... that every leader should possess. Unfortunately, Creon got so absorbed in his power and trying to restore order in the kingdom that he neglected about his family duties. This leads to many conflicts with various characters over the course of the play and also leads to the degeneration of Creons character. The play ... a very narrow-minded human being, for whom his country would always be first. His views were that even if it means protecting himself or protecting his family, a king should first think about the state and the best policies for it rather than try to save his loved ones. A...

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... dealings with an enemy of people. No one values friendship more highly than I (926). Antigone defends her brother Polynices because he was a part of her family. But it is this loyalty that makes her disloyal to her king, Creon. The guard is frightened for his life. Creon gets angry with him. According to ... mean. He thinks that Polynices should not be buried because he was a traitor to king Creon of Thebes. Loyalty to the state should be held above family loyalty.. In Scene III, we see a contrast between Creon and his son Haimon. Their words illustrate the lack of true affection between...

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... used in the play is used mainly to advance its theme of idealism versus reality. The metaphors illustrate the play's portrayal of economic struggle and family instability. Furthermore, they can be classified "what if" metaphors and "what is" metaphors. A "what if" metaphor addresses the idealistic lives of ... a symbol of Willy as a bad father and husband. The name Loman or "Low-Man" is metaphoric in that it describes and isolates the family at a low level social class. The metaphoric language helps to distinguish the line between reality and idealism, which is so often distorted. It let...

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... from affirmative to antagonistic. In the beginning of the play Antigone and Creon have conflicting point of views. Antigone believes no law is justifiable where family is prohibited from helping each other and Creon believes that the government sets the laws and they are not to be broken under any circumstances. ... affirmatively at this point in the play because he is the King and in charge of everything and he has what he believes is a happy family and they are all living together in the palace. The situation involving Antigone couldn't make Creon change his view because he thinks wha...

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... pitiable when he is led to punishing Antigone due to his need for dominance, causing a chain reaction of events, which leads to the loss of his entire family. The Choragus is the first to evoke the feeling of pity for Creon from the audience when he says, "But here is the King himself: oh ... with pity at what takes place" " (Poetics 212). Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero seems to have been created for a vulnerable Creon who has lost his family and his condemned to hell due to a mistake he makes but does not realize until it is too late. Creon's anguish can be felt when he says "L...

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... is the "right" law, and if Creon and Antigone's acts are justifiable or not. The first major theme of fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where they were when the play began. Fate is why Oedipus winds up killing his own father and eventually ended up marrying his own mother ... opposite sides during the war. Antigone's ultimate fate was to die trying to honor her dead brother and show loyalty what is most important to her, her family. In the first paragraph of the play it reads, "My darling sister Ismene, we have had a fine inheritance from Oedipus. God has gone through the ... ...

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... we must, / at the hands of a man - never be rated /inferior to a woman, never." (759-761) Creon's ideas of gender role lead his family and himself to unfortunate disaster. Although Creon believes himself to be an exceptional ruler and a superior being over women, his beliefs affect the lives of many in Antigone. ... society, one who seems to fit well in the middle-class mold. He has built his middle-class living through his own work and not from family money. Focused on business, Torvald spends a great deal of his time at home in his study, avoiding general visitors and interacting very l...

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... the traditional patriarchal perceptions that our society is based upon. Throughout the history of humanity, men have taken precedence over women, acting as the head of the family, the hero in battle, and the leader of nations. Consequently, women have been diminished to the role of housekeeping, taking care of the kids, and preparing ... quot;O tomb, my bridal-bed-my house, my prison cut in the hollow rock, my everlasting watch! I'll soon be there, soon embrace my own, the great growing family of our dead my arrival may be dear to father, dear to you, my mother, dear to you, my loving br...

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... with his excitement and joy that Clytemnestra starts to ponder whether or not to go through with the killing Agamemnon and causing pain to her children and family. As Agamemnon arrives at the port, he is greeted by Orestes and Electra who are both excited to welcome their father who is now a hero ... not to tell his father about the rumors that Aegisthus and his mother have been having an illicit relationship. He does so believing and hoping that his family can live and stay together. During this the chorus are talking to each other again about if Agamemnon finds out that his wife has b...

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... losing his kingdom and his wife and mother, and becoming a blind, wandering outcast for the rest of his life. Jason in Euripides's Medea deserts his family for a new marriage which he hopes will further his station, but his old wife kills his new wife and his children, ending his hopes for a ... an individual's weakness and subsequent downfall supports the Greek's democratic system, where no individual becomes too powerful. Agamemnon is a great warrior, but not a great family man. On his way to the Trojan war, he sacrificed his daughter to the gods so that his ships would be able to ar...

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... ultimately ruins their lives. Keller ships out the cracked engine heads because his factory would bankrupt otherwise. He wanted money, a house, and a good, wealthy life for his family. His intentions are good, but he is wrong putting others at risk for his own prosperity. "Chris, I did it for you, it was a chance and I ... bad deed. Keller ships out cracked plane and refuses to admit to his mistake because he is too conceited to do it in front of his family. Since he's the father, he felt he had more wisdom because of his age. As for Creon, he cannot not put his pride down ... eventua...

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... and gives her brother the proper ceremony for a dead soldier. By carrying through with her beliefs, Antigone not only shows her strength and courage, but also her commitment to her family. Family is very important to Antigone, especially since the death of her mother and father. And now that her two brothers are dead, all that is left is her sister. "Sister ... , remember what happened to our father! Think about the fact that we"re all that's left of our family." The fact that Antigone is now alone with her sister only makes her desire to honor her family even stronger. She has a very pa...

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... politician and dramatist, born in 496 B.C., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. Both dramas include Creon as a character and involve the same royal family. Although Antigone was written before Oedipus the King, the generations involved in Oedipus the King precede the ones in Antigone. In Oedipus the King, ... dramas. Because of a desire for political status, a very important element in literature created for the politically active ancient Greeks, Creon is capable of deceiving family members and deities. When we first see Creon during Oedipus the King, Oedipus is suggesting the arrival ...

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... Now that his wife and son have killed themselves, he blames himself. He knows that his bad punishment caused him to think about what he has done to his family. The Chorus The Chorus is composed of Senators of Thebes. The Chorus is dynamic characters. In the beginning of the drama, they agree with Creon's selfish ways. ... to die because of what she did. Her goal was to make her tomb her bridal bed. That is what she did. Fate caused this to affect his family. Creon's goal was to block out the bad that is going to happen in his life. When he thinks that things are over, fate comes back wit...

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... 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 to be a true tragic hero of Antigone. His ... This is undoubtedly true that Creon's main pursuit and his first priority are the government and statecraft. He puts the State's needs ahead of his own family's needs. Creon's hubris has created flaws on his character. His arrogance and anger are both displayed repeatedly throughout the play. His hubris is...

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... Death of a Salesman is simply between father and son for recognition and forgiveness, the importance of the work would diminish. However, when the struggle extends itself out of the particular family circle and into the lives of the reader, it broaches the questions that trouble every human being: social status, honor, recognition, and success. When the audience is brought to feel ... from the specific toward the fate of man. Gradually, the audience members become Willy Loman, and his struggle becomes their own struggle. Miller suggests that the family is pivotal, but beyond the immedia...

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... sense of honour stops him from thinking practically and acting in the best interest of all. It may have been wrong but avoiding the truth would have saved Oedipus the family and the state. Instead the revelation of the truth will bring on many tragedies that will influence and bring death to the ... family and conflict between Antigone and Creon. It is furthermore obvious that Jocasta and the shepherd had a similar idea as they urged him to stop investigating. Furthermore there is also the ... truth being understood Oedipus could have handled the investigation better. It namely, alrea...

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If you were born into an African-American family in the early 1900's, your fate was slavery. You spent all day, sunrise to sunset, picking cotton in the fields. You were controlled by your owners and they decided how ... the week, nearly starving to death. All because of the color of their skin. But what if their skin was white? What if they were born into a southern, upper-class family where they had three home-cooked meals a day along with the opportunity to earn an education. It's safe to say that their fate would have been much different. They wouldn ... has to live with them. Relating ...

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... learn that one of her brothers, Eteocles will not be buried because he is being labeled as a traitor of the state. Antigone once again shows her fierce dedication to her family, gods and what she believes in. For these reasons, Antigone would respond negatively to that statement. Although Antigone cares very much about her community and the survival of her peers ... agree with the state and the written law. Antigone has much more respect for the moral and rational law, which she demonstrates throughout the play. Antigone's stubborn loyalty to her family is the root of her rebellious act...

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... 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 benefit people's privacy ... their paths led them by way of their civil disobedience and what they chose to do. When Creon had talked to a prophet that told him a great tragedy would befall his family and thought about how harsh he was enacting his law in a tyrant ...

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... for The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), the idea conveyed in this play is that of image versus reality. The main theme of this play is about a frustrated family who are deserted by the father and each character escapes his/her reality in a different way. Amanda Wingfield, she is the mother of Tom and Laura and often digresses back ... hard pressed to finding a husband. Tom is also pressed by his mother to find his sister a gentleman caller, and to keep the job at the shoe factory to support the family. Jim OConnor is a friend of Tom from the factory who Tom invites to...

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... events mentally. Irony is utilized to enhance the symbolic comparisons between sight and blindness, light versus darkness, fate versus free will, wisdom and in regard to Oedipus, Thebes and his family. Irony has an important role in exploring the topic of trusting in the Gods throughout the play. Ironically, every time a character attempts to avert the path that has been predicted ... the Gods, "what will be will be." This compares the good and innocent Teiresias virtues to the arrogant and foolish ones of Oedipus. Irony reveals information about Oedipus, his journey, family and the cit...

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... vault where all are laid to rest " (Sophocles, 101). Perhaps the chorus thought about what it was like to be in Antigone's place, acting in the name of love for a family member. This captivates the audience because they realize that regardless of the situation, they are more likely to follow their heart than to follow the law. Antigone had one last ... show him love, and she did not want that chance to be ruined because Creon's law against honoring a traitor, which Polyneices was. The audience may have thought about a time when family took precedence and empathize with Antigone's tough ...

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... burying her brother. Creon was also faced with a hard decision. He had to try please his people, even though he wasn't doing an effective job, yet hurt one of his family members by punishing her for her wrongdoing, much like what's going on in modern day life with the election. Bill Clinton has to please his people, especially now while he ... involvement of the Whitewater scandal, if she is indeed convicted. In a sense Mr. Clinton is punishing his wife in an indirect way if he does not pardon her. Going against family is the hardest thing to do for many people. While speaking with Anti...

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... should take the advise of Haemon, Antigone, and the people of Creon, and allow her to live. Though Antigone does go against her uncle's wishes, and laws, Creon immorally ignores family ties, and sentences Antigone to death. Antigone though is not only tied to Creon as his niece, but she is also engaged to be wed to his son, Haemon. It ... ultimately make him miserable in the end. Creon's characterization is most outwardly demonstrated through the use of bridal imagery, and how it has affected his life, his decisions, and his family....

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