DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF RIGHT AND WRONG, PIETY AND IMPIETY IN SOPHOCLE'S ANTIGONE The idea of right and wrong has always been a concept that people argue about. In Sophocle's tragedy, "Antigone", this concept reoccurs continously throughout the story. The story is first introduced with the idea of right and wrong through the conversation between Ismene, and Antigone right from the beginning of the story. Antigone believes that she is obligated to bury Polyneices and give him a proper burial
public stoning (Morwood, 40). However, he violates his own law as he changes the punishment to “a living entombment” (Morwood, 40). Furthermore, when his son, Haimon, confronts his decision, Kreon violates his law again and orders his men to drag Antigone and slaughter her in front of his son (819-821). Thus, Kreon lacks an objective judgment and does not act
Antigone and Okonkwo both share a common flaw; fighting too hard for what they believe. In Antigone, Polynices, Antigone’s brother, dies in a fight with his brother Eteocles, but Creon refuses to let him be buried. Creon that decides that Eteocles should be buried because he believes that he was fighting for Thebes. He declares that “a proclamation has forbidden the city to dignify [Polynices] with burial, mourn him at all. No, he must be left unburied, his corpse carrion for the birds and dogs to
decree of men ever surpass the will of the gods? As the ancients knew the world, there was mortal judgement and then there was divine judgement, and a conflict of both afflicts us to this day. A classic example of this is expressed through the play Antigone by the great Greek play write Sophocles. It is within the story we find that Creon, King of Thebes, finds his laws pitted against the timeless decrees of the gods. In this, Creon cannot find any hope of justification of his actions against the will
The Prophet’s Proclamation In Antigone, a tragedy by Sphocles, Teiresias uses pathos, logos, and ethos to create a compelling argument, thereby revealing to Creon his own hubris and oblivion to the consequences of his actions. In his long-winded speech, Teiresias uses a mixture of anectdotes, religious beliefs, emotions, and reasoning to express the gods’ disapproval of Creon’s actions. Teiresias’ gruesome, vivid language evokes seriousness and fear throughout the passage. By expressing how “[the
is Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides, known collectively as the Oresteia. Considered by many to be is greatest work, the Oresteia makes use of recurrent imagery or ‘ring-composition’ structure while exploring themes of justice, revenge, and the consequences of ones actions. As observed, Aeschylus was undoubtedly a master of his