Antigone Character Descriptions

The depiction of the title female character as independent and intelligent in this work by Sophocles is unusual. Sophocles develops Antigone's character as unwavering in her morals and autonomous. This depiction of a woman is atypical for the time and it develops Antigone as a commentary on a woman's role in society. As a woman, society expected Antigone to marry, bear children, and build a home at this place in time. Antigone’s lack of respect for Creon’s decree and her lack of recognition of

are certain qualities that a character must posses in order to qualify as a tragic hero. Ideally, the tragic hero is a person of some status, usually king. Although the fact that Antigone was part of the royal lineage, being a descendent of Oedipus, Creon's position of King of Thebes suits a tragic character much more effectively. Also, at the end of the play it is customary for the tragic hero to have lost everything, to be reduced to nothing. At the end of Antigone, Creon had lost his kingdom,

is the Tragic Hero of Antigone   When the title of a play is a character's name, it is normally assumed that the character is the protagonist of the play. In Sophocles' Antigone, most people probably believe Antigone to be the tragic heroine, even after they have finished watching the play. It may be argued, however, that Creon, not Antigone, is the tragic character. When we examine the nature and concept of the Greek Tragedy and what it means to be a tragic character, it becomes clear that

Contrast between Ancient Greek Theatre “Antigone” and Modern Russian Theatre in “The Cherry Orchard”. Theatre which is a main source of entertainment has made various stories in her womb regarding theatres in all over the world like African, Yoruba theatre, Asian Theatre, Middle-East Theatre and Western Theatre like Greek Theatres and Modern Russian Theatre. First of all, Greek theatre seems to have its roots in religious celebration that incorporated song and dance. Like this Greek theater shadowed

The quote is a broad description of what a tragic hero is. In the eyes of Aristotle, to be considered a tragic hero, a character would have to have a fatal flaw that would lead to his and/or surrounding characters untimely downfalls. In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles, Creon harbors a belief that continuously impedes upon his life. His intransigent belief in the superiority of the state is his hamartia, and when fueled on by the actions of his foil character and niece, Antigone, leads to his own character’s

The author of the playwright Antigone was Sophocles. The play Antigone was about an honorable lady named Antigone who defies the law against King Creon, her uncle. Antigone’s brothers both died in the war of Thebes. The brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, both kill each other from the opposing sides in the war. King Creon gives Eteocles a proper burial because he fought on his side of the war, but refuses to bury Polyneices for being a traitor. Antigone was furious with this edict King Creon created

Antigone is the tragic hero because she had goodness in her heart, nobility as a princess, a fatal flaw in her personality, and a status downfall when she was put inside the cave. All of these descriptions fit Aristotle’s description of what a tragic hero is. Aristotle was a philosopher. He was passionate about his own definition and characteristics of how a story's tragic hero should be portrayed. In the time he was alive, men were shown to be the superior other. Women stayed inside while they

Greek tragedies have tragic heroes, whose character flaw is often pride or hubris. Antigone, Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, has both Creon and Antigone for its tragic hero. Creon is the tragic hero of the story, due to his belief that, as king, he is always right, and that all should obey his commands. This belief spells disaster for him by the story’s end. Antigone is also the tragic hero for her refusal to obey the law Creon laid out that no one should bury Polyneices’ body. Her refusal to abide by

In Jean Anouilh’s Antigone and in Euripides’s Medea the Chorus is both a tool for characterization and representation of theme; however, the ways they function in their respective plays are noticeably different. The differences in the way the Choruses function in each respective play make the name of the character “the Chorus” a homonym, same name different meaning. The Chorus in Antigone functions to incorporate the technique of metatheatre. The purpose of metatheatre is to provide a separation

The Character of Antigone Antigone, the character for which the play was named, is a very complex character. She seems to change directions all throughout the play and there is never one point in which you know exactly what she will do because she is just that unpredictable. This unpredictability also makes her seem very hypocritical because she will say something and then turn on a dime and say the complete opposite. Antigone’s character is very intriguing strictly due to the fact that she

presentation, my understanding of the character traits and archetypes explored in Jean Anouilh’s play “Antigone” was deepened. It also allowed me to better understand the differences between the English translation and the original French play. The presenters held a discussion on the traits of the characters in Antigone, and had students guess the character based on a description of their traits. I found this particularly effective, as it allowed us to realize that each character had distinct traits. These

The character of antigone is multidimensional, her complex set of traits and motives can make it hard to determine what her true intentions are. That being said, in this passage we can clearly see that she attributes her actions to a love for family. This strength shows a weakness in Creon and his army. Regardless how strong, or how monumental they seem, antigone uses wit and dedication to bypass them and do right by her family. The fear creon incites winds up benefiting antigone in her efforts to

and in what ways, is gender an important theme in Sophocles’ play Antigone? ‘’In tragedy, after all, ‘’everything humanistically worthwhile is blighted, then irretrievably cracked; men are made mad, and then destroyed….Rather than depict a ‘’Human Spirit’’ that is ‘’autonomous and transcendent’’, tragedy debunks such ‘’pretentions.’’’’ One of the major introductions of gender in Sophocles’ play ‘Antigone’, was choosing the character of the same name as the main protagonist. Resulting in the play being

In the play, Antigone, written by Sophocles but translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, there could be two possible tragic heroes. A tragic hero is a character, usually of noble birth, who has a flaw that eventually leads to their downfall. The two possible characters in the running for this title are Antigone or Creon. Antigone could be the main tragic hero because she has a little too much pride, she is brazen, and she dies by her own hand, but I believe that the true tragic hero is Creon

less fortunate. This is a character that never makes an appearance in Antigone. The story of Antigone does not fall into the lighthearted, family friendly genre of stories as it illustrates a royal tragedy and the downfall of a family. These factors increase the difficulty of finding the story's protagonist or, in this case, its hero. On the other hand, he only characters that come close to matching the description of a hero are Antigone and Haemon. Both these characters display distinguishable courage