Antigone Literary Analysis

and set of values. She dies with pride and no regret for she died because she acted doing what

Page 124 of the play “Antigone” presents the scene where Creon is confessing to the Leader of his horrible mistake that he’s done. He is very upset that everyone is killed, he wishes he hadn’t done anything and hadn’t ruined what could have been a bright future. Shows lots of regret. This is sign of regret. You can call Creon a hero, his enemy was Antigone and he was trying to do whatever he could to regain possession of his kingdom and restore his manly great self-image back. However, once he reached the point where his loved ones began to commit suicide, he reached the point of death/rebirth. In utter grief, Creon states his sadness as shown in the following “Oh I’ve learned through blood and tears! Then, it was then, when the god came down

Antigone Essay In any story or piece of literature, there will always be the main characters to fill the pages with incessant adventure. The characters whose names appear on almost every page and the characters whose actions the story revolves around. However, a story will also always have its minor characters. These are the characters that contribute heavily to the plot, yet aren't mentioned quite as often and are underestimated regarding their importance in the story.

In the impressive play, Sophocles Antigone, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, the character that tends to receive more attention is Antigone the one who was willing to die for her brother. Although most people may see Antigone as the strong one, Ismene is the actual strong character in the play because she is able to stay loyal to her state and leader in spite of her own sister asking her to disobey the law. Antigone may be looked upon as the strong one but there is more to being strong than just fighting. A strong person is also a person that goes against the willingness of doing something because it's the "right thing" to do.

When a teenager rebels they do so because they are under minded by authority. One example is illustrated in Persepolis, Mrs. Nasrine, Marjane's maid, is distraught over her son's life having a worth of a plastic key (Satrapi 99). Mrs. Nasrine's son is promised luxuries in the afterlife if they die in war (Satrapi 100). This simple view of a teenager’s life and their usage leads teenagers to rebel. Marjane's cousin, Shahab also recalls seeing the teenagers being thrown into the field and faced with immediate death (Satrapi 101,102). Iranian teenage boys are shown to be simply fodder to the Iran Iraqi War and while they hold the future of a nation, the regime only sees them as pawns. The idea of teenagers being the minds to manipulate and brainwash

Antigone Video Response Assignment We watched the BBC version of the play Antigone in class. The film version had a few scenery differences from what I saw in my mind's eye and what was actually pictured in the movie. The castle where the entire movie took place seemed to give a more futuristic view, and seemed to be set up like a Nazi type headquarters.

During the Nazi occupation of France, Jean Anouilh produced an adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy, Antigone, as a representation of the struggle between those collaborating with the occupants and those resisting them. While it is possible to read Anouilh’s Antigone as a ‘texte de la Resistance’, it can also be interpreted as an apologia for the Nazis’ severe, authoritarian behavior. The two key passages selected are crucial to the development of the play in that they highlight the clash between ideologies. While Antigone’s speech offers an insight into her idealistic world view, Creon’s dialogue exposes his pragmatic approach to life. This conflict of thought and action epitomizes the conflict

At first glance of this passage, Antigone, a strong woman of tradition, seems suddenly sad, lonely and defeated but when looked at closely she actually believes her future is determined by fate, not by her actions. She took all the steps necessary to get to this moment by disobeying the law, making a fool of Kreon, yet never shows any sign of weakness or regret. It’s odd that she now grieves over the things “no longer lawful” for her to see and experience. Is she really “unwept, unfriended, unaccompanied by wedding song?” I would like to dig deeper into this “road prepared” for her and unmask her obsession with the departed, her own death and her longing to enter the Underworld and leave this cursed life behind.

Antigone Research Paper Traditionally, in Ancient Greece, a writer’s work depicted what they knew, whether it be astrology, war, love, tragedy, etc. Sophocles, the writer of Antigone, reflects Greek culture in his work as he uncovers the true views on women and marriage, also weaving in his own. While some characters in the play accurately portray Ancient Greek views of women's status and their marriage, Sophocles also includes characters who contradict these views. Ismene accurately portrays the Greek view of women; however, Antigone does not. In ancient Greece, women were not recognized as adults (Vivante).

This work focused on doing what is right no matter the cost. Antigone who is the daughter of Oedipus is defying the rights of Creon because she wants a proper burial for her dead brother. However, Creon says that he is not given a burial because of his past family issues. Antigone becomes furious and still tries to bury her brother.

For centuries men have been finding ways to gain control over everything and everyone. One group that has been oppressed by men throughout history are women. Men have placed rules and regulations upon women making them seen as unequal and inferior. Was it fear? Was it the hunger for power? Was is the highness of superiority? Whatever the reasons were, men had to be seen as the highest being next to whom they worshiped. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the audience is exposed to the roles of men and women in an ancient Greece society known as Thebes. Although ancient Greece was a male-dominant society where women had as much freedom as a slave, Sophocles’ main character in the play, Antigone, is an example of a brave, strong-minded woman who goes against the limitations that were unfairly set upon women during that time to do what she believes is right. In this play, gender roles assists in the process of portraying the story since it affects some of the decisions of the characters and helps lead the story into the climax.

As the play begins Antigone is just meeting up with her sister and is telling her about the decree of King Creon. Antigone and her sister, Ismene, had two brothers who had killed each other on the battlefield. One of their brothers, Eteocles, was buried with the military honors of a soldier’s funeral, and yet the other, Polyneices, was to be left out to be food for the carrion birds since he died fighting against the city of Thebes. King Creon forbade publicly for anyone to bury the body of Polyneices under the penalty of death. Antigone is now determined to bury her brother and wants Ismene to help her. Ismene does not want to go against what the king has ordered and is fearful of what may become of her if she

In the reading Siddartha, the protagonist, Siddartha, is a man who comes to the realization that he is lacking in life and that the materialistic treasures of the world, such as power, wealth, and sex, do not satisfy him anymore. He then embarks on a long journey to fill the void inside of him and search for the enlightenment that he craves. Before he experiences his awakening, he faces many obstacles and fights many battles between his internal values and the values of the world. Likewise, the play Antigone is the story of a tragic hero who defies the rules of her society in order to do what she feels is morally just. She is eventually charged with treason and sentenced to death by the society because of her act of heroism. It is made

Thebes was invaded by Oedipus’ son, Polynices, and his followers. As Oedipus predicted in the previous play, Polynices and his brother, Eteocles, killed each other during battle. Creon, the king of Thebes, ruled that Eteocles should have a proper burial with honors and Polynices, the invader, be left unburied to rot.

In Jean Anouilh’s version of the play, Antigone, the protagonist, Antigone, is interpreted as a member of the resistance to despotism that parallels the antifascist French resistance against the Nazi occupation. Anouilh’s controversial play was performed in 1944 under Nazi-controlled Paris, so when Antigone sacrifices her life to defy the oppressive ruler Creon, Anouilh makes Antigone not only a heroine, but also a symbol for resistance. Anouilh based his playwright on Sophocles’ version, which was originally written in 442 BC in Ancient Greece. However, Anouilh uses different literary devices such as anachronisms, allusions, similes and symbolism to relate the story to the most disturbing dilemma during his time in the 1940’s. He writes his play to show the importance in joining the French resistance, but he must also make his play acceptable to the controlling Nazis. As such, the play Antigone can be interpreted as a political allegory of Vichy France.