Category: Antigone

Table of Contents Introduction How does Antigone Fit the Pattern of the Tragic Hero Conclusion Works Cited Introduction One of the reasons why there is indeed the spirit of tragism to the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, is that the masterworks main character (Antigone) fits rather well the pattern of a tragic hero. In this paper,…

Antigone by Sophocles describes the aftermath of a war in which two brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, murder each other. The author centers the main conflict on individual conscience and the obligations to the state. The play depicts the clash between human and divine law in which Antigone and Creon deny the essential elements of justice…

The notion of gender has always been a subject for a continuous discussion, formerly claiming a distinct line between the roles of each gender. With this concept considerably expanding its semantic paradigm, peoples perception of gender started to fade. However, while gender roles in the context of society had their stigmatized norms, the world of…

Table of Contents Tessie Antigone Mr. Summers Creon Old Man Warner The Blind Prophet Works Cited Shirley Jacksons short story, The Lottery, describes a tradition in a small town where members draw lottery slips, and the winner is subject to death by stoning as a community sacrifice for good health and harvests. On the other…

The play Seven against Thebes by Aeschylus centers around the battle between an Argive army led by Polynices and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles. Polynices and Eteocles are two brothers who had agreed to rule the kingdom alternately. Still, later Eteocles decided to continue his rule, as a result of which Polynices raised…

Table of Contents Introduction An Analysis of Antigone in Sophocles Antigone An Analysis of Emilia in Shakespeares Othello Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Patriarchy is the core of numerous societies around the world, which has different effects on the lives of people, particularly women. In a traditionally patriarchal society, females experience oppression and discrimination due to…

Antigone acts the way she does because of all the grief they have suffered because of the curse of Oedipus and her brothers deaths. She believed that his brother Polynices was not a traitor, and he didnt deserve to be left out on the field to be eaten by carrion birds. Antigone feels that it…

In Antigone, as in our culture today, there is always a conflict between our values and religious obligations. What we think and what we are taught to do are not always coordinated, which can lead to conflict, particularly when others hold conflicting views. Religious obligations, on the other hand, are considered divine law and infallible,…

Antigone is an ancient Greek tragedy written around 442 BCE by Sophocles, one of the genres pillars. It centers on the story of a young girl Antigone, whose brothers Eteocles and Polynices have recently died fighting each other over the throne of Thebes. The new ruler of Thebes, Creon, orders to bury Eteocles as a…

A great tragedian, Sophocles, gave Greek tragedies their conventional form. Specifically, he started the tradition of including a tragic hero with four distinctive characteristics: the presence of a rank, a tragic flaw, a downfall, and a recognition of mistakes. In Sophocles Antigone, the eponymous character initially seems like the storys tragic hero, but she is…