Antigone

Often in plays, there are conflicting issues. This is what creates the storyline, or plot. Usually, each play has an antagonist and a protagonist. A protagonist is the main driving force in the play, whereas the antagonist the force that goes against the protagonist. Deciding who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist are…

A subject of debate in Sophocles play Antigone is which character complies with the characteristics of a tragic hero. The qualities that constitute a tragic hero are, in no particular order, having a high social position, not being overly good or bad, isolation, being tenacious in their actions, arousing pity in the audience, a revelatory…

Overall I sympathize with Antigone more than I sympathize with her uncle, the king Kreon. Antigone was so determined to do what is right by the gods, and she is willing to die for what she believed in. In regards to Kreon, multiple people died as a result of his actions. Though at the end…

In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, Antigone, two characters undergo character changes. During the play the audience sees these two characters’ attitudes change from close minded to open-minded. It is their close minded, stubborn attitudes, which lead to their decline in the play, and ultimately to a series of deaths. In the beginning Antigone is a close…

1. Compare and contrast how Antigone and “The Game” develop the protagonist and antagonist using dialogue and staging. Use specific textual evidence from both plays to support your answer. Answer: In Antigone the protagonist was developed through her statement concerning the loss of her brother Antigone is the protagonist she talked to her sister about…

Many dramatic theorists have documented their opinions of Sophocles’ tragic play Antigone. They have presented their interpretations as to the motives and moral character of Antigone and Creon. I will attempt to encapsulate the basic logic behind the arguments of the critics Brian Vickers, A.C. Bradley (who interprets Hegel), and H. D. F. Kitto, and…

Antigone As the play begins Antigone is just meeting up with her sister and is telling her about the decree of King Creon. Antigone and her sister, Ismene, had two brothers who had killed each other on the battlefield. One of their brothers, Eteocles, was buried with the military honors of a soldier’s funeral, and…

Antigone By Sophocles Name: Nilima R. Patel Student Number: 9714937 T.A.: Nanette Morton Professor: Anne Milne. Date: 26th July, 2000. Issue of male authority and challenges to that authority in the play Antigone. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon and Antigone have distinct conflicting values. Antigone first demonstrates feminist logic when she chooses to…

Judgments and Antigone Throughout history mankind has always been faced with judgments. According the Oxford English Dictionary, judgment means “the mental ability to form an opinion” (AHD, 454). We are forced to make decisions based on our “mental opinions.” Then, ones actions are based on mental opinions which are judged by other people. Then there…

Antigone – Analysis of Greek Ideals In Ancient Greece, new ideals surfaced as answers to life’s complicated questions. These new beliefs were centered around the expanding field of science. Man was focused on more than the Gods or heavenly concerns. A government that was ruled by the people was suggested as opposed to a monarchy…