His wife commits suicide, as does his son. We learn that his ot...

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... , a woman who holds the beliefs of the Gods in high reverence and feels that the laws of the Gods should be obey above all others, especially when in respect to family. In the first part of Kierkegaard's quote, he states that a tyrant's reign dies with him. Creon portrays the part of the tyrant very well. He enforces his laws very strictly ... die; she is buried alive in the cave in a sense. The people of Thebes are astounded at the fact that Creon would even conceive of such horrible punishment to family. Antigone act upon family honor, which is understandable. Many people would do the ...

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