Professor: Kennedy ENC 1102 April 12, 2016 Theme In Antigone Sweeping dramas of rival families and of rival family members seeking control of a kingdom are very popular now. One obvious example is Game of Thrones, which continues to break viewership records and also engender controversy. Such sagas, however, are nothing new. Antigone, a play by Sophocles and the sequel to Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes, provides an ancient Greek perspective on the themes of power, duty, and law while providing
In Sophocles play, Antigone, loyalty and to whom it is owed is a prominent theme. The characters show loyalty throughout the play through disobedient acts. Antigone shows her loyalty to her family by breaking the law to bury her brother Polyneices. Haemon shows his loyalty to Antigone by speaking against what his father tells him and eventually killing himself because of his fiance's death. Creon displays his loyalty to the state over family by choosing to treat Polyneices as a traitor as well as
Understanding Of Love: In both plays, Antigone and The Symposium the theme of love is apparent, but not always through the same lens. Through the dynamism of characters Antigone and Socrates we can see the differences and similarities in the understandings of love and connect the two. In Antigone’s case, her character is very dynamic and has a very interesting role by showing very distinct personality traits and someone who holds strong to their convictions. Antigone proves to be very religious and has
Sophocles’ tragedy, Antigone, follows protagonist Antigone, through her quest for justice with emphasis on integrity, sacrifice and the laws of man. Taking place around 441 B.C., Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, wants to bury her brother Polyneices after he was killed in war. Creon, King of Thebes, has forbidden Polyneices to buried and said that anyone who tries to bury him will be killed. Antigone, acting out of love for her brother and in defiance of Creon, intends to ignore such threats and bury
The play “Antigone” is a tragedy by Sophocles. Antigone begins with the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polyneices, who are rebellious for the power of Thebes. Both men croak in the battle. Their beneficiary, Kreon, decides that King Eteocles will be buried, but Polyneices, because he was chief a distant army, will be left on the ground of battle. Antigone, his sister, gives him the proper burial anyway. One main theme of the play is Religion because it plays a major role in Antigone. Greek Cultural
What is loyalty and betrayal? In the play Antigone a lot of loyalty and betrayal was seen. The play Antigone is about one of Antigone’s brothers not having a proper burial; while the other brother was given the burial that they had both deserved. So Antigone goes on a mission to bury her brother, after she does this she is arrested for her crime of burying him after Creon, the king, says that no one is allowed to bury her. Antigone is then sentenced to death for not following the law Creon had made
Passey Antigone PSA Antigone is a Greek tragedy which explores the flaws and unfairness of the universe. Written by Sophocles around 441 BCE, it is the third and last of the three Theban plays. Its bold and fearless themes and perspective on the true sorrows of human misery makes it an impactful drama that is a true depiction of Greek tragedy. Universal themes that are outside of time and space, but are rather applicable to human nature itself, are a key element in Greek tragedy. Antigone has a
English 12 November 2, 2017 Reflection on Themes of Antigone Standing up against an authoritative figure that is bigger than most of society takes pride. Pride can be a good thing to have, but only a certain amount of it. Too much pride could make someone cocky and blind them of the honorable thing to do. In the story Antigone by Sophocles women do not have pride for them self because of the dominant rule of men. The role of women takes a turn when Antigone shows her pride when going against Creon’s
Themes of Antigone Standing up against an authoritative figure that is bigger than you are in society takes pride. Pride can be a good thing to have, but only a certain amount of it. Too much pride could make someone cocky and blind them of the honorable thing to do. In the story Antigone by Sophocles women do not have pride for them self because of the dominant rule of men. The role of women takes a turn when Antigone shows her pride when going against Creon’s law. Pride is considered one of the
with full intent, however Love in Antigone, a tragic play, written by Sophocles reciprocates this idea in a completely new way. A theme that Sophocles writes throughout Antigone could possibly be the idea of loyalty to the city versus family, and he often grazes upon the origin on many of the themes, providing sufficient amount of details that could be used to support them. However, a possible main occuring theme of Antigone is that Love is unconquerable. This theme surfaces in many ways throughout