considered to be good being brought down by a fatal flaw is something that always has an audience. Antigone, a play written by Sophocles around 441 BC, features a protagonist of the same name that has faced an injustice in their life. Antigone, the princess of Thebes, aims to bring justice to a deceased loved one, but in the end, her fatal flaws bring upon her own downfall, making her a textbook example of a tragic hero. The entire plot of the play is kick-started by Antigone's desire to lay her her
biggest arguments that has lasted for many years is whether Antigone is more just or whether Creon is more just. There is justification for both Creon and Antigone about what they had done. When Creon made the law to ban the burial of Polyneices, he made Antigone rise up for her brother to give him what she believed was right. Then he did what he believed was right by killing her as the laws say. One of the biggest things that Antigone believes is important is family. Family to her is so important
In the late 20th century, numerous movements demonstrated that people are capable of overturning long-standing regimes without bloodshed. Using the technique of nonviolent struggle, citizens were able to remove injustices in society. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. , and numerous others have emphasized the meaning of a nonviolent movement. Nonviolence is a civilian-based form of struggle that employs social, economic, and political forms of power without resorting to violence or the threat of violence
question of whether an intelligent person would be moral if he did not have to fear being caught and punished for doing injustices. He comes to the conclusion that the just person would do the same thing as an unjust person would because one’s moral character would disappear when in use of the Ring of Gyges. 2. Eteocles and Polyneices are brothers and appear in the play of Antigone by Sophocles. Polyneices is the next one in line to rule Thebes but with the support from Creon, Eteocles claims the throne
Question 3: How is the motif of borders, boundaries, or enclosures represented in various works we have studied this term? At least two works must be discussed, and comparison should be mutual. Term Paper: Social Feminism in Boys v Girls and Antigone [edited on June 27th] As culture evolves, as does the conflicting discussions on individual responsibilities and that of social norms. Both in 1917’s Canada where woman weren’t even given the vote, and in Ancient Greece, where woman weren’t given political
In the play Antigone, Sophocles introduces a major theme of rebellion in the play’s protagonist, Antigone. The plot develops following the death of Antigone’s brothers. Both of her brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, died in battle, but the strange part is that they were fighting against each other for their father’s throne. Succeeding their deaths, the King, Creon, orders that Eteocles is the only brother to get a proper burial and funeral. Polyneices, as a result, is to be left untouched and without
In Antigone by Greek playwright Sophocles, Teiresias, a wise seer, observes that good men admit their mistakes. “Think: all men make mistakes, But a good man yields when he Knows his course is wrong, And repairs the evil: The only Crime is pride.” (1) When pondered upon, one concludes that the statement actually holds merit. Observation leads me to believe that admitting one’s faults is the responsible course of action, as doubt emerges where needed; one’s actions trigger question for a reason. Assuming