... not told. We must take the situation to be exactly as Sophocles portrays it to us. This leaves the reader to determine the importance of Antigone and Haimon not speaking together alone before their deaths. When we look at the nature of the drama, we see that the point Sophocles is ... trying to make is a political one. The absence of Antigone and Haimon speaking alone together adds to this political atmosphere and does not inject the play with a question of romantic love and/or loyalty. Family ... divine laws are stronger) in upholding his laws and trying to overpower the laws of the god...

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... so confident about. Her stubborn actions lead to her being the one who was partially to blame for due to the many deaths caused. Antigone's reckless instinct to follow her passion rather than her responsibilities lead to her reasonable consequence, the chain of lives being ruined; including her own ... her sister, her people. She also affects Creon's life, as her death lead to another death; Creon's son, Haemon. Haemon threatens Creon to take back Antigone's death sentence. "She will never die beside me- don't delude yourself. And you will never see me, never set eyes on my face again,""...

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... characters in tough personal situations which must be overcame by personal strength. Both playwrights uncharacteristically use female protagonists, Nora and Antigone, which are placed in tough situations. Antigone and Nora must choose whether it is more important to follow society's set standards for women, or make their own ... noble and just. Both women could be considered as cultural heroines because they overcame family adversities by defying the social standards set for women. Antigone and Nora appear to be different when it comes to values and morals. Nora comes off as a whimsica...

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... backed by many of the citizens of Thebes. She is not the strongest person like Creon, but she shows many examples of her social power. Antigone is a strong influence against Creon criticizing his attempts to be stronger than the gods. Through her actions, Creon is put in a position in which ... to the afterlife in Hades. She is not afraid to lose her life and she is proud of herself, courageous and determined. Antigone follows the laws of gods before those of men and she has a strong sense of her past due to her knowledge the tragedy of her father ... therefore she is not afraid of death....

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... 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 character. She chooses to disobey the rulers order, even though she understands the stated consequences of deaths as she earlier in the ... relative in ancient Greece). Haemon her fiancé, who is also Creon's son, leads to one of the main reasons of Creon's strong connection to Antigone. What initially puzzled me about this is that Creon didn't seem to have any humble understanding of the situation. I seem to believe that he ...

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... says is irrelevant. He is my brother. I will bury him." Creon - Creon is very (stubborn) and (foolish) because when everyone tells him to release Antigone and bury her brother Polynicies he does not and it leads him to be alone. For example, "I"m not the man to sit quietly by and watch my country ... intend to bury him? It's forbidden." Hameon - Hameon is a very (honest) and (obedient) man because when his father was going to kill Antigone he said that he was being foolish. For example, "They say that she deserves special honor for refusing to allowing the body of her brother ... caused ...

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... mortal could override the gods, the great unwritten, unshakable traditions. They are alive, not just today or yesterday: They live f! orever." (Antigone, ll. 499-507) Antigone is a woman for whom politics and sovereignty of the state take second place. Compassion and piety are in the forefront of her heart and ... our country. Remember this: our country is our safety. Only when she voyages true on course can we establish friendships, truer than blood itself." (Antigone, ll. 209-213) As the plot develops, however, it becomes clear that for Creon the welfare of the Theban citizens is not a...

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... The main theme concerns human happiness and its price. In her search for ideal and spiritual truth in burying Polynices and defying the law, Antigone rejects the world's formula for obedience and happiness. She refuses conventional happiness, as it is too human, a word unworthy of her heroic sacrifice ... happiness, and their lives are defined by their routine duties as policemen and their small time pleasures, like playing cards. Images and Details: Antigone realizes that she is disobeying a higher power, Creon, and does not care. She places her moral values and religion before everythi...

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... Creon's advisor and has been ever since he became ruler of Thebes. Creon usually follows the words of Tiresias, except when Tiresias is requesting Creon to save Antigone. Creon tells Tiresias before Creon's prophet, "I owe you a great deal, I swear to that. I've never wavered from your advice before- (Sophocles, ... , it is only human. Stubbornness brands you for stupidity "pride is a crime- (Sophocles, 1071). After Tiresias informs Creon that his decision to punish Antigone needs to be changed, Creon's inflexible ways prevent him from obtaining the real meaning that Tiresias is stating....

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... his power from both plays. In Oedipus the King, Creon was known to be a respectable and compassionate man. His personality and behavior changes in Antigone as he becomes sparingly disrespectful. His actions should make you wonder if he has learned anything from Oedipus the King. Accusations and false judgment play ... to be the King of Thebes. Seeing Oedipus suffer should make Creon think twice before he makes decisions, but does it really help? In Antigone, Creon has many character traits that are unlikable by the people of Thebes. Ignorance, rudeness, selfishness, and cold-heartedness ...

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... , not narrative form, and achieves, through the representation of pitiable and fearful incidents, the catharsis of such incidents" (Golden 11). Using the criteria established by Aristotle in Poetics, "Antigone" by Sophocles displays the qualities of a tragedy. The principle character engages in an immense moral struggle (ending in death). Catharsis is accomplished through the catastrophic consequences of the main character ... 's actions. Throughout the play, the viewer experiences pity and fear for a number of the characters. In the opening scene, a conversation between Antigone and her ...

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... to be thrown on the ground and left for the animals. Since the king has denied a human his innate rights of burial, Antigone gave him the rites herself. Antigone, nonetheless, was bigger than her body; she discarded her societal role and assumes the position smiled upon by the gods. Her cause ... was the king and justified his ruling by condemning those people who attempt to breach the unwritten contract between the monarchy and the citizens. However Antigone defied the king. Acting as a vigilante by taking law into her own hands where injustice was served, she covered the exposed remains...

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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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... Sophocles as a suspenseful introduction to Creon's orders concerning the body of Polynices. The chorus's next appearance blatantly shows their biased attitudes against Antigone and her exiled father Oedipus. At this point they still sing praise for King Creon and his unwavering decisions concerning the law which was placed ... thereader perceive Creon as an unrelenting, heartless tyrant, who feels no remorsefor his actions. They say that he went too far and even hint that Antigone may have been the victim of her father's actions many years prior: "Your life's in ruins, child -- I wonder...

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... shows that he believes he is above the other gods (Magill 45-46). He is wrong. He should not do that to family. Since Antigone defied him and then did not attempt to be afraid or apologize he gets upset and decides to have her killed (Magill 44-46). Now this ... part of the essay will discuss the consequences of Creon's pride and arrogance. Creon gives no thought to Haemon feelings when he sentences Antigone to death and because of this Haemon tried to kill him (Weigel 295-7). "Creon is very concerned about loyalty to the state, but in his position as ... he does not want to look bad i...

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... be the fatal flaw that does us in? In many Greek plays the fatal flaws of mankind can be proven, however, in the Greek tragedy, Antigone, by Sophocles, one character proves this theory beyond expectations. The character that seems to have the biggest fatal flaws would be Creon. Creon's arrogance and ... newly found pride initiates his fate that brings him more pain and sorrow than death ever could. In the Greek tragedy, Antigone, the character Creon, who is the brother in law of the late king Oedipus, is doomed from the start. Oedipus was doomed by fate ... Creon, being the next in li...

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... forces him to tell him the whole story. He was the man who killed the former king of Thebes, his father. A similar situation occurs in Antigone. Teiresias come to Kreon to tell him he must bury Antigone's brother. Kreon refuses and accuses Teiresias of just being a prophet for money. Teiresias is forced to reveal that Kreon's son will be killed by the ... gods if he doesn't bury Antigone's brother, and release Antigone. Both Kreon and Oedipus refused to believe Teiresias, but found that his prophecies were true. There is also a parallel with the conclusion of the two stories. At the ......

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... their hamartia and see their place in the universe. It is this manner that Creon can be seen as the tragic character in the play Antigone. Creon's stubbornness prevents him from being influenced by any other character. He refuses all advice that is in his best interest, which eventually causes ... conversing with Tiresias, he dismisses the prophecy as a hoax, as he refuses to even consider the fact that he may be incorrect in assuming that Antigone has done no serious harm. Creon even says, "Whatever you say, you will not change my will."(Sophocles, pg 33) His sanctimoniousness ... wron...

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... them. Can we do anything we chose or is the universe's fate fixed? The answers to these questions we may never know. In Antigone, Creon is faced with a decision. Should he kill Antigone or should he let her get away with burying her brother, which is a crime, "This girl is guilty of a double insolence, ... if this crime goes unpunished"(503). He feels as if he has a choice between the two. But, he doesn't. It was determined that he would put Antigone in a cave and try to get her out, only to find her dead. No matter what he did, he could not have avoided this. He had the ... . You cannot...

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... hubris is making him closed-minded and thinks that due to his higher role, he is higher in everything else thus being his tragic flaw throughout Antigone. Almost too often people who are not open minded to others opinions and let one be deaf to other ideas because it is not what one ... for him to "show [himself] weak before the people [and] for him to break [his] sworn words" (Scene III). Creon would rather let Antigone, who is his own niece and son's fiancé, die then to go back on what he told all of Thebes, therefore making a fool out of himself. ... his brother in law, Oedipus, an...

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... was not about to break them, not out of fear of some man's wounded pride, and face retribution of the gods. Die I must" (Antigone, page 82, lines 509-512).For Antigone her choice to bury her brother was with purposeful intentions as she was aware of the consequences in which results in her death .Her justification for her ... to her for going against the laws of a man. "Do as you like, dishonor the laws the gods hold in honor" (Antigone page 63, lines 91&92;).as Creon is notified of Antigone actions he immediately commands for her to be locked away to die. Yet he doesn't notice that his c...

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... to inform them that the body has been buried. Creon orders the Sentry to find the person who buried him. The Sentry leaves, and brings Antigone back to Creon. He questions her, and she does not deny what she has done. She argues with Creon about the morality of the edict ... is brought out and defends what she did. She is taken away, and the Chorus acts very sad because of what is going to happen to Antigone. Teiresias, the blind prophet, warns Creon that the gods are against him. Creon does not believe him, but Teiresias promises Creon that he will ... lose one child because of leaving ...

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... Bennett and Moira Kerr, is a story about a young man named "Oedipus", son of the Corinth, who attempts to escape his fate of killing his father. In "Antigone", by E.F. Watling, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, wants to give her traitorous brother, Polynices, a proper burial. But, her uncle "King Creon" is against helping the traitor and decides to ... punish Antigone with a death sentence. Through their actions, Oedipus and Creon experience peripeteia by avoiding their fate, becoming king, and making the wrong choices, which made them suffer tremendously. It is evident ... ? Blood up...

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... that she possesses. A second trait which defines Ismene's character is her submissive behavior. The instance in the story where Ismene decides to side with Antigone after siding with Creon and the law shows her willingness to submit to others as well as her change of heart. The exact instance in the ... make your troubles mine "(lines 609-611) demonstrates her change of heart well. This line was a major turning point for Ismene's character in the story Antigone. Along with Ismene's indecisive and submissive traits, comes her somewhat intimidated demeanor. One who reads this story may no...

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... tragedies of Sophocles, human responsibility plays an important role to the significance of the characters. Oedipus accepts responsibility as a tragic hero, as does Antigone. It seems however, that Antigone shows a greater willingness to accept her responsibility. Oedipus" basic flaw is his lack of knowledge of his own identity. He starts out as ... he has begun to accept that much of his life is out of his control. This makes him seem less willing to accept his past sins. Antigone, Oedipus" daughter, has much of the same decisiveness as her father did. As soon as her play begins, she is ...

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