... . Again though, you see major development in the secondary characters. Again we see our old friend Tiresias, although I feel the role he has in this play isn't quite as influential to the story line as he was in Oedipus King. The one scene in this story that I feels shows that supporting and minor ... rare that you see such a minor character have such a large speaking role, but it goes to show you how pivotal even a small role can be in a play. In a Midsummer Night's Dream, we find one of my favorite small role characters in Puck. Basically a court jester of sorts to the fairies. With him...

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... laws. However, politics could also have negative effects on the population. More often than not, politics have a negative effect on the nation as is the case in the play Antigone and the book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera. Politics create conflicts that cause chaos, sadness and death in both Antigone and Kundera stories. In general, the ... against it; secondly, it destroys the life of those who defend the law. The first role of politics is to eliminate anyone who is against it. In the play Antigone, the main character dies because she acted against the laws that Creon creat...

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In the play, Antigone by Sophocles, Creon and Antigone have distinct conflicting values. Antigone first demonstrates her feministic beliefs when she chooses to challenge a powerful male establishment. This establishment is headed by her ... the gods. She believed that the law of the gods, which dictates that a body be given proper burial rights, was more important than the law of the King. Throughout the play, Antigone somehow manages to retain the traditional role of woman, while at the same time challenging the patriarchal depiction of what a woman should be. The challenge occurs as both ...

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... the ability or inability to act in the face of perceived injustice, closing with the effects of reckless actions of political leadership. In the play Antigone the heroin plays her part in the general idea of the woman which is to stand by their families for example when Antigone buries ... upon an individual human aspect of society that impacts society in larger ways than at first perceived. This all starts at the beginning of the play where Antigone and her sister Ismene secretly meet outside of the city gates to discuss Antigone's defiance of Creon's edict in his refusal to bury ... ...

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... strictly due to the fact that she keeps you guessing. The following will show the many variations that her character shows throughout the play. There are several points in the play that Antigone seems very heroic, especially when she is speaking to Creon about her reasoning for attempting to bury her brother. She reflects ... every aspect of a hero by trying to sneak out not once, but twice and then even more by standing up to Creon. All of these heroics, however, in a very short ... do not think there is a right or wrong answer as to whether she was an innocent victim or not, but the q...

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... their support of either Antigone or Creon, depending on their actions during a particular part of the story-line. Early in the play it is evident that they are extremely pro-Creon, but a short time later they seem to sway into the direction of Antigone and support her actions. This in congruency about the them, however, ... will, your passion has destroyed you."(Lines 959-962) This again shows the chorus's tendencies to waiver from one side to the other in support of the play's actions. The next long dissertation by the chorus is a story which stresses the powers of the fates. This story...

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... their support of either Antigone or Creon, depending on their actions during a particular part of the story-line. Early in the play it is evident that they are extremely pro-Creon, but a short time later they seem to sway into the direction of Antigone and support her actions. This incongruency about the them, however, was ... , your passion has destroyed you." (Lines 959-962) This again shows the chorus's tendencies to waiver from one side to the other in support of the play's actions. The next long dissertation by the chorus is a story which stresses the powers of the fates. This story...

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The definition of civil disobedience is therefusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government.? In short civil disobedience can be best described as actions taken to influence the government to change something that is unfair to a person or group of people. It has been argued that ... in his essay entitledLetter from Birmingham Jail.? In the essay he discusses in great detail every aspect that relates to civil disobedience. Many written works correspond with his views. One play that displays a r...

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... . We have to take what is offered from them. Thus, much of the time we have to read the drama and re-create in our imaginations something of what the play on the stage would have been like. Since this requires considerable initiation, we must learn from both our theater experiences and the analysis of the six elements of drama. The ... six elements that a drama consists of are listed below with a short definition, in reference to a drama, following: Plot-the ongoing business of the characters, what they strive for, what they expect to see happen. The sequence of actions or events. Charac...

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In the play Antigone, you are introduced to Creon who is the king of Thebes, father of Haimon, and the uncle of Antigone herself. He is proud man who we all can relate ... is forced to step back and not only listen but hear what Teiresias has to say. He must allow himself to give in to reason. At the conclusion of the play Creon is alone. Antigone hanged herself after being constricted to the cave, Haimon strikes himself and dies beside Antigone directly after trying to take a blow at Creon, and finally Creons ... that is inside all of us that tells us when to back and give in. Creon unfort...

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The short play, Antigone, was written in 441 B.C. by the Greek playwright Sophocles. It deals with some of the most basic problems that affect a society. One of them is Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience ... ...

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... next 62 years. He never came in third place with his great plays. He basically invented the third character. Not many of his plays can be accurately dated. (A short summary of the play follows.) Antigone Polyneices and Eteocles have been killed in battle. Creon decided that Eteocles will be honored and Polyneices will not be buried. Antigone and Ismene are the sisters ... ...

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... some form of tragedy. Thebes as a whole, and the citizens of the city, are at the lesser end of the scale of tragedy. Before the play even begins, the city has already experienced a degree of tragedy from being under the rule of a King who unknowingly not only has married his mother but ... also created four children with her. As the play starts the future heirs of the city, the brothers, lay dead on the field of battle from the others' hands. This alone is a tragedy for ... one each other. Unlike the city of Thebes who experienced a broad and general tragedy, Ismene's tragedies were v...

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... is the Queen. Hamlet's mother marries Hamlet's uncle, which makes him the King. The King, Queen, and Hamlet are all main characters in the play. In the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, there are no characters of royalty. The third quality for a Greek Tragedy is there is no violence on stage. This ... is violence on the stage. One example, in Hamlet, is that there's a sword fight between Hamlet and Laertes that the audience sees. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire an act of violence is between Stanley and Blanche. Stanley and Blanche are arguing in Scene 10 and Blanche breaks a bottle a...

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... . They both broke the law and they will have to pay for their actions. The play starts to get very intense after Antigone buried Polyneices. Creon and Antigone are neither the protagonist or antagonist because in the play there is no true main character. The two characters are both trying to do what they ... think is right which results in no protagonist or antagonist. In the play there is no true person or thing that creates problems as the antagonist. When Antigone went to bury Polynices it resulted in her getting caught ... Creon didn't listen to the gods about what he should do. The...

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... that Creon is the main character because he is constantly in debate throughout out the entire play. Creon, unlike Antigone, interacts with all of the characters making him the central character to the play. Creon initiates the tragedy by establishing a punishment, that he feels is appropriate, to serve his nieces rebellious crime. When discussing ... throughout the city-states. These new ideals, and freedoms often conflicted with each other creating complex moral dilemmas. I believe that this play was written in order to show its readers what could happen physically and emotionally to a...

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... essential role in all of Greek drama. It is usually the backbone of most plots and also the basis behind the moral lessons taught in each play. Human nature is an especially significant aspect of the Greek drama Antigone, by Sophocles. In this drama, Sophocles uses his main character, Antigone, ... in Greek drama refers to a belief in a polytheistic hierarchy, meaning that there are numerous gods with different levels of authority and influences. In the play Antigone, religion steps in to intensify the struggle between Antigone and her uncle, Creon, who is also the King of Thebes. Altho...

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... 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 sister Ismene introduces us to the folly that has befallen ... can win this and not pay for it" (11.528-9). Creon equates his masculinity to the issues at hand. Antigone's gender fuels the fire of his persistence. Later in the play whil...

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... 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 ... 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 inheritance from Oedipus. God has gone through the whole range of...

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... 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 ... 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 inheritance from Oedipus. God has gone through the whole range of...

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... people control their own fate based upon the actions they take. He does not deem that all people have predetermined paths of life. The actions that Antigone take throughout the play unmistakably identify Sophocles belief that people control their own destiny. She causes her own collapse and death. Her first mistake was her decision to violate Creon's rule by burying Polyneices ... son Haemon and therefore killed herself. The suicide of these two characters is by far the clearest representation of the author's belief that people entirely control their own destinies. The play Antigone por...

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... martyr, he simply suffered. To suggest that Creon is a tragic hero is to totally misread Antigone, and to totally miss the point of the play. Sophocles named the play after Antigone, which is no small thing. Sophocles wants us to see Antigone as the tragic figure. Creon is not tragic; he is pitiful ... . There is a difference, Antigone is a sympathetic character whereas Creon may be only looked at in sympathy towards the end of the play, only because of his severe mistakes. After Creon's dreadful downfall, (Antigone and Eurydice's deaths, Creon's realization of the wrong done.) Creon brea...

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... 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 ... 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 inheritance from Oedipus. God has gone through the whole range of...

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... who is also the king's son. Creon telling himself, "I have been rash and foolish" (Exo.146), doesn't even know how to handle the whole situation, and pities himself. Throughout the play helping to understand it better is the chorus. Almost at the beginning and end of each scene there is either the chorus giving information on something such as a character's background ... Creon. It tells that he has summoned all the people to hear his word, and no one knows what he wants to talk to them for. Another thing throughout the play the chorus gives is a transition between the events in each sc...

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... death is reported to her, Creon's wife Eurydice commits suicide. Creon and Ismene (Antigone's sister) are left alone. Even though Haemon only appears twice in the play, he is a necessary character because he shows us that although Antigone is willing to die for her brother, she could have had a happy life with him. ... to Antigone is clear; at her death, he is so upset that he tries to kill his father and then kills himself. The effect on the play of Haemon's nonexistence would be that Antigone's only desire would be to bury her brother. She would have no compelling reason to remain ali...

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