Antigone, by Sophocles, is a tragic story in which Antigone’s feelings of her death during her final speech may seem unclear. However, it becomes evident that Antigone comes to feel self-pity for her death and tries to invoke that feeling on the chorus by perceiving herself as a young lady who has and will never marry a man. This creates a certain aura of pureness and virginity surrounding her that makes others, as well as herself, feel her death is all the more tragic. Antigone pulls on the sympathetic
or wrong antigone thinks 5. In one sentence, express Ismene’s argument against aiding Antigone as she explains it.ismene’s argument against antigone is founded mostly in line 31 and the reason of not aiding antigone is that she is afraid of getting punished by creon and thinks that since their women they can't do anything scene 1 1. In Creon’s first words to the Chorus, what are the “storms” that threatened to destroy the Ship of State? the first words creon said to the chorus is the storms
the Master is a very complex quote, incorporating irony, character representation, and the Chorus’ strong opinion. In these famous lines the chorus states the almighty power of Mankind, our intelligence, our ability to accomplish anything, and how we “weave” the laws of society and gods to rise to greatness. This ode reveals to us that the Chorus supports Creon, yet are also unaware the disillusion Antigone is soon to bring them. Polynices, Creon’s nephew, not long ago abandoned his own people, attempting
error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.” At first thought, many readers would identify Antigone as the tragic hero. One thing these individuals do not realize is that she does not express anagnorisis, and therefore, cannot be identified as a truly tragic hero. There is only one character in this play who fulfills all these requirements, and his name is Creon. In the beginning of Antigone, many see Creon as the evil king of Thebes. Creon fears the rebellion of the people, and therefore
argument between the sisters Antigone and Ismene regarding the law which comes first the religious duty of populace or the civil duty? Antigone asks Ismene to join her in burying their brother Polyneices, Ismene reminds Antigone that burial is against the king’s law. Antigone denies that Creon has power in the subject of burial, a holy duty she considers bound to complete. She protests, she demonstrates that she is willing to die to do her duty to Polyneices, Antigone takes the extended view of things
would best suit in a performance. The mask that the chorus wore was an important aspect of Greek theater. The reason for the mask in Greek theater was to allow the actors to play more than one character (Ancient Greece). There were usually more characters than there were actors, the masks helped the actors quickly change from one character to another. The chorus wore identical mask, which represented the same character in the story. The masks the chorus wore were completely different to the ones of the
In this essay, I will be analysing and comparing the plot, history and original staging conditions between 2 classical plays I have chosen (which are Romeo and Juliet and Antigone.) Romeo and Juliet is a play about 2 families, the Montague’s and the Capulet’s, who rival with each other. Romeo, a Montague falls in love with Juliet, who is a Capulet, at a party he sneaked into. It was love at first sight which leads Romeo to approach Juliet and they immediately bond. Eventually, they both marry in
arguments occur everywhere everyday, some bigger than others, Creon the Tragic Hero had some problems with Antigone, who many people believed was the tragic hero, but She doesn’t meet all the requirements of a tragic hero like Creon the King of Thebes does. First and foremost Creon meets the “Noble Stature” Requirement. The audience learns that Creon lives as the King of Thebes when Chorus says, “Here comes Creon the king of Thebes “(Line 179). Creon affected the people of Thebes by the laws he
Jordan Golenberg Mrs. Connoly English Per 1 29 September 2015 In Sophocles Short story, "Antigone", Creon is the tragic hero. He displays descriptions of the tragic hero with having Hubris, Hamartia, and Anagnorisis . He is the tragic hero because he is from a high birth, he is not good or evil ,has a very high social ranking, is powerful and he has a major downfall (Sophocles). Creon's overuse of his power leads to a chaotic breakout in the city of Thebes. Once this breakout has happened, Creon
Title of the play : “Antigone” II. Play wright : Sophocles III. Theme : “Defiance of the Law for the Family. ” IV. Message of the play : "Love knows no boundaries despite being put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime,you will still do anything for your family. Indeed, blood is thicker than water." PART II Antigone is a tragedy written by Sophocles, who was one of the three Ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. After the bloody blockade