Antigone Essay

two aspects of life that seem to be exact opposites. Love and war, as Aphrodite was the mistress of ares, the god of war. In the play “Antigone” one of a trilogy, Antigone wishes for nothing more than to bury her deceased brother: However, that is the one thing her uncle, Creon, wants the least. There is a clearly defined relationship between love and war in Antigone, and it is a rather toxic relationship. In the play, the reader observes multiple views on a spectrum. On one end is Law (war, or result

is clear from Jean Anouilh’s play Antigone that he is sympathetic to the French Resistance and opposed to Vichy France. This will be proven by analysis of Anouilh’s characterization of the guards, the excess of youthful idealism akin to that of the French Resistance shown throughout the play, and the demonization of Creon. The first way Anouilh shows his contempt for the Vichy Government in France and is through his characterization of the guards. In Antigone, the guards represent the Milice Française

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get."- Forest Gump. After comprehending the play "Antigone" written by Sophocles, we learn through the characters how grabbing a hold of the knowledge helps us understand who and what these people really are. An astonishing character by the name of Haimon is found in this glamorous play. He is lover of Antigone, son of Creon and Eurydice, and an incredible person (very first page). Therefore, I will be comparing him to my teenage

Antigone Essay In the play Antigone the main character faces multiple deaths in her family including the death of her parents and twin brothers. When Antigone’s parents both die her two brothers decided to take turn ruling the Kingdom of Thebes. Her brother Eteocles did not give up the throne like promised, so Polyneices went in search for a new Kingdom to rule. Nevertheless the brothers were bound to fight over the sole heir of the throne. With Eteocles’ fighting for their Kingdom Thebes, and Polyneices

Antigone is a woman who will speak her mind and do what is right, no matter the punishment. Creon gave the order that Eteocles will have a military honored burial for fighting for his country, but as for Polynices, he shall be untouched and left to be picked to the bone by rabid animals. Antigone goes against these wishes because she knows it is wrong to go against the Gods Laws of leaving the dead unburied, also because he is family and she will not allow for such unfair treatment of one brother

are what decide one’s fate. In Sophocles’ play, Antigone, King Creon wants to find the person who disobeyed his order to not bury the body of the traitorous Polynices. He orders an unfortunate sentry to locate and arrest the culprit. The sentry in the play is burdened by the decision of either obeying the law or his own moral obligations; resulting from this conflict, the resolution of this conflict solidifies the destiny of the characters of Antigone. It was not inevitable that the sentry chose to

The Laws of Tradition are more important than The Laws of the state. Antigone has a choice to break the law of her religion or break the law of Creon. Her religion would say that it is against the law to not bury polyneices but it would be against Creon’s law to bury polyneices. The laws of the gods are more important to Antigone than the laws of Creon. Antigone wants Ismene to go with her to bury their brother, but Ismene doesn’t want to Creon to kill her. Prologue line 63- “We die for ever…it

Antigone and Creon have many conflicts throughout this play. The play, Antigone, is by the author Sophocles. Antigone was written in 441 BC. In the articles “Creon and Antigone” by R.P. Winnington-Ingram, “Overview: Antigone” by Joyce Moss, and “Antigone” by Jelena O. Krstovic, it explains the conflicts and similarities that Antigone and Creon share. Creon and Antigone share characteristics such as being hubris, committed, loving. These characteristics make up both characters in the play. Antigone

Scarborough 1 Paula Scarborough Professor Cearley Eh 102 Reading and Research March 2, 2015 The original drama of Antigone was introduced by Sophocles during 441BC; centuries later the same drama was presented by French composer Jean Anouilh. What was the difference between the two plays? What was Anouilh’s purpose of reconstructing a classical Greek drama to a French modern drama? Although both dramas are similar, they are having different content in them. Anouilh

Similarities between Creon and Antigone In Sophocles' play Antigone, Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus' daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did, it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence, loyalty toward their views, cruelty and arrogance