Polynices

Ismene of being afraid of men and defy Creon by burying Polynices. By breaking Creon’s edict, Antigone challenges the traditional gender roles women and men play.

Antigone written by Sophocles, the roles of women play a huge part in the context of the play. Antigone, the main character, wants to give her brother, Polynices, a proper burial after being killed in the battle between Thebes and Argos. Her other brother was fighting for his kingdom, Thebes, so he was awarded a proper burial. However, since Polynices fought along the wrong side, the king of Thebes, Creon, does not want anyone to touch or even bury him because he was a traitor. Creon says, “.... a proclamation

character. Antigone who is outgoing, aggressive, and willing to fight for what she believes in, contrasts with her sister, who is more introverted, soft-spoken, and cautious. Ismene is a foil for Antigone. Before committing the crime of burying Polynices, Antigone must ask Ismene for help. Minimizing the risk of her crime, Antigone asks Ismene for help as if it’s a simple favor. “Will you help me? Will you do something with me? Will you?” (507) Ismene, uncomfortable with helping Antigone, must decline

obedient to. Antigone follows her heart and religious beliefs against the King’s orders as she plans to bury her brother in secret against the King’s ruling that Polynices be left to rot. She believes that a burial will assure her brother’s soul rest and that it is what the god’s want. However, King Creon is making a public example of Polynices’ body as he was a traitor that invaded the city. He also ordered that anyone caught trying to bury him would be stoned to death publicly as a sign of his strength

of Thebes. The play does not give much insight into the battle logistics other than that the Argive army retreated after Polynices and Eteocles killed each other. Here, I saw an opportunity to have some fun and use my imagination to show what the battle actually could have been like. I illustrated Eteocles leading the defense on his massive defensive wall, and I showed Polynices leading his enormous army into battle. I included a moat with sharks inside around the wall to make the battle even more

In a democracy, people choose representatives to lead and govern them. However, these representatives might take unpopular steps. In such instances the people may show their disapproval of a policy and vent their grievances through acts of civil disobedience. Henry Thoreau said, “It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.” It is both the right and responsibility of a person to fight an unjust law, and civil disobedience allows one to convey his thoughts and

Antigone and Annie John’s selfish tendencies, which make them, take everything personal, and their stubbornness, which causes them to refuse to let anything go. When Annie is younger she is infatuated with her mother and only want in life is to be exactly like her, but when she realizes that isn’t possible she does not react well. One-day Annie’s mom tells her that she can’t “go around the rest of [her] life looking like a little me”(26 Kincaid) and she does not react well and completely changes

The Dimensions of Justice The conflict among individuals or among a person and a group of peoples possessing a given power has always been existed in each society. As many generations have read the renowned Greek play Antigone written by Sophocle, the conflict between Creon and Antigone, which finally not only causes the misery death of the female hero character but also leaves the grief for the tyrannical King, can be considered in various patterns from religion and politics, to command and persuasion

In Sophocles’ Antigone and Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, both authors create women protagonists, Antigone and Nora, who challenge societies’ traditional expectations in different ways. Antigone defies and challenges the rules of her uncle and King of Thebes, Creon. Nora, on the other hand, goes against the norm of her society by first forging her father’s signature on a loan and deceiving her husband, Torvald. Although both Antigone and Nora’s societies possess similarities regarding a woman’s place and

characters alone. In the Greek play, Antigone, exhibits a tragic story about a family where a king named Creon believes he’s required to kill his niece, Antigone, for her valiant action. Antigone wanted to honor her brother Polynices so she disobeyed her uncles order, Creon, and buried Polynices. Creon endeavored to make Antigone lie and not tell anyone about the burial for the sake of his son, because Haemon, Creon’s son, is profoundly in love with Antigone. Antigone was reluctant to retain her mouth close