Antigone: Book And Movie Comparison

Antigone takes place just after a war between Antigone’s two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices. Eteocles fought on the side of Thebes whereas Polynices resembled an invader. Afterwards, Eteocles is buried and seen as honorable. However, Polynices is denied a proper burial because he is considered a traitor to Thebes. In this play, Sophocles uses Antigone and Creon as foils by characterizing Antigone as a martyr and Creon as a tyrant to urge the reader to realize that one’s own morals are more significant than the decrees of any government.

Throughout the story, both Antigone and Creon are symbols of the theme of pride and power that is shown throughout the story. In Antigone, the theme of pride affects the plot because if Creon was self-less rather than being prideful, he would have understood Antigone’s following of the unwritten laws and accept her feelings, which would prevent her suicide. In conclusion, while there are multiple themes that appear throughout the play, pride and power are both the most

Creon and Antigone are thought of as people of different kinds in the play. In the readers sense they might vary bit from bit. But when looking at the text and comparing Creon and Antigone there is a strong similarity in their character and their personality trait. When it comes to the scene of Antigone’s death, just before she dies, she asks the guard to write down the letter to her lover. They don’t mention Antigone telling the Guard who the lover is. But in the end

Even though Antigone exhibits a blamable pride and a hunger for glory, her disobedience is less serious than those of Creon. It is evident that Antigone’s actions are driven by a love for her brother, and a desire to please the gods. While Creon’s actions are

The play Antigone by Sophocles is a play like no other. There are three major themes or ideas which have a very important role in the play. The first major theme is fate, on how the play comes about and the turn of events that come about throughout it. Another main theme or idea is the pride the characters have and their unwillingness they have to change their minds once they are set on something. The last major theme is loyalty and the practical problem of conduct involving which is a higher law between the divine laws and those of the humans. It is an issue of which law is the "right" law, and if Creon and Antigone's acts are justifiable or not. The issues that Antigone and Creon have between them

First, the major characters in both of the plays are suffering through great pain and end up with death. The drama Antigone which is written by Sophocles, tells the story of Antigone. Antigone is a tragic heroine who doesn’t have the power to challenge the authority of the king; she has to obey the rules. However, she shows her strong will and voices her opinions

   This essay will compare two of the characters in “Antigone”, Antigone and Creon, in an effort to determine the identity of the tragic hero in this tale.

Antigone: Juxtaposition of Written Play vs Movie After reading the written play, Antigone, as well as watching it, there were some distinct divergences in how I viewed the overall characters, setting, and costumes from paper to on-screen. While reading the written play, I often imagined the characters being in many different settings, depending on the scene. For example, Antigone and Ismene’s first scene was a very intense and secretive conversation between them concerning the proper burial for their brother. I pictured this to possibly be in one of their houses, behind locked doors, since they were speaking of defying the law.

In contrast, the dim-witted suitors fall to their desires, neglecting to think about the consequences. It can be said that the characters’ differing characteristics also modulate conflict. These conflicts eventually affect the relationships that these main characters have. Both The Odyssey and Antigone present scenarios where the main characters have to choose between duty or desire. On a different note, People normally generalize novels into genres depending on the content they hold. However, it would be a mistake to infer that The Odyssey and Antigone are identical in theme because they both involve love. Although The Odyssey and Antigone both portray love, and desire with their respective characters, each of the characters has to make a key decision between desire and duty. This will modulate their relationships, the conflict that they have

Along with the contrasting conflicts the main characters, Oedipus and Antigone, are also very different in regards to their behavior and how they handle situations. Antigone is much more level headed than Oedipus. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus immediately kills a man just for being in his way and forcing him off the road a bit. Antigone on the other hand, does not take any physical action toward Creon despite not giving her brother a burial. Another difference in character is Oedipus’s defiance to the gods and the oracle while Antigone obeys the laws of the gods. Oedipus, to the people of Thebes, claims if they pray to him he himself would rid the city of the plague; making an implication that he is above the gods. Antigone however, wishes to obey the laws of the gods and demands her brother be given a proper burial. A closing example of the difference in how each character is rendered is how Antigone knowing breaks the law (defies Creon) for what she believes is right while Oedipus breaks the law without knowing; Antigone is

Two plays alike through tragedy, two kings with different fates. Tragedy is downfall or destruction caused by a character flaw and conflict with an overpowering force. In Antigone the king wants to be right and puts himself higher than the gods which costs him his family. In Macbeth the king wants to stay king, so he kills anyone in his way so he can keep the throne. The difference between the two is, in Antigone the king realizes what's going to happen and tries to stop it, while in Macbeth the king just kills without realizing the consequences that will fall upon him. Although both kings had character flaws causing conflicts with greater powers, leading to downfall, Antigone is more tragic because Creon suffers more for his family and is punished by the gods, while Macbeth dies with no punishment because he has never grieved.

In the play, Creon and Antigone can be seen as good or bad characters. Both of them show traits of justice. Antigone wanted to save her brother, Polyneices, by giving him a soldier’s funeral with military honors. Creon realized his mistake of putting Antigone in a cave to die for burying Polyneices, and he tried to fix it. Unfortunately, he

In the play Antigone written by Sophocles would have been different if it were narrated by a different character. If the story was told from a different point of view and a different character. The story wouldn't have it's ironic horror on page (351/To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee) Jem yells to Scout “Run,Scout! Run! Run!” Jem screamed. If another Character besides Jem was in the situation Jem was in That other character wouldn't have said what Jem said because they are different characters with different personalities. If the story was told from a different point of view the character Boo Radley might have not been such an important character on page (374/ To Kill A Mockingbird) “...When they finally saw him, why hadn't they done any of

The main difference between Antigone and Creon is their different stances on law. Antigone values moral and religious laws while Creon, values the laws of the state. In Scene II, Antigone is asked why she broke the law to bury her brother. She says, “It was not God’s proclamation. That final justice that rules the world below makes no such laws… [the laws of God] are not merely now, they were and shall be operative forever beyond man utterly.” Antigone’s disregard

A.C. Pearson doesn’t have much to say when it comes to the obvious effects when it comes to the play Antigone. Except that there should be a submission of “careful appreciation of the context” that leads to the conflicting conclusion. He also talks about the different view of Antigone and Ismene and how the knowledge barrier is very high explaining that the Greeks aren’t very smart when it comes to the difference between morals and intellectual qualities.