Antigone Conflict Essay

“Who’s next to attempt this daunting feat? For he who strings the mighty bow of Odysseus wins the long-desired reward of Penelope’s hand in marriage and therefore all the spoils of Ithaca” “I will be next to try my hand at the bow,” proclaimed Antinous confidently. Stepping up to the menacing weapon, Antinous wore a face of a assuredness and entitlement, thinking too to himself: ‘I am am surely the most able and deserving of all these feeble men to string the bow and claim the power of Ithaca.

Antigone: The Tragic Hero Antigone’s first flaw is that she is wanting to bury her brother Polyneices. “Ismene, I am going to bury him (Polyneices). Will you come?” She is wondering if Ismene (her sister) will come with her and help bury Polyneices. Antigone is a person that wants to do the most right thing no matter what. Wanting to bury her brother is all she cares about at the moment, which makes that flaw a valid one. Antigone’s second flaw is that she didn’t deny anything that she had done

Antigone Character Descriptions Antigone- Antigone is a rebellious, determined, and loyal sister. She has two brothers, a sister, and two dead parents. She comes from a dark past and is overcomed by the task of burying her unburied, dead brother though it is forbidden. Antigone is a young lady that is extremely daring and mature for her age and the one that stirs up an interesting story. Haimon- Haimon is a prince blindsided by love. He is a disgraceful burden to his father and a romantic to his

his face, Shading his eyes as if from something fearful, Awesome and unendurable to see.” Another revealing example of irony intertwining with sight deals with Polyneices. Antigone pleads, begs Polyneices to relent of his hatred of Thebes and call off the war that will destroy so many men, but Polyneices refuses. Antigone cries, “Sweet brother! You go with open eyes to death!” (154)  This is a powerful condemnation, for Polyneices lacks vision in the sense that he cannot discern what is proper

is what Antigone does in Sophocles' story Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon's order that no person should bury Antigone's brother, Polynices, which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case, is Antigone's decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively because they cause problems within the royal family, disagreement among the people and directly relate to the death of three people including her own.      By burying her brother, Antigone knowingly

Sophocles' Antigone Theater played a large role in ancient Greek society. The citizens were meant to learn from the mistakes made in tragedies. They should have learned what not to be like as a citizen or human. In the classic tragedy Antigone, the third and final play in Sophocles¹s Oedipus Cycle, there are two main characters, Antigone and Creon. They are both strong willed and stubborn people

their own demise. The main character always acts exactly on his or her own emotions; thus aiding their tragic flaw and leading to their own demise without giving them the time to stop the repercussions of their emotion driven actions. In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles many of the characters are simply too headstrong and passionate about their beliefs to realize that they would greatly regret the decisions they are making. All of the characters share this characteristic; it is alluded to in the play

The story of Antigone begins with Polyneices and Eteocles, two brothers with two distinct ideologies which resulted in a civil war, both in opposite sides. They both wanted to take over the throne of Thebes and they would not back down and as a consequence, it led to both of their self-destructions, as they killed each other in a skirmish for power. Soon after Creon, the new monarch of Thebes declared that Eteocles will be honored because he fought against the opposition led by his brother Polyneices

Antigone is a Greek tragic playwright, set in a classical era of time. During this period, the city of Thebes is completely organized around strict gender roles and religion. There are also expectations that the citizens are expected to meet through abiding by the rules. In this regard, this essay will look at the playwright, on aspects touching on the issues of interest, the historical context, the insight gained among others. The situation of the two sisters: Antigone and Ismene, who are comforting

The story in Antigone shows two things that Sophocles could be pointing which is important whether may be the family or authority. Readers could not tell whether Sophocles would be choosing which but most conclude that Sophocles could be siding with family as it talks much more about it than authority. In the mind of a reader, family is mostly likely the winner as Antigone cares her brother Polyneices, Antigone denies the rule of Creon, Creon values his son and his wife, and Sophocles might be making