Antigone stands poised at the river separating herself from civil disobedience. ... Antigone's unrepressed emotions give voice to her dissatisfaction with Creon's dictum. ... Antigone's morals render her unable to see her tragic flaw. ... Antigone impels Creon by defying his order, and seals the fate of her life. ... Antigone's convictions bear a burden on her that she is not strong enough to lift. ...
In Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone is the tragic hero of the play, rather than Creon. ... Sophocles wants us to see Antigone as the tragic figure. ... He can either kill Antigone, or spare her life. ... Antigone is in a different position. ... Antigone chooses wisely in defying the law. ...
But in Sopholes" play Antigone, there were two tragic heroes, Antigone was the tragic heroine. ... In these three ways Antigone was the tragic heroine. ... Pride brought Antigone down throughout the play. ... Antigone's pride killed her. By the end of the play, Antigone recognized that her pride got her where she was. ...
The Tragic Hero of Antigone Sophocles" Antigone is the story of the battle between Antigone and Creon and their different views on laws placed by man and those placed by gods. Antigone is the classic tragic hero in the Greek tragedy. ... When Creon orders for Antigone and Ismene to be executed Antigone takes all the blame to save her sister. ... Antigone is the only tragic hero in Sophocles" Antigone. ... Antigone stood for what is pure and true. ...
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...
In the story Antigone, Creon shows all of the characteristics of a tragic hero. ... In scene 3, line 118 he says you will never marry her while she lives, right after his first discussion about Antigone. In lines 142-150 he summarizes his plans for Antigone, in which he thinks of right after talking with his son. ... By Creon's self-pride deciding to never let his son marry Antigone, he decides to let his son die also. Creon is the king in Antigone, whom possesses all of the characteristics of a tragic hero. ...
Antigone feels as though long-lasting by the laws of the gods, is value to follow. ... Antigone chooses to sacrifice herself to give her brother honor and respect. ... However, Antigone does not complain. ... The tragic flaw of Antigone leads to many lamenting events in the play. ... This is a vast difference between Antigone and Creon. ...
In Antigone, by Sophcles, Antigone's pride her life that much more badly. ... Antigone's pride is a great thing that leads her to death. ... Antigone knew she was going to die and never cried over this fate because of her pride. ... In Antigone, Antigone shows tragic heroism by her tragic flaw, pride. ... All of these elements meet in the middle and make Antigone a great hero and an even better tragic hero. ...
The play Antigone, by Sophocles, is based after the story of Oedipus. ... When Creon gets to the tomb, he finds that Antigone has hanged herself. Haimon sits with Antigone, crying out that his father has taken her away from him. ... He dies next to his Antigone. ... His son, Haimon kills himself also because of the death of Antigone. ...
Creon and Antigone are both "victims" of tragic flaw. ... Creon's downfall began at the very beginning of Antigone. ... Following that, he send Antigone to spend her entire life in a prison-like cave. ... Antigone is moreso of a victim in this story. ... Nonetheless, Antigone suffers more than Creon. ...
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...
Identify the tragic hero from Antigone. ... Based on what you have read in Antigone, what is Sophocles trying to teach his audience about a human's ability to control his/her fate? ... Society Characters in Antigone must choose between following what society says is the right thing to do and following what they believe in their hearts to be the right thing to do. ... In Antigone, identify the difficult choices the characters make and analyze the effects that these choices have on the characters' lives. ... Using Antigone, analyze how acting on emotions (jealousy, suspicion, pride, ...
There is still an immense debate on who is, in fact, the true tragic hero in Sophocles" Antigone. Many think that the tragic hero is Antigone because the play does really bear her name. ... Creon thinks by making an example of Antigone's execution, everybody would become scared and not try to break his laws, and it works for awhile. ... Antigone asks Creon, "What more do you want than my death?" ... To sum up, Creon is the true tragic hero in Antigone. ...
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&#...
Sophocles' Antigone and Arthur Miller's All My Sons both fit into this category. ... He also rejected Antigone's beliefs towards what she had done. ... Nevertheless, they do not mean that Antigone is tragic in the classical Greek sense; rather they just mean that Antigone got a bad lot that she didn't deserve. ... This leaves Creon as the only possible tragic figure in Antigone. ... Antigone could not be a tragedy without Creon; Antigone herself doesn't make much of a tragic figure. ...
In the plays Antigone and Hamlet we see this quality. ... This quality is only present in the play Antigone. ... This quality is only present in the play Antigone. ... In Antigone, the tragic hero is Creon. ... Antigone and Hamlet have the same catharsis. ...
Some examples of common tragedies are Romeo and Juliet and Antigone. ... The rules of tragedy, according to Aristotle, are that all tragedies must include a chorus with three functions, the tragic hero must go through discovery and reversal stages, and the audience must go through catharsis; this can be applied to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Sophocles' is Antigone". ... Also in the play Antigone, the chorus serves the same purpose. ... As for Antigone, Creon is considered to be the tragic hero. ... There is also a catharsis with the audience in the play...
Hegel thinks that Sophocles' Antigone is a perfect example of a tragedy. ... For example, Antigone was caught between doing the right thing from the religious point of view (burial of her dead brother) and doing the right thing from the point of view of law (obeying the king's orders). ...
