“They are dead, but the livings are worthy of death” (P56). The words, that indicate that Antigone ended her life by her own hands, are astonishing. It is shame that the ‘world’ loses a powerful woman who is capable of rules breaking. There is a saying in China that is ‘living is always the better choice than death’, and everyone, including me, was told whenever someone is despairing. Likewise, people who suicide are considered to be the ones who are weak in the deep of their hearts. Weakness provides the fear that prevents people from seeing and facing the reality, and caring about the people they love. However, Antigone has always been seen as a strong female, daring to break the roles and support her family. With the truth of her death,
An Annotated Bibliography on Antigone Reed, Valerie. " Bringing Antigone Home. " Comparative Literature Studies (2008): 316-340.
The purpose of this essay is to write an analysis of the female Greek hero Antigone. She is a tragic hero when she sadly killed herself due to the king of the city that Antigone lives in, decided to make a poor law choice that disrespected Antigone, and her family. “Look what’s Creon doing with our two brothers? He’s honoring one with a full funeral and treating the other one disgracefully! Ethocles, they say, has had his burial according to our customary rites, to win honour with the dead below.
Moreover, Antigone’s ability to follow her own beliefs results into the heroicness and tragic death of Antigone. Antigone is from a royal family and has the power to do what she believes in. She believes in following traditions and exercises that power when she says, “I will bury him, and if I must die, I say that the crime is holy: I shall lie down With him in death, and I shall be as dear To him as he to me” (694). Antigone follows her beliefs in following tradition and by doing what she feels is best. Antigone does this because she knows she is doing the right thing and knows that she will be repaid in some way. Furthermore, Antigone justifies her actions by telling the reasons that motivated her to do it to King Creon. She refuses to give in to the beliefs of King Creon and continues to think her own separate way. Antigone takes a stand to Creon when she says, “ Think Death less than a friend? This death of mine Is of no importance, but if I had left my brother Lying in death unburied, I should have suffered. Now I do not. You smile at me. Ah Creon , Think me a fool, if you like, but it may well be That a fool convicts me of folly” (709). Antigone believes what she is doing is correct and proves that to Creon , but he is still not convinced. It is important for Antigone to do what she believes is so that she will be pleased and satisfied with the outcome. Antigone’s ability to pursue her goals and to what she wants
Sophocles, a great tragedian, was the one who gave Greek tragedies their traditional form. An important part of traditional Greek tragedies is the presence of a tragic hero. All tragic heroes should have the characteristics of rank, a tragic flaw, a downfall, and a recognition of mistakes. The seemingly tragic hero is Antigone. She wants to bury her brother Polyneices even though this would be going against Creon, who is her uncle and the king. When Antigone buries Polyneices Creon sentences her to death because of it. In Antigone by Sophocles the tragic hero is not Antigone because she only meets the characteristic of a tragic flaw, hers being pride, but doesn 't meet the other three characteristics of a
Antigone realizes she can hear the voice of death; she suffers in wonders “What law of the mighty gods have I transgressed?” (106); she now feels she is left alone and claims “I alone, see what I suffer now / at the hands of what breed of men – / all for reverence, my reverence for the gods!” (107) ; she commits suicide and Creon finds her dead body.
Antigone was a Greek tragedy with multiple acts and scenes written by Sophocles around 441 b.c. The Game, was a one-act play written by Louise Bryant in 1916. Both plays have strong protagonists and antagonists. They have minimal stage directions allowing freedom and movement. The plays were written in a Dramatic Point-of-View so the audience does not know the internal thoughts or emotions of the characters and instead uses dialogue to characterize the individuals.
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
As the tragedy concludes, the chorus issues its final words: "Pray for no more at all. For what is destined for us, men mortal, there is no escape," demonstrating how justice remains impartial to the prejudice of men; those who make imprudent judgments will ultimately suffer from the consequences of their actions. In Sophocles' Antigone, these prejudices notably surface in the form of paternalism as demonstrated through Creon's government, highlighting the importance of gender roles throughout the play. Therefore, analyzing the motif of gender roles and its effect on the definition of justice through the perspectives of Ismene, Antigone, and Creon enables the audience to understand how Sophocles' macroscopic analogy to humanity's
Full of drama and tragedy, Antigone can be used to relate to current conflicts. One such conflict is that between Haemon and his father Creon. Haemon looks up to Creon with honor and pride, but as conflict arises, that relation is disassociated and new feelings grow. The first conversation between them is what initiates the downfall of their bond. While it seems that Creon is the most important person in Haemon’s life, Antigone is in fact the one that has won Haemon over.
Every day, Americans are called to make important choices that affect their lives and the lives of everyone around them. Eventually, each American must choose to embark on a life of individualism and profiteering or to live a humble and possibly humiliating life in the imago Dei, the “image of God.” This crucial decision that every American must make is influenced by the surrounding world.
Antigone uses the concept of death in many ways when unfolding the tragic story of Antigone and her rebellion. The most obvious way is how death is used as a form of capital punishment and justice against state-dubbed criminals and wrongdoers. The play first exhibits this notion when Antigone states, “No passing humor, for the edict says who’er transgresses shall be stoned to death”
The author's language is concrete, and for the most part pretty easy to understand. The reading is short, and very descriptive. The author uses descriptive adjective, she wants you to image exactly where the story takes place, and what is happening.
Antigone is a play about a woman who disobeyed the King's order to not bury her brother. The play was written by the famous Greek tragedian, Sophocles, in 441 B.C. The story took place in the city of Thebes and the time period is not mentioned. The main characters introduced in the play are of Antigone, Ismene, Creon, and Haemon. The primary focus was centered on Antigone and the consequences she faces after breaking the King's orders.
It is plain to see what about the character of Antigone it is that makes this a tragedy. Tragedy is defined as a dramatic composition dealing with a serious or somber theme, and this story fits all these criteria. First of all, it involves a tragic course of events that involved both of her brothers dying and then being completely disrespected even in death. She felt she had to rectify this mistake, even though it was against the law, and the opposition was too great. Because of her attempt to rectify the injustice, even more tragic things happened to her and her family. This is why she is a tragic heroine.
“CRISTIAN” my mom called so I answered “Yes ma’am”. I was staring into her deep brown eyes, something about them was wrong, and the atmosphere just wasn’t right. My mother told me quietly to “Sit down please” and I didn’t know what was going on so I did. She told me news that for most would just be regular old news and things that happen, my grandfather (from my dad’s side) had been murdered in Mexico on July of 2010. HATRED flowed through my 13 year old veins and has never stopped since.