... and the Gods "He [man] has made himself secure- from all but one..." In Sophocles's Antigone, the traditional style of man's laws and of his own judgement verses the laws and judgements of the gods is the main topic and major conflict of the plot. Antigone is a tragedy that uses many different literary devices in order to emphasize its tragic qualities such as symbolism, ... foreshadowing, and imagery. Sophocles creates the tragic hero, Creon, by using several different techniques. The literary devices of symbolism, foreshadowing and imagery demonstrate ... how the authority of the god...

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... what she believed was morally correct. This was not only apart of her character, but the plot also. With the conflict going on between Antigone and Creon, Haemon is suddenly thrust into the situation. Since he is the son of Creon and the lover of Antigone, he is forced to make a stand. When he chooses Antigone and tries to change his father's views, he is suddenly the ... protagonist. By trying to satisfy his beliefs, Antigone's beliefs, and conforming his father ... , his character is exploited and a new part of the plot transforms. If it weren't for Antigone, Haemon, and Creon there w...

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... ; rather than "tells." Tragedy arouses the feelings of pity and fear. Aristotle was a great admirer of Sophocles'  'King Oedipus'. He considered it as the perfect tragedy. Plot is the most important feature of tragedy. Aristotle defines plot as "the arrangement of the incidents." Tragedies which have a tightly constructed cause-and-effect chain of actions are superior to those which depend on the character ...  turn upon surprise. Peripeteia leads directly to the anagnorisis. This creates the catastrophe, leading to the final "scene of suffering".   Characters in a tragedy are ...

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... King and not question his decisions or accusations. King Oedipus accuses Creon of trying to overthrow him from his rule. Creon stands up forth to the truth and does not back down to the hostile king; Oedipus I caught him in a treacherous plot against my life. Creon: May I never enjoy life, but perish under ... a curse, if I have done to you any of the things you charge me with (Oedipus 44). Creon stands his ground fully in the face ... death again I am sick with fear, are there no swords here? Has no one a blow for me?" (Antigone 859). Creon had met life worse fate imaginable. The trage...

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... critical work. In it, Aristotle defines the three key elements that consist of the tragic plot ("muthos"): the reversal of the situation, the recognition ("agnorisis"), and the scene of suffering ("pathos"). The story of Oedipus begins with Laius, King of Thebes, who learns from the oracle that his son will kill him ... Oedipus to become King, win the hand of Jocasta, Queen of Thebes and have 4 children: Eteocles, Polynice, Antigone, and Ismene. The reader discovers the first element of Aristotle's definition at the height of Oedipus" reign as King. An excellent ruler, Oedipus assures th...

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... places. Miller had added on to this definition by saying that tragedy is "the consequence of a man's total compulsion to evaluate himself justly." Aristotle also states that the aim of tragedy is to excite pity and fear, which are the distinctive marks of a tragedy. Aristotle also said that plot should be simple rather than complex and should have, however rudimentary this may seem, a beginning ... , middle, and an end. All of this so far Miller agrees with for the most part and conforms ... longer true, as Miller has proven. Procter portraying the tragic hero was as powerful if not mor...

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