In a splendid kingdom such as Thebes, there are many laws and regulations that prevent the citizens from committing certain acts. One would certainly expect these laws to be for the common good of the people. However, the ambiguous laws made by Creon's government end up doing the complete opposite...
Conflict is the central struggle in a play or novel. It is essential to the novel because it creates interest and captivates the audience. Without it, a story would be quite irksome and dull. One type of conflict is when a character opposes the will of the majority. This type of conflict is s...
In Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone is the tragic hero of the play, rather than Creon. In one way Creon is the main character of the play. He has more stage time than anyone else. He is on stage from start to end. And, one could even argue, he is the "protagonist" of the conflict. In fact, this...
Nora and Antigone, True Tragic Heroines Sophocles" Antigone along with Ibsen's A Doll's House are plays that place the main characters in tough personal situations which must be overcame by personal strength. Both playwrights uncharacteristically use female protagonists, Nora and Antigone, which ...
AP ONE SHEET- Antigone 1. The title of the play is Antigone. 2. The author is Sophocles. The book was written and performed in the late 440s BC 3. The country of the author is Colonus, which is a part of Athens. 4. Major Characters Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, late king o...
In the play "Antigone," by Sophocles, Antigone is the mourning sister of her brother Polynices, who was slain in battle by his own brother and left unburied by his uncle Creon who now rules the city of Thebes. We see that Antigone buries Polynices after being told of Creon's law that whoever buries ...
The episode that I decided to pick from The Odyssey as my example of tragedy is the story of Agamemnon's death at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra, and Aegisthus and his son Orestes avenging his death by killing his mother and Aegisthus. The story is actually told to Telemachus from Menelaus when...
The play of Antigone is a classic tragedy written by Sophocles, one of the three of the ancient Greek tragedies whose plays have survived. It was written in on before 441 BCE. The play starts when two brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, who were both leading opposite sides in Thebes' civil war when t...
