Tarsus Act 2 Analysis

During the play it was broken into five short stories making it difficult to follows at times. This play had an Episodic structure, tracking characters through five different eras’. This play was difficult to find a Genre, the most it identified with was a Tragicomedy. The use of each Antigone

Antigone, written by the Athenian Sophocles, is about a woman named Antigone who lives in a city named Thebes. The play’s plot is based on her attempt to successfully bury her brother Polynices whom perished in a battle with his brother that also assumed the role of

Antigone is a play which embodies many values held dear to the ancient Greeks: morality, pride, selfless love, the power of the Gods, and similar issues which are timelessly inherent within the human condition are pursued endlessly by Sophocles and his dramatic cast of characters, making the play as relevant to contemporary man as it once was to the ancient Athenian. The play initially appears to center around Antigone, focusing on her selfless love, and subsequent sacrifice to ensure her brothers burial. Although this is a main concept used by Sophocles to perpetuate the tragedy, the ensuing bulk of the play appears to deal more deeply with the fate of Creon. This leaves four very important issues within the play, dealing with (1) the opposition of Creon and Antigone (2) the internal struggle between Creon’s own authority and his overwhelming sense of pride or ego (3) the opposition between Creon and the Gods, and (4) the transcendental issue regarding personal morals and the laws of the state. These concepts are dealt with steadily throughout the play, although the Prologue, the Parodos, and part of scene one can be viewed as an introduction, mainly used to

and the law is only here to benefit him and to control the people. It

The main characters in Sophocles’ drama, Antigone, are Antigone herself, the play’s tragic heroine and Antigone’s uncle and King of Thebes, Creon. Both characters are ruled by powerful motivations and beliefs; however, they differ from one character to the next.

5. The speeches of the Chorus and Choragus interrupt the action of the play to describe the battle to the audience. What do these city

Overall, this essay is going to be directed towards informing the readers about all the different foreshadowing events that occur during the play. For example, there are subtle hints in every known conflict and plot twist. Some are very clear, while others take a few times of reading to realize. To make things easier, chronological order would be most helpful.

 The most complex and compelling character in the three plays is Clytaemnestra.  Clytaemnestra is consumed with thoughts of revenge.  She seeks vengeance on Agamemnon for the loss of their daughter, Iphigeneia whose life was forfeited in order to appease the goddess Artemis so that Agamemnon's troops would be allowed passage to the Trojan shore. Clytaemnestra

Aeschylus’ drama, Agamemnon, relates the story of a king’s downfall at the hands of his queen. Agamemnon, the king and the play’s namesake, is introduced almost halfway through the production. His first appearance creates a scene fraught with characterization, of himself and others around him, and symbolism. The scene and Aeschylus’ techniques allow interpretations concerning the king’s own hubris being his destruction. The introduction of Agamemnon portrays the chariot as his ability to identify his own pride as a flaw, the tapestries as his willing acceptance of his hubris, and Cassandra’s movements as her acceptance of her fate.

The main focus of the play is Creon, the brother of Oedipus and next in line for the throne. Throughout the play, we can see the complexity that Creon must navigate in this time of struggle. When he is faced with what to do with his two nephews, Eteocles and Polyneices who died fighting each other in battle, he must decide whether or not Polyneices, the traitor, should be buried in honor or left to rot. Wishing to maintain his hold on the government, Creon proclaims that, “As long as I am

scene in the play. Act 3 scenes 1 happens in the middle of the play,

As the play begins, Act I, Scene i lets the audience meet four of the key characters of they play; Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. Hermia, who has been betrothed to

Act 3 scene 1 depicts the death of two significant characters (Mercutio and Tybalt), many important plot points take place throughout the second half of the scene (such as Romeos

The play revolves around the leader of Greek forces, Agamemnon, and his deadly decision to sacrifice his first daughter Iphigenia, to preserve his honor by doing battle against

The movie starts out with a back story otherwise known as the exposition that tells the story of Antigone’s father. Her dads name was Oedipus and he was the king of Thebes. When he was younger his mother sent him to an oracle that told him his future. The oracle told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Therefore, his mother shipped him off to the mountains in the middle of nowhere. While alone and abandoned he was found and raised by a women and a man. When he found out his destiny he left to find his real parents in Thebes. When he got their he got into an argument with a “stranger,” and killed him. He then got to the kingdom and fought a sphinx to win the right to rule Thebes and the hand in marriage of the widowed queen. Little did he know the widowed queen he married was his mother. Then he spent years trying to figure out who killed the king only to find that he killed the king. Then his mother/wife realized she married her son and hung herself. As a result, he took two needles and stabbed his eyes. Oedipus and his mother had four children together; Eteocles, Ismene, Antigone, and Polyneices. After the king Oedipus dies Eteocles seized the thrown. Polyneices started a war against Eteocles and they both died in battle. Now the new king of Thebes was Creon and Antigone was to marry his son Haemon. Antigone wanted to bury her brother Polyneices but the new king Creon forbid anyone from burying the body. The story then starts and begins to explain the