Creon By Anouilh Analysis

The beginning of the play begins with Antigone and her sister, Ismene. Antigone presents her plan of burying their brother, Polynices, whose body had been denied a proper burial by their uncle, King Creon, since in his eyes Polynices had been seen as an enemy to the city. Antigone wanted Ismene to accompany her, but Ismene immediately refused in fear of the consequences. Ismene states “We are women and we do not fight with men/ We are subject to them

In the Anouilh's version the viewer notices right away that the chorus is only made up of one man instead of many it is also noticeable throughout the movie that the chorus is very active unlike the book where the chorus does not play as much of a role. Although, the chorus still serves the main purpose of being the voice of reason in the story. Another difference in the characters is how in the book the love between Antigone and Haemon is not displayed as much as it was in the movie. In addition, during the movie Anouilh adds an extra scene where Haemon and Antigone develop their relationship, this shows the love between them that is not represented in the book. Another altered scene is that in the book when Antigone is found burying the body Creon sentences her to death instantly, he doesn’t hesitate because of Antigone’s and Haemon's relationship.

Lastly, Antigone recognizes her tragic flaw. In scene four she proclaims "To me, since it was my hand that washed and clean and poured the ritual wine: and my reward it's dead before my time." This quote shows how she not only realizes that it was her own doing that caused her demise but also takes responsibility for it. However, once Antigone realizes her flaw it is too late. Creon had already sentenced her and by the time he changed his mind she had already killed herself. Antigone lost everything because of her

In the play, when Antigone gets caught and conversates with Creon she illustrates, “I would never think your pronouncements had such strength that, being mortal, they could override the unwritten, ever-lasting prescriptions of the gods” (Sophocles

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Even after she has performed this deed, Antigone’s personality remains the same. She does not show any change whatsoever when she was punished. Until the end of her life, the readers have no clue on what she

“Take me and kill me, what more do you want”(565) “there’s nothing in your words that I enjoy may that always be the case”(567-568) Antigone tells Creon. The conflict between Antigone and Creon cause the characteristics of anger,disrespect, and stubbornness to show up in Creon throughout the play. Only Antigone brings this out in him through her actions,ideas, and words. Overall these conflict motivations make Creon a tragic hero by him thinking he knows what’s best and only following the rules of man and ultimately killing his son and wife. The character interactions advance the plot because both antigone and Creon have such a strong perspective on what they think is right that he causes them to equally make decisions based on their thought of what’s good and what’s not

In Antigone, Creon’s mind is pulled in two opposite directions: His hubris, and, in contrast, his human duty to the gods. His decision to not follow the gods’ decrees and the consequences of that decision are used by Sophocles to remind the audience to stand with the gods.

Through looking at the history of the era, the intentions of the playwright, and the critical analysis and commentary offered on the play, it is in my opinion that Sophocles intended Creon to be the character who was in the right, not Antigone.

While the characters, especially Jason and Medea, do not acknowledge divine forces as potent elements shaping their actions, they are keenly aware of their recurring roles throughout literary history. They force the reader to make a more substantial connection or comparison with the previous work. One might try to recast the earlier analogy, replacing the Greek gods with Anouilh. The characters are his tools, his puppets. This, however, is too simplistic. Anouilh himself must acknowledge the limits of the tale, not simply the sequence of events, but themes and ideas within it, if he is to retell it. In this sense Anouilh is confined and he makes the reader aware of this fact. Within these self imposed limits, though, Anouilh is free to revise, review, elucidate, and articulate the ideas, actions, and opinions of each character.

The death of Antigone is truly a tragic episode in the Theban Plays, where she hung herself with a woven linen of her dress. By convention, her death would be characterized with feminine quality. However, Antigone, one of the few female characters in the book, possessed distinguishable female characteristics that are as remarkable as a male hero. Antigone was determined when she made up her mind to bury her brother. She was an agent of her words and took up the risks that accompanied to her deeds. Antigone was very passionate from the beginning to her death and she displayed tremendous courage when facing the death penalty. Moreover, Antigone, as a female individual, confronted bravely with the state and the authority of Creon. Throughout

Both Sophocles and Jean Anouilh use the simple story-line of a girl defying her uncle and king in the face of death to reflect upon the events and attitudes of their days. Sophocles' Antigone models the classical pattern of tragedy by incorporating key elements such as a tragic hero with a fatal flaw and the Man-God-Society triangle. Creon is the tragic hero who disturbs the natural harmony of Thebes by denying Polyneices a funeral. Antigone is the catalyst who forces him to reckon with the consequences of his pride and arrogance. In the twentieth century, Jean Anouilh takes Sophocles' drama, strips it down to its core, and weaves an entirely different version of the story. Anouilh redefines "tragedy" by removing the conventional tragic

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

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