Antigone

As the ruler of Thebes, Creon is the tragic hero in Sophocles’ play Antigone. His strength and power as a leader make him an ideal candidate for being seen as noble, yet his ultimate downfall is due to his hubris. As a result of Creon’s stubbornness and narrow-mindedness, his principles…

In The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone and Rita Dove’s The Darker Face of the Earth both of the protagonists are not equally guilty. Augustus was more innocent due to the atmosphere of the pre-Civil War South. Oedipus freely made his decisions. When Oedipus…

“Antigone” is a Greek Tragedy that employs Greek stasimon, or a chorus between the action parts of the play. The conventions of this play are by acting against the gods, Creon brought disaster upon himself. The moral of the story is every action has a consequence. Creon’s consequences were the…

Although the ancient Greeks worshipped a large pantheon of gods, they still had many deep religious convictions and values that are reflected in the values we still hold today.  These include ideas such as honor and loyalty to family and loved ones as well as ideas regarding fidelity to religion…

The main conflict of ideas in the play Antigone is between the law of man and the law of gods. The character performs the burial rights on her brother despite it being forbidden to be done, even though according to the gods everyone should receive proper burial rights. To examine…

Creon and the Concepts of Arete, Hubris, Ate and Nemesis in Antigone The character of Creon in Antigone can be analyzed in relation to the ical concepts of arete, hubris, ate and nemesis. Creon pretends to be a man of arête (one who has reached the pinnacle of human virtue),…

Introduction One of the most famous tragedies written by the famous Greek writer Sophocles is the tragedy entitled “Antigone,” which was written at around 442 BC (“Antigone” n. p.). This tragedy actually focuses on the issues surrounding the burial of Polyneices (which Creon the new king of Thebes forbids as…

Antigone , a tragedy, was written by Sophocles around 442 BC. The two main characters of the play are Antigone and Creon. Both have strong and different ideas about what is wrong and what is right leading to much conflict between them throughout the play. The conflict between the two…

The question of who the hero of Antigone is can have various different answers depending on the definition of hero. It is generally accepted that a hero is a person who is characterized by “exceptional strength, nobility and courage”. It shall be understood for the purposes of this analysis that…

There is a siege in Thebes. Those involved are brothers; Polynices and Eteocles. By the end of the war, the two brothers kill each other. Their death was predicted by their father, Oedipus, who was once the ruler of the kingdom. Before Oedipus died, he had instructed his sons to…