1. Antigone
When a person is in the wrong place at the wrong time due to circumstance should that person be punished for something they had no power against? Being a victim to circumstance is something that we all have probably experienced in life. Many times these circumstances or coincidences are not even that persons fault. One story with a very modern and applicable circumstantial event is present in the myth, "The Rape of Persephone." This myth illustrates how a young woman, Persephone is idly picking flowers, when out of the ground Hades, the underworld god, snatches her down to Hell as his true love. A sense of irony comes into play because Hades never loved Persephone, but was struck by Cupid's arrow and now he loves her. She goes to Hell and lives there for a few years and at the same time not eating due to Zeus" "Code of Hospitality." Finally she eats four pomegranate seeds and gets sentenced to one third of an eternity in Hell. In the myth, "The Rape of Persephone" Persephone becomes an obvious victim of circumstance when an unwise decision is exemplified by Zeus when he unwittingly examines the facts and doesn't take the points that Persephone did not go into the underworld on part of her free will, Cupid had no just means to interfere with Hades that day, and that is was not compulsory for Zeus to enact his "Code of Hospitality." .
If Hades loved Persephone he had no right to go out and pick Persephone out of the ground, like an apple off a tree, without consulting Persephone's opinion or free will. If Hades really and truly loved Persephone he should have came up to Persephone with great kindness and respect, consequently gaining her respect. All the same Hades should not have stormed out of the ground as if he were a bat out of Hell. Nevertheless he should have asked Persephone of her opinion on the matter at hand. However, thoughtless and inconsiderate Hades" acts were, he was not the only problem.
This type of conflict is shown in Antigone an helps present the character traits of the antagonist, Antigone. ... Antigone was also very strong minded. ... Antigone was also very strong willed. ... Antigone chooses to defy this law. ... Antigone believes that Ismene is a coward while Ismene believes that Antigone is foolish. ...
Antigone stands poised at the river separating herself from civil disobedience. ... Antigone's unrepressed emotions give voice to her dissatisfaction with Creon's dictum. ... Antigone's morals render her unable to see her tragic flaw. ... Antigone impels Creon by defying his order, and seals the fate of her life. ... Antigone's convictions bear a burden on her that she is not strong enough to lift. ...
In the play, "Antigone," the main character Antigone goes against all authority in an effort to give her brother, Polynices, a proper burial. ... Antigone has no respect for authority. ... Antigone also claims, "What Creon says is quite irrelevant" ( ln 4). Thus, Antigone does not respect government or Creon as a sovereign. ... "We can't live by Antigone's alone, but if we have no Antigones within us we are spiritually barren" (Cornell). ...
Later in the act, the Sentry enters again, this time with Antigone. ... Creon asks Antigone if this is true. ... Creon aims to justify his decision to let Antigone's dead brother rot. He also wishes to validate his choice to punish Antigone. ... I believe Antigone's act was morally correct. ...
Pride is part of what makes Antigone heroic. ... This is between Antigone and Polyneices. ... Antigone doesn't mind doing anything on her own. ... Antigone has no problem working by her self either. ... I think Creon feels he must defeat Antigone because she is a woman. ...
In Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone is the tragic hero of the play, rather than Creon. ... Sophocles wants us to see Antigone as the tragic figure. ... He can either kill Antigone, or spare her life. ... Antigone is in a different position. ... Antigone chooses wisely in defying the law. ...
However, in the play Antigone, Antigone goes against the beliefs and defies the powerful tradition of male domination. In the play, Antigone's life was filled with pain and sorrow. ... Even after all of this, Antigone had even more pain to deal with. ... Antigone didn't fear death, but instead faced it with great bravery and strength. ... That is why Antigone is such an influential character in the play. ...
The Antigone Essay Through "Antigone", the play, Sophocles lets it be known that family is more important than authority. ... Antigone felt awful that Creon was doing such a wrong thing. ... Antigone took a moral stand and buried Polyneices. ... Antigone was Haemon's true love. Haemon committed suicide once he lost Antigone. ...