Polynices

II. Theme In Antigone, there is a common thread of rebellion that runs throughout the story. In the opening scene, Ismene is trying to persuade Antigone to abandon her plans to bury their deceased brother. Antigone asks Ismene to join her, but she refuses. “ISMENE: I do not dishonor them, but to do this against the state – I have no strength for it ANTIGONE: Use that excuse, if you like, but I indeed will go and heap a tomb for my dearest brother.” (page 16, 79-82) Her response angers Antigone,…

To begin with, there are two tragic hero in the play. One is Antigone and the other one is Creon. Antigone is the daughter and sister of Oedipus. Creon is the king, so he is more powerful and control the city of Thebes and the people. Crean is Antigone’s uncle. The conflict between Antigone and Creon was about burying Antigone’s dead brother. Eteocles and Polyneices both of her brothers were killed in battle, however one brother fought for his home city and the other one fought for traitor.…

A hero shows bravery, courage, incredible accomplishment’s, and has good morality. Gilgamesh and Antigone are both heroes. Gilgamesh shows courage multiple times, but it could not be seen any clearer then when he surpassed the Man-Scorpion to continue his journey. The scorpion even said “No man born of woman has done what you have asked, no mortal man has gone into the mountain; the length of it is twelve leagues of darkness… (23)” I cannot even begin to imagine what walking 36 miles of darkness…

In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone has the illusion that she was just in denying the law of the king. In Antigone’s eyes, Polyneices deserved a correct burial. Not only that but she has promised her brother that he would be buried according to the rights of Greece. Yet, in Creon’s eyes, he believed that she was purposely going against his laws. Antigone’s strong beliefs and her promise to Polyneices, leads to a domino effect of deaths. These illusions help develop several themes such as…

In Sophocles’s Antigone, Antigone, who was mourning for her diseased brother, morally believed it was right to break the law and bury him. Antigone tries to get her sister, Ismene, to help her in the act of burying their brother, but she refuses (Sophocles). Ismene states that she cannot break the law, or disrespect her citizenship by burying him (Sophocles). Their brother, Polyneices, was treated unfairly by not being buried alongside with his brother Eteocles, who Creon, the King, allowed a…

In William Shakespeare's play the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, two speeches are given to the people of Rome about Caesar’s death. Brutus and Antony both try to sway the minds of the Romans towards their views. Brutus tried to make the people of Rome believe he killed Caesar for a noble cause. Antony tried to persuade the people that the conspirators committed an act of brutality toward Caesar and were traitors. The effectiveness and ineffectiveness of both Antonys and Brutus’s speech to the people…

A tragic hero displays three main traits, a tragic flaw, a family of high class or rank, and is neither superlatively good nor corrupt. A tragic flaw simply means a character weakness, which results in their destruction. In Sophocles play Antigone, Antigone fulfills all three traits conscientiously. Antigone is a princess, because her father Oedipus was the King of Thebes. She is well respected and her unwarranted pride and ambition lead to her own destruction. Antigone’s pride and ambition not…

But Creon thought I was in the wrong.” (Lines 1026) As Antigone prays to her brother, Polyneices about what has happened.Antigone brings a contrast of things from Creon to the story. The theme develops as Creon’s characteristics are shown more and more. He is ruthless and selfish, Creon is too focused on being that he forgot about the consequences of his laws that he established. Creon’s decree states that by all means Polyneices shall not be buried. Polyneices sister, Antigone disagrees with…

Civil Disobedience is a citizen’s duty in the case of noble responsibility especially if the law is unjust. I know that breaking a law that is severely unjust may lead to consequences, but it is right when it leads to the empowerment and will for the best. There is no law on the books saying you are forbidden from civil disobedience. As long as the law does not agree with your perspective, we, as citizens, can oppose that law and do the contrary of it. In Antigone, Antigone chooses to disobey…

Antigone is an Ancient Greek tragedy written around 442 BCE that tells the story of the daughters of the deceased king Oedipus; Antigone and Ismene. Some other significant characters in this drama are Creon, Choragos, and Haimon. The conflict in this tragedy is caused by Oedipus's two sons Polyneices and Eteocles. Polyneices and Eteocles were at war with each other over the throne because Eteocles would not step down, and the two brothers ended up killing each other. When Oedipus died, his…