... 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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... 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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... '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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... to my children's bed. Considering what prompted this conduct is something suppressed within the unconscious mind. According to Dr. James S. Grotstein, "It is my contention that behind many abusive family situations lies an unconscious enactment in which a parent, who felt him or herself to have been unblessed or to have been robbed of a blessing through abuse (loss of innocence), ... the parent's parents." Another psychological case study involving a troubled preteen ten-year-old British youngster Richard was recorded during World War II. And illustrates how this kind of sexually motiva...

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... tragic heroine in that she experiences internal and external conflict, she makes a final choice that leads to a situation from which there is no escape, and the tragedy occurs within her family. Firstly, Medea experiences a variety of internal and external conflicts throughout the play. Her first external conflict occurs when Jason betrays her and marries Glauce. Medea's anger towards him is ... herself. The final tragedy that occurs is when Medea leaves Corinth as a murderess, leaving Jason all alone and without a friend in the world. All the play's tragedies occur within Medea's family...

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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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... . The stories are complete different in mannor, time frames they take place, and emotional situations. The primary similarity that I noticed was that both stories revolved around the men and his family members. In Oedipus the King, the king is blind and is fooled by all surrounding him. He lived a life of lies because he chose to disregard what was being said ... himself as well as everyone surrounding him. Willy was married with children as well, although unlike Oedipus, he was never happy now was Willy wealthy. Willy has fooled his whole family, making them believe that he was all righ...

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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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... he finally relinquishes his pride, sees the error of his ways, and decides to spare Antigone, it is too late. Creon's pride causes him to lose his entire family. The loss of Creon's family leads him to be hopeless and hollow, just as Haemon had warned him. Almost every character in Antigone displays excessive emotion. The greatest display of excessive emotion is ... untimely fate. In Antigone, many of the characters face a tragic demise. Antigone hangs herself because of her stubbornness and inability to yield to the law, Creon is alone and without a family as a result of his pride, and...

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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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... serves all of these three purposes in the prologue at the beginning of the play. In this prologue announced by the chorus, it says the past about Juliet and the family feud, in the present it talks about the wedding, and in the future about Juliet dying. Also in the play Antigone, the chorus serves the same purpose. For the play ... discovers what he had done by pushing Juliet over the edge to marry Paris. Then he reverses what he can after Juliet killed herself along with Romeo and ends the family feud by putting up a statue of Romeo and Juliet, making him the tragic hero that went thr...

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... all other factors, and that usually leads to horrible outcomes. For example, in the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, two forbidden lovers go out of their way to rebel against family rules in order to satisfy their desire. This eventually led to a self-conflict, which triggered two deaths taken upon by their own actions. In the Greek play, Antigone, translated by ... . Antigone was already accepting this punishment. She was ready to face death and she claimed that once she is buried alive, she will finally be able to reconnect with her family. As Antigone has her final speech before ...

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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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... come to pass, and yet one young woman, Antigone, stands out, defying the decree made by her uncle, her king. She is passionately motivated by love and loyalty to her family and refuses to compromise in any way when King Creon puts his royal word against divine law and human sentiment and declares that the body of Antigone's brother, Polynices, be ... that if she is caught death is the punishment, but her self-sacrificing attitude shows incredible strength. Sophocles develops the character of Antigone throughout the tragedy, using her to represent family values and female strength. Antig...

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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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... play all have real world problems. Lack of money is one of the problems, which is a problem for many people. There are also many conflicts within the family; the biggest is over what success is; money and power or happiness. Willy Loman also wants his children to have a better life than he has and ... people can relate to is money problems. Money is one of the main problems that Willy Loman had throughout the play. The Loman family had many purchases on payments. Linda even states, "for the vacuum cleaner there's three and a half due on the fifteenth." The Loman ... family was living f...

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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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... Medea, Medea's husband Jason betrays Medea and decides to marry a more beautiful, youthful woman. Medea and her children are then banished from Thebes. The play Antigone, portrays the bond between family members. The newly found king of Thebes publicly declares that Antigone's fallen brother is not to be buried, but is to be left to rot and be eaten by birds ... , Medea argued repetitively with Creon. She pleaded with him to allow her to stay, claiming that she would have nowhere to go because she had betrayed her family and left her home. Medea's family were also great rulers, and in or...

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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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