... without Iago. Imagine Frodo without Sam. I shudder to think of a world where Luke doesn't have Han Solo by his side! All kidding aside, supporting characters are what make stories great and memorable, and these three plays prove that amazingly. Oedipus Rex, what a sad poor man. But he himself wasn't really all ... could say. In Antigone, we again follow the bloodline of Oedipus, through his daughters and sons. 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 ...

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... Tragedy is there is no violence on stage. This quality is only present in the play Antigone. The violence in the play Antigone is talked about by the characters, but never shown. An example of is when Antigone and Ismene are talking about what has happened to their family. Ismene says, " Third, out two brothers ... he is going to rape her. The fourth quality of a Greek Tragedy is a constant reference to God and fate. In both Antigone and Hamlet, the characters always make reference to God, whether they are asking for advice or even just to apologize for their sins. In Hamlet, the reader s...

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... the doubling of roles and explain what the topic of the play really is about. One possible theory for the doubling of roles was to show that both characters would have the same fate in the end. This theory adds an interesting element to the story. It is not until one reaches the end of the story ... that the true ending of the story becomes clear. The reader learns that both characters died at the end of the story due to their tragic flaws, which shows the reader that they indeed had the same fate. Another theory is that the ... that Sophocles wanted to be remembered as a unique writer. ...

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... this threw the character Teiresais. This leads the audience to Sophocles" second attempt of curing the religious hypocrisy in his society threw his characters. Sophocles sees that in his society the people of religion are turning on each other because of blame. Oedipus after his conflict ... character that breaks up this argument between Oedipus and Creon is Sophocles" final attempt to cure religious hypocrisy in his society threw his characters. The character who does this is Jocasta. Jocasta expresses her mortal knowledge in the lines, "Do not concern yourself about this matter ... ex...

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... effects that this pride has on the character's life. How could his/her life have been different if he/she had behaved in a less prideful manner? Fate Many of the characters in Sophocles' plays seem to have a desire to break free from the control of the fate the gods have determined for them. Based on what you have read in Antigone ... right thing to do. Often, choosing to follow the conscience is the more difficult road to walk. In Antigone, identify the difficult choices the characters make and analyze the effects that these choices have on the characters' lives. Acting on Emotions Sop...

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... . Allowing their own beliefs and emotions to get in the way of what is right is a fatal flaw of many of the characters in Antigone. Flaws in character such as stubbornness, pride, and excessive emotion plague many of the characters in Antigone, and dangerously affect their outcomes. Amongst all the altercations and debate in Antigone, we can see that stubbornness is a very ... prevalent quality of a multitude of characters. Antigone herself is one of the most stubborn characters. Her tenacious loyalty to her brother becomes her hamartia, her tragic error, and ultimately causes her downfa...

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... consisted of reconciliation after guilt and punishment have taken place (trumbull). He also removed all killing from view of the audience (bates). The characters wore more elaborate costumes, so that they could be more visible and noticeable on stage. Euripides was born in 480 B.C. in Salamis (DeHaven ... play writing, Helen and the Cyclops come close to comedies(theater history 1). Instead of his plays representing epic heroes of the past, his characters represented every day people who depicted social, political, and moral issues. Religion also came into play in many of his works. Eur...

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... plays. A primary reason is that it draws and sustains the attention of the audience. Dramatic Irony does by giving the audience more information than the characters in the play themselves. It is a clever tactic used by playwrights because the audience's attention is held when dramatic irony is used. There is ... strong in pantomimes and films today. The usage of dramatic irony is exploited today in pantomimes where the audience are encouraged to intervene with the characters. It is interesting to speculate whether the audience would have called and hooted as we do today with the dame or v...

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... 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. Character- is either developed or flat, either individuated or typed, either ... If it weren't for Antigone, Haemon, and Creon there wouldn't have been any real drama. Now if you were to watch the drama and all the characters that made up the plot were to talk in a monotone voice with no inflection what so ever, you would not exper...

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... conflicts with the equally strong pride of Antigone, whose pride lies in her family and belief in the gods. When this immense pride of both the characters crashes, the reader finds them at the bottom of their long journey down. "Fate had brought all my pride to a thought of dust" ... and it becomes even more clear how pride brought tragedy to both Antigone and Creon. There are several valuable lessons, universals truths, that, through Sophocles characters, to be learned for Antigone. A major part of Sophocles tragedies is the chorus, which has many uses but was mostly a summation of the ...

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... Caesar. It too, is a tragedy filled with greed for power, rashness, and fatal consequences. Many characters in both plays make errors in judgement that effect many lives other than their own. These characters, although from plays written at different times about different subject matter, all hold the same principles and make ... ." (Choragos, Scene 5, Lines 139-142) Just as Creon made bad judgements, Julius Caesar did as well. Julius Caesar was one of the central characters in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Caesar's faux pas in his judgement could have easily been avoided had he just liste...

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... . This is defined as an irony where the reader or author knows something that the character does not know. It can also mean that other characters in the story know something that the character does not. Lastly, it can be used where the character says something that shows how little they know ... about themself. Stories that are written in first person are sometimes ironic because of the characters little knowledge of what else is happening around them. Dramatic irony often intrigues audiences, because the audience often knows more then the central ... characters do. This is displayed in...

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... amplitude' we now make our acting dramatic, or larger than life. Many forms of drama work around a big event, which grabs our interest and stirs up the lives of the characters involved. Catharsis Another important theory of Aristotle's was that of Catharsis. This was the ability to make the audience experience the emotions, which were being presented before them on the ... cleansed of their emotions, the audience should consider what action to take in order to change the world. Protagonists and Antagonists Greek tragedies were based on explorations of conflict between characters, groups...

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... due to their mixed natures, partly good and partly bad. The tragedy in a plot does not rise out of the characters themselves, but instead tests characters through destiny. Under inescapable fate, the moral characters of individuals are truly exposed, separating tragic heroes from tragic characters. Oedipus Rex is a tragic hero because his attempt to escape fate, an offensive mortal sin to the gods, ultimately ... ...

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In the drama Antigone by Sophocles and the novel Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger have major characters that change their outlook and viewpoints through out the story. In Antigone, Creon, King of Thebes and in the Catcher in Rye, Holden ... Caufield experience events that change them. There are many key literary elements in each story that proves these changes. The drama Antigone by Sophocles has many characters that change through out the story. One character that changed dramatically was Creon, King of Thebes. There are many literary elements that prove these changes such as ... his high s...

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The chorus in Antigone acted as a death messenger, narrated different characters= entrances, gave advice to certain characters like Antigone and Creon, and set a mood for the scene. The chorus acted as a death messenger when it predicted Antigone=s death in the ode after Haemon and Creon argued over ... . The chorus said that what the king was doing to Antigone would cause anybody to rebel against him. The chorus in Antigone brought the depressing news of death, acknowledged entering characters, gave advice to characters and set the type of mood for the upcoming scene. ...

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... together yet pushed so far apart. Sophocles, the author, creates the bond of sisterhood and the separation of independent people between Antigone and Ismene. They are written as two different characters that balance each others traits out. Antigone being the rash, inflexible, acting in passion, strong willed one. Ismene being the yielding, reasonable, rash, wanting everyone to like her, doesn't want ... to create conflict type of person. To mesh these two characters together as one would create a very wise woman and seperating these two characters in a one good, one bad, type of way cre...

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In my paper, I am going to discuss how Oedipus and Antigone both exhibit traits that qualify them to be defined as heroic characters. I am also going to compare and contrast their characters. In regards to the heroic code, they both fulfill the requirements that would make them heroes. Oedipus was the king of Thebes, whose world was turned upside down with the ... , and then her sister refused to help her with the burying of her brother. These reasons contribute to why I feel that Antigone lived in an antagonistic world. Finally, these two characters were very similar in regards to their cha...

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The play "Antigone" by Sophocles, is unquestionably a tragedy, however the question remains: whose tragedy is it? In essence, is it a tragedy for one or two characters in the play or is it rather a tragedy for the entire populace of the city of Thebes? It is a tragedy in varying degrees, from somewhat tragic to extremely tragic. Analyzing ... the play it is easy to see tragedy from beginning to end. It's also simple to see all main characters and even those in the background, the citizens of Thebes, experience some form of tragedy. Thebes as a whole, and the citizens of the city, are at the l...

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... hero and the audience's previous knowledge of the myth, which in return allows the audience to identify and feel sympathy for the hero. Dramatic irony is a literary technique where the characters have an inaccurate understanding of the facts. The audience is familiar with the myth of Oedipus Rex, therefore they know more than the ... characters, causing the audience to become emotionally invested because of their prior knowledge. Dramatic irony is used throughout the whole play when characters have inaccurate or incomplete knowledge of their situation and their own words. For example, w...

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Sophocles' Antigone explores the characters of Antigone and Haemon as rebels. They both rebel against Kreon, who is a greater power, but in distinctly different ways. Antigone stays steadfast to her beliefs as she defies the ... Thebes, while Haemon challenges his own father's inflexibility and stubbornness. Furthermore, Kreon's views on rebellion enable a greater understanding of how Antigone and Haemon can be considered rebels and though both characters defend their positions admirably, they are inevitably punished for their rebellious conduct. Antigone and Haemon find the strength to rebe...

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... on the play by constantly commenting on it. In addition to this, they are able to make statements that the characters in the play are often not in the position to say, for example when talking about certain circumstances that the characters aren't aware of. Moreover, the chorus is also often used to foreshadow future events and emphasize on the main themes ... form of entertainment. Plays were usually only performed as a celebration of a certain festival or event. From the beginning of the play, readers are able to capture a basic understanding of the characters in the play as well the ...

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... the merging of literature with tragedy.  Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude. Every Tragedy, therefore, must have six parts namely, Plot, Characters, Diction, Thought, Spectacle and Melody. Tragedy is the "imitation of an action" (mimesis) according to "the law of probability or necessity." Aristotle indicates that tragedy & ... connected with the catastrophe. Both peripeteia and anagnorisis turn upon surprise. Peripeteia leads directly to the anagnorisis. This creates the catastrophe, leading to the final "scene of suffering...

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... writers in history. He presented audiences with the "second actor" for more complex stories. He is also known for his tragic characters and Agamemnon is no exception. He possesses all the characteristics and ultimately the fate of the majority of tragic characters, death. Agamemnon is the King of Argos who is coming back from a ten year battle with Troy. This in itself ... well-being as well as displaying excessive pride simultaneously. These two flaws are arguably the worst sins one can make in Greek society and therefore Zeus allowed it. Most tragic characters in Greek stories do die ...

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... never an influential, admirable, or famous individual accept in his own mind. Even his loyal wife Linda admits that he has never been a "great man" or even the "finest" of characters. Nevertheless, she maintains that he is worthy of some attention as a human being who suffers. After all, she says, "a small man can be just as exhausted as a great man."] To ... people in everyday situations. Basically realism is a situation that normal people can relate to based on their own experiences. Realism is extremely prevalent in the play Death of a Salesman. The characters in the play all have re...

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