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    Sophocles’ Antigone, like other great Greek tragedies, draws emotional responses from the audience through the development of relatable and realistically flawed characters who act in ways which invoke praise, criticism, or sympathy. Throughout this play, the established protagonist and antagonist each make a series of rash decisions that set in motion a tragedy that impacts not only themselves, but the lives of the people around them. Antigone, as the central protagonist, is characterized by her

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    Sophocles' Antigone is, at its simplest, a tragedy of conflict and misunderstandings. In the play, the laws of the gods are set up against the laws of man, and the two appear irreconcilable as the values are upheld by equally opposing characters, Creon and Antigone respectively. Indeed, Wilkins and Macleod decide that in Antigone `not only is there conflict, there is also a refusal even to recognise the other's point of view' (23). Thus Chorus significantly warn against the pursuit of extremes and

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    Nelson Mandela and Antigone similarities Everyone in there life has stood up for something that has gotten them in trouble. Well Nelson Mandela and Antigone have much experience with standing up for what they believed in. Both Nelson Mandela and antigone were imprisoned, and praised by the people of their cities, and went against the law. The story Antigone was written by Sophocles. Even though Antigone and Nelson Mandela weren't imprisoned for the same reason they were imprisoned for unfair

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    Throughout Antigone, Sophocles develops the idea of emotion in protests through the actions of Antigone. Antigone, angry at Creon’s refusal to bury her dead brother, decides to protest and go against the rule of the state. Creon responds in return, rashly sentencing Antigone to death. At the end, the play ends in tragedy, with Creon’s son Haemon, Creon’s wife, and Antigone all dead from their emotionally driven choices. Throughout his play, Sophocles’ develops the idea of pathos in protests, showing

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    A Critical Review of Why Antigone Behavior led to Her Demise In the novel Antigone the main character Antigone takes a reader on a journey of love and hate, honor and disrespect, and a roller coaster ride of emotions. In some parts of the book you feel sympathy for Antigone, but others feel disgusted with her behavior and actions. A reader can empathize with Antigone’s overall response to seeing her traitor brother’s dead body left out for public display however, it is through her actions reader

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    At the beginning of the play, Antigone brought Ismene outside the city gates at night for a top secret meeting. Antigone wanted to bury her brother Polyneices' body because even though he died in dishonor he was her brother. Ismene refused to disobey the king which is also their Uncle Creon, and she failed to talk Antigone out of doing the act herself. "Consider, sister, how our father died,/hated and infamous; how he brought to light/his own offenses..Then, mother...did shame/violently on her life

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    on ends up backfiring on you? In the play Antigone, the characters Antigone and Creon both have conflicting motivations about the recent deaths of Antigone’s brothers, Cytokinesis, and Polyneices, which are also Creon’s nephews. The decision that Creon made about not giving a burial to one of the brothers led to conflicts and to unexpected consequences. Portraying a theme of determination and pride is shown by both of the characters in the play, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and Creon the ruler

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    In the play Antigone, by Sophocle, the protagonist Creon discovers that his niece goes against his proclamation and buries her brother, Polyneices. Told in third person point of view, the author describes the setting of family cursed with ill fortune, establishing the central conflict of Antigone disobeying the king. This affects the work as a whole because Sophocles’ purpose is to portray Creon as the tragic hero and to show the audience how he come to learn from his mistakes. He created the mood

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    Women In Antigone

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    The play Antigone was written by the playwright Sophocles in 441 BC, and centers around the titular character Antigone in the ancient city of Thebes. The play focuses on the story of Antigone’s burial of her traitorous brother Polynices and the consequences that follow. In burying her brother Antigone defies the law of her uncle Creon. However, by not burying a dead body Creon’s order defies the will of the Gods, as a soul could not travel to the underworld to be judged without a proper burial. In

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    Has anyone ever influenced you actions or effected your mood? In “Antigone” there were multiple people that influenced Creon like Antigone, Harmon and the guard. The one that influenced Creon the most was Haemon. Haemon is Creon son and what he did had not only a huge effect on Creon but others too. There was a scene in Antigone where Haemon is talking to his dad about not hurting Antigone because Antigone is not only his cousin but she's also his wife. There's a point in line 835 where Creon

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