All posts tagged Antigone

The story of Antigone deals with Antigone’s brother who’s body has been left unburied because of crimes against the state. The sight of her brother being unburied drives Antigone to take action against the state and bury her brother regardless of the consequences. The concept of the Greek afterlife was . . . Read more

In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles, Creon and Antigone have distinct conflicting values. Creon’s regard for the laws of the city causes him to abandon all other beliefs. He feels that all should obey the laws set forth by him, even if other beliefs, moral or religious, state otherwise. Antigone, . . . Read more

The personalities of the two sisters; Antigone and Ismene, are asdifferent from one another as tempered steel is from a ball of cotton. One ishard and resistant; the otherpliable, absorbing and soft. Antigone would havebeen a strong, successful 90?s type woman with her liberated and strongattitude towards her femininity, while . . . Read more

The True Tragic Hero in Sophocles’ AntigoneThe True Tragic Hero in Sophocles’AntigoneIn Master Sophocles’ Antigone, the questionof who the tragic hero really is has been a subject of debate for a greatnumber years. Creon does possess some of the qualities that constitutea tragic hero but unfortunately does not completely fit . . . Read more

In many respects, Sophocles explains the meaning of Greek justice in Antigone. On the surface, we see Antigone as a conflict between divine law and man’s law. Antigone is the believer in divine law and Creon is the believer in man’s law. Sophocles could have suggested one character as morally . . . Read more

Hero: Antigone or Creon?In the play of Antigone there are two choices of tragic heroes or figures. By manyof Antigone’s actions I feel that she is the one who fits this description perfectly. A tragedy is a play in which a central character, called a tragic hero or protagonistsuffers some . . . Read more

Antigone first demonstrates feminist logic when she chooses to challenge a powerful male establishment. This establishment is personified by her uncle Creon, who is newly crowned as the King of Thebes. Creon poses to be a major authority figure in a patriarchal society. Creon’s regard for the laws of the . . . Read more

Although ancient Greece was a male-dominate society, Sophocles’ Antigone,portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. In thisfamous tragedy, Sophocles uses the characters Ismene and Antigone to show thedifferent characteristics and roles that woman are typical of interpreting. Traditionally women are characterized as weak and subordinate and . . . Read more

In Antigone, Creon is the tragic hero. The reason I think so is obvious if you look at the type of person he was and the way he died. Throughout the story Creon displays the four tragic hero characteristics. He displayed high character traits, a vital hero trait. Creon had . . . Read more