The last of the Oedipus Plays is Antigone. ... Antigone is the daughter or King Oedipus. ... Antigone has been caught giving her brother Polynices a proper burial by sprinkling dirt and providing the water when Creon (Antigone's uncle and current ruler of Thebes) ordered the citizens not to dare any attempts. ... This to me speaks powerfully about Antigone's personality and character. ... Antigone presents her bravery and strength in more ways though out the play as well. ...

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AP ONE SHEET- Antigone 1. The title of the play is Antigone. 2. ... Major Characters Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, late king of Thebes. Antigone is a static character. ... Antigone did not want to die in misery. ...

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Ismene refuses, and Antigone tells her that she will bury him alone, thus showing the audience that Antigone is bold and courageous. Antigone is a daughter of the late King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta. ... Antigone ventures out of the laws of Creon and buries Polynices. ... Without thinking, Creon accuses Ismene, Antigone's sister, of being an accomplice to Antigone. In Creon's rage, he does not think about the laws of the gods which Antigone was uplifting; he solely sees Antigone's actions as defiance to his thrown. ...

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Antigone was already accepting this punishment. ... Haemon threatens Creon to take back Antigone's death sentence. ... Before Antigone is forcefully taken away to her death tomb, Ismene finally realizes that she wants to die with Antigone. She tries to convince Antigone at the last minute, but Antigone decides that Ismene already had her chance and can no longer have any effect on Creon nor Antigone's decision. ... After Ismene begs Antigone for acceptance and to let them die together, Antigone retorts, "Never share my dying, never lay claim to what you never touched. ...

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In the ancient tragedy, Antigone, the Greek dramatist Sophocles presents a primary conflict that features a desperate struggle for dominance and challenges the blind justification of authorial power. ... The character of Creon is presented in direct opposition with the character of Antigone, but it would be premature to pass immediate judgment on Creon and call him a villain. ... When comparing the character of Creon, as presented in Antigone, with the character as presented in Oedipus Rex, the differences in characterization are remarkably apparent. ... " Antigone's opposition to hi...

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After reading Antigone, one might feel that there is lacking a dialogue between Antigone and Haimon before their deaths. ... Nor do we see Antigone pleading for his support for her actions. ... Antigone could not expect Haimon to be disloyal to his father. Had a conversation taken place between Antigone and Haimon, I can only assume that Antigone would state the unholiness of Creon's commands and actions. ... It is family loyalty along with the political nature of the play which make Antigone more effective without a conversation between Antigone and Haimon alone. ...

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In Sophocles" play Antigone we are faced with a simple conflict between Creon, king of Thebes, and his niece, Antigone. ... As the play begins, Antigone is alone in her beliefs. ... The play begins with Antigone conversing with Ismene, her sister. ... However, Antigone scorns her advice and buries the body of Polynices. ... (Antigone, ll. 499-507) Antigone is a woman for whom politics and sovereignty of the state take second place. ...

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Sophocles concludes his tragedy, Antigone, with Choragos breaking the fourth wall and offering to the audience both a summation of the theme of the play and the lesson to be learned from the tragedy's of both Antigone and Creon. ... Pride was a major cause for the down fall of both Creon and Antigone as well as the protagonist of Sophocles prequal to Antigone, Oedipus. ... Pride in one form or another causes the downfall of all three characters, and is the common theme among Creon and Antigone in Antigone. ... There are several valuable lessons, universals truths, that, through Sophocl...

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Title of work: Antigone 2. ... Characters: Major: Antigone - Antigone is very (immovable) and (unwilling) because when she is told not to do something by king Creon she still does what she believes in. ... In the book Antigone contradicts the laws of Creon. 10. ... When Antigone has killed herself the tone changes to a sad tone. ... Imagery - the imagery was used when Antigone hanged herself d. ...

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Sophocles shows in Antigone that an individual's pride and arrogance could have deadly consequences in his life. This essay will discuss one of his plays called Antigone. ... Creon and Antigone characteristics including pride are alike in many ways. The only difference is Antigone choose to serve the gods while Creon makes the state his top priority (Weigel 297). ... He has learned something since the deaths of Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice. ...

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Fate in Antigone Everything is determined. ... Sophocles, the author of Antigone, is the most note able author of fate and destiny. ... In Antigone, Creon is faced with a decision. ... It was determined that he would put Antigone in a cave and try to get her out, only to find her dead. ... The fact that everything is determined didn't change any of the actions taken by Antigone or Creon. ...

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Sophocles, the author of Antigone, shapes out Creon to be seen as a bad ruler. ... His own hubris is making him closed-minded and thinks that due to his higher role, he is higher in everything else thus being his tragic flaw throughout Antigone. ... Creon would rather let Antigone, who is his own niece and son's fiancé, die then to go back on what he told all of Thebes, therefore making a fool out of himself. This explains why Creon will not forgive Antigone for her actions. ... This only happens after Tiresias tells him his refusal to bury Polyneices and the punishment he has give...

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In the play Antigone the playwright Sophocles presents Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero in the character King Creon. ... Creon's hubris is first evident when he fails to acknowledge the will of the Gods after finding out Antigone has buried Polyneices. Creon argues with his son Haimon who feels that it is wrong to punish Antigone for she went against the law because of her strong ethics and feels that it is her moral obligation. ... One critic states that "Antigone has her revenge when Creon falls into the infancy of human evolution, back into kinship while mourning over his s...

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In the play Antigone, Sophocles at first portrays Creon as a respected leader who formulates a rational basis for his laws and punishments, and has a generally positive reputation among the people of Thebes. ... It is this manner that Creon can be seen as the tragic character in the play Antigone. ... He dismissed Haimon's love for Antigone as petty and immaterial, and he refused to believe that Antigone's dead brother deserved a proper burial. ... His hubris is the root cause of his refusal to effectively deal with situations and the reason he dismisses the importance of Haimon&#...

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The Sentry leaves, and brings Antigone back to Creon. ... He sends for Ismene because he thinks she helped Antigone. ... Creon locks up Antigone and Ismene. Haemon, Creon's son and Antigone's fiancé, expresses his agreement with his father, but he tries to get his father to let Antigone go. ... He says Haemon and Antigone have both killed themselves. ...

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Characters and Plot: "Antigone" by Jean Anouilh is an adaptation of the original "Antigone" written by Sophocles. ... Antigone disobeyed the law and would have to be buried alive. ... Antigone was buried alive as opposed to committing suicide. ... Anouilh, Antigone, trans. ... Sophocles, Antigone & Oedipus the King, in Antigone, Oedipus, Electra, trans. ...

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Sophocles" Antigone has two major characters, Antigone and Creon, who are the focal point throughout the story. ... Ismene serves as a foil to Antigone because Antigone is strong while Ismene is submissive. ... This line was a major turning point for Ismene's character in the story Antigone. ... (Lines 70-81) This may be due to the fact that her decisions are made while under pressure by either Antigone or the law. ... Very similarly, Ismene matured from beginning to end of Antigone. ...

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In "Antigone", by E.F. ... But Creon relent and Antigone and Haemon go to their deaths" (13, Watling). ... Whereas Creon had the option to either spare Antigone's life and save his son or kill Antigone and his son. ... With the death of Antigone, Creon's son, Haemon, decides to die with his lover, Antigone. ... By giving Antigone a death sentence, it started a chain-reaction of deaths; Antigone dies, then Haemon and Creon's wife. ...

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"Oedipus Rex Essay Number 1- The stories Antigone and Oedipus Rex were written by a Greek philosopher named Sophocles. ... In the book Antigone, the prophecy given to Creon was very interesting. ... The prophecy Tiresias gave to Creon was very important in the story Antigone. ... When Creon sentenced Antigone to death, Haemon, who was the son of Creon and Antigone's fiancé, threatened to kill himself. When Antigone died, Haemon tried to kill Creon but he killed himself instead. ...

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Oedipus accepts responsibility as a tragic hero, as does Antigone. It seems however, that Antigone shows a greater willingness to accept her responsibility. ... Antigone, Oedipus" daughter, has much of the same decisiveness as her father did. ... Unlike her father, however, Antigone has the ability to remember the past. ... Antigone takes the punishment, willing to die for family and respect for the dead. ...

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Therefore, he killed Antigone after he finds out that she insists to bury the body of her brother, Polynices, which was inimical to his order. Unfortunately, the death of Antigone caused Creon's son and wife to commit suicide. ... However, killing Antigone was done by Creon's own will. He was being arbitrary that "None of his subjects think as Antigone does" (Watling 13), which eventually caused the tragic end. ... He punished Antigone arbitrarily, and deserved the punishments he received. ...

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., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. ... Although Antigone was written before Oedipus the King, the generations involved in Oedipus the King precede the ones in Antigone. ... In Antigone, Creon is a most significant character, the Ruler of Thebes, who prevails when the two sons of Oedipus die. ... Creon, in Antigone, opens as an apparent patriot because he sounds like a democratic speaker. ... Creon orders Antigone, his niece and future bride of his own son, to be murdered for placing soil on a corpse, against his wishes. ...

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Also in Antigone, power becomes a major theme, as Creon becomes king. ... So Antigone attempts to bury her brother. ... He has Antigone put in a tomb in the middle of a desert and leaves her there to die. As a result, not only does Antigone die, but so does Creon's son Haimen. ...

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Creon said when Antigone thought we all had a duty to the dead. ... In the story of Antigone, Antigone disobeyed Creons orders not to bury her brother, Polynices. ... Since Antigone disobeyed her ruler she was to be put to death. ...

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Oedipus, Antigone, and Hecuba all fit this description of a tragic hero. ... Antigone is the biggest exception. ... They learn a lesson the hard way without taking their own lives the way Antigone did. ... One of the reasons that Antigone could be associated with a hero was that she had to accomplish a goal which required her to overcome obstacles. ... Antigone, Hecuba, and King Oedipus all have contributed numerous comparable qualities into what makes a tragic Greek hero, and what does not. ...

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