Thebes, Greece

Sophocles’ Antigone focuses on the interplay between human laws and divine laws. Although the divines do not directly appear in the play, their rules strongly affect characters’ behaviors. Although the actions of the characters as well as the conclusion of the play demonstrate deities’ superior status to humans, the divine is unable to assume certain roles in the human world. The play’s first stasimon, also known as the “Ode to Man”, is one of the most obvious clues that the divine is superior

The Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles (tr. Robert Fagles) follows the result of a war on Thebes. Antigone’s two brothers (Polyneices and Eteocles) fought against each other in a civil war for control of Thebes. After both brothers were killed in the war, Creon becomes king, and orders that Polyneices, the brother on the opposing side, not receive a proper burial. This decree leads Antigone to ignore Creon in order to give Polyneices the burial the Gods require. Antigone is convicted, and condemned

Love and Bloodshed The ancient Greeks somehow linked together two aspects of life that seem to be exact opposites. Love and war, as Aphrodite was the mistress of ares, the god of war. In the play “Antigone” one of a trilogy, Antigone wishes for nothing more than to bury her deceased brother: However, that is the one thing her uncle, Creon, wants the least. There is a clearly defined relationship between love and war in Antigone, and it is a rather toxic relationship. In the play, the reader observes

We, the audience, are shown two major characters, a determined woman, Antigone, who goes to extremes for her family, and Creon, a stubborn king who believes in protecting his city Thebes. Creon creates a rule that both Antigone’s brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles must both alternately fulfill the title of king of Thebes, and ends in Polyneices death because of a battle that arose between the brothers which resulted in a demand for Polyneices to remain unburied by Creon, which influenced Antigone’s

constantly reinforcing the idea that Antigone is a criminal. When Haemon finally stands up to Creon it is in the form of suicide. While Creon takes advice from the Chorus he still explicitly states that “Since when do I take my orders from the people of Thebes” - pg 159. Creon is threatened by the thought of a government where he does not have all the

In the novel, Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene is bored with traditional palace life, and goes of to live with a group of dragons and becomes involved in fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons’ kingdom. Throughout the novel Cimorene did not act like a princess. In this paragraph I will be giving a 3 paragraph essay the first is the introduction the second one is the body paragraph the last is the conclusion paragraph. Such

My understanding of the cultural and contextual considerations for the play, “Antigone” by Jean Anouilh were effected by watching certain presentations, reading the play, and watching the film adaptation of the play. Prior to watching the Vichy France presentation I did not know much about Vichy France, and the German occupation. All I really knew was that the Germans had control in France. After watching this,I learned that as soon as Germany invaded France, the French government complied, and

In the play Antigone there are many situations of gender controversy, and what role Antigone is taking upon herself. In many greek tragedies the writer would explore gender normals, so it wasn’t very uncommon for this topic to come about. Although Antigone didn’t stick to the normalcy of one gender her sister Ismene did, she was seen as the typical women during this time, submissive and modest. Ismene was continuously urging her sister to stick to the typical view of women and to not challenge

FACTS Athens maintained some success. The Spartan King Archimedes II lay siege to the city revolt of Plataea, and the Athenians were able to hold out there until 427, when the city fell. It was during this time that , incited by the Spartans, took place at Mytilene. The second stage of the Second Peloponnesian War lasted from 421 to 413, and saw battles in Syracuse and Sicily. During this time, Corinth attempted to build coalitions among the states against Athens, and Alcibiades betrayed Athens

was able to discern the difference between Hercules intentionally murdering his family, versus being forced into it under a spell, whereas Hercules could not discern the two. The ancient Greeks would have valued intelligence because during ancient Greece Gods would tend to get themselves into very difficult situations that could only be gotten out of by using their intelligence. For example, after Atlas had fooled Hercules into holding the heavens upon his shoulders, he was able to get out of the