Category: Antigone

Justice is a theme present in most in Greek Literature, to punish ones actions or words that are considered wrong or to uphold ideals seen as good. Justice is used to instil that wrongs in society are stopped, and rights will be upheld. Revenge is the act of committing a harmful action towards a person…

The idea of conflict between the state and individuals and the theme of civil disobedience remains prevalent throughout society today. Despite ‘Antigone’ and ‘Fahrenheit 451’ being written nearly two thousand years apart, both texts share the same societal issues of conflict between the state and the individual but in different contexts. Both Sophocles and Bradbury…

‘But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy’ Once described as a play depicting the complexities of ‘state versus personal’, Antigone’s sheer determination to transgress against the politics of the king, to follow her personal beliefs, presents her as a highly strong-willed protagonist. The idea of…

But the question is not how accurately tragedies reflect the behavior of real women but how truly they express societys anxieties about relationships between men and women. In Medea, the eponymous heroine slaughters her children to take revenge on her husband (the hero Jason) when he abandons her to marry another woman. In Aeschylus Agamemnon,…

Women are housewives; men are the breadwinners. Even though these ideas are not relevant today, they existed during the time of the play Antigone. In ancient Greece, women were seen as property. Men were seen as the head of the house. The roles of men and women in Sophocles Antigone show examples of gender inequality.…

Table of Contents Introduction Homers Odyssey, Sophocles Antigone, and the Epic of Gilgamesh Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The role of females in different societies and at different times is one of the most discussed topics nowadays. Although now the world is close to gender equality, thousands of years ago, the role of a man and…

Table of Contents Introduction Summary Devotion to Family versus State Gender and Misogyny Tyranny Fate and Free Will Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Sophocles was a prominent tragedian who contributed to the development of Athenian drama. His Antigone shows the conflict between divine and human laws and puts unwritten rules of life above all. On the…

What is the conflict between Antigone and Creon? This paper has the answer. Read it to learn all about the conflict between Antigone and Creon.  Table of Contents Antigone Summary How the conflict between Antigone and Creon is about duty How Antigone and Creon represent different aspects of duty How Antigone and Creon justify their…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The debate on whether some jobs are preserved for men and others for women continues in society as critics and adherents try to prove their points. Among them is Sophocles, the playwright, who technically pictures a variety of womens roles. Antigone is one of his masterworks,…

Sophocles revealed a deep conflict between ancestral unwritten rules and state laws in his tragedy Antigone. On the one hand, religious beliefs, deeply rooted in the tribal community, dictated people to sacredly honor kinship ties and observe all the necessary rites with blood relatives. On the other hand, every citizen was obliged to follow state…