Antigone
The play 'Antigone' is at least 2,440 years old. Still timely nevertheless are its main concerns over what to do about a bad law and how far to go for the sake of love or justice. Contributors typically ask and answer questions about the play's author, characters, imagery, literary devices, plot, and relationship to other plays of the same themes or time period.
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KeatsCreon's reaction to Antigone's defiance is a political cartoon of "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). ...
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the killed his father and married his mother and has children with her.
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"o light, may i ne'er look on thee again."
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No explicit reason is given in the play 'Antigone'. But she was walled up in a dark, remote cave. She was cut off from Haemon,...
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Supportively to the edict, Antigone's punishment, Ismene's release in the beginning and then supportively to Polyneices' burial...
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The rising action is what builds up to the turning point in a story. The turning point in the play 'Antigone' is the sprinkling...
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She realizes how Oedipus is her true son and is terrified in a sense that she had slept with and married her own son. So when she...
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Antigone and Lady Macbeth are similar in their decisions to challenge the authority of the reigning monarch. Antigone challenges...
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Theban King Creon reaches a number of decisions about his niece Antigone. First, he decides to punish her for violating his...
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The fate of Antigone as engaged to be married is an example of dramatic irony in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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Her prideful, uncompromising, unyielding passion is Antigone's flaw in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). ...
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Haemon and Eurydice die after Antigone dies in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban Princess...
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That they break the law to help their families but that one fails and the other succeeds in rebelling against close male...
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The only crime is pride
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That Creon's son will die, that Creon's people will hate him and that Creon's household will be one of mourning and regret are...
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Haemon's own statement of one death leading into another foreshadows his death in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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Confidante, dynamic, foil, static and stock are five character types in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.)....
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That he fights against his hometown of Thebes is the reason why Polyneices' burial is forbidden in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495...
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It is to make public his recent edict that Creon calls the chorus together in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). ...
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The climax of Antigone is when Creon and Antigone have their confrontation, and Creon realizes he cannot overpower her. She goes...
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There is no victor in the battle between Eteocles and Polyneices in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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It is in the male dominated authority that patriarchy plays a role in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). ...
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Creon. He ordered her death, but Antigone refused to be buried alive, and therefore killed herself by hanging.
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No, Haemon is not a loyal son to Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon...
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Polyneices does not do anything in the play "Antigone."Specifically, by the time the play begins, Polyneices already is dead. So...
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No one knows what Eurydice's final words to Creon are in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban...
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Yes, Antigone has regrets in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone expresses...
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Perseus=god of underworld
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No.Because she scare to break the law of KING Creon.
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The expression of divine will, the conscience of the people and the agent of change are Teiresias' roles in "Antigone" by...
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That he must not seem weak before his people and that he must protect them from her pollution are Creon's arguments for killing...
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The pestilence is the catastrophe in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, a natural catastrophe is a...
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Because she has a different opinion and because she is young, female and related to Oedipus, Creon is hard-hearted towards...
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nothing the movie sucked
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Situational irony is the outcome that turns out to be very different than what is expected. allegory or symbol.
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Oedipus, mythical king of Thebes, had four children. His two sons were named Polynices and Eteocles. His two daughters were named...
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Because of the drastic consequences of the story's events. the play "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) is called a...
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Bury their dead brother with her.
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The story of 'Antigone' holds a unique place within the body of plays that Sophocles [496 B.C.E.* - 46 B.C.E.] left for...
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Biologically, Oedipus real parents are King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Non-biologically, King Polybus and his wife raised Oedipus...
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The play 'Antigone' begins not too long after the successful conclusion of the Theban defenses against the Argive invaders and...
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Oepidus killed his father. Oedipus did.
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Odysseus' tragic flaw is his pride.
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by answering the riddle of the sphinx and saving Thebes from the rule of the sphinx.
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One day is the time span in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, the three unities were the dramatic...
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The year 442 B.C.E. is suggested as a publication year for the play 'Antigone'. But that's just a guesstimate. It's based on the...
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Antigone is not the antagonist nor is Creon the protagonist in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically,...
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Himself is the person whom Creon blames for the deaths of Eurydice and Haemon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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Yes, Haimon does die. He stabs himself after Antigone hangs herself. He is found in a pool of his own blood in Antigone's tomb.
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A The major fact is that Islam calls for God worship as the one and only one God with no partner, no son, no companion, no...
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Oedipus answers the sphinx's riddle. The sphinx had been killing people who couldn't answer it, and, since she was in the road...
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By her own hands and with her own clothes is how Jocasta dies in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.)....
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Creon is the tragic hero of Antigone. He matches Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero exactly. He is of noble birth, because...
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Realism refers to the depiction of subjects as they appear in every day life. Naturalism depicts the subject as they appear in...
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Theban King Creon is mortal. So, yes, he does die. It just doesn't happen in the play 'Antigone'.
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Suicide is the way in which Antigone dies in "Antigone" by Sophocles 9495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban Princess...
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Critical and supportive are the respective attitudes of the chorus in regard to Antigone and Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles...
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Yes, Antigone is the protagonist of the play "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the protagonist is...
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Oedipus got his name from his guarding parents. Oedipus means "swollen foot" because his original parents wanted to void a...
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The ancient Greek actors didn't wear street clothes in 'Oedipus Rex'. Their dress included masks and robes. They also wore...
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The parados isn't an ode. The first ode therefore begins with 'Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man...'. The...
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In the play 'Antigone', no information is given as to the age of the main character of the same name. But in ancient Greece,...
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One example of a metaphor is the statement by the chorus, 'When he beheld them coming on in a great stream, in the haughty pride...
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An aphorism is a concise statement of a truth. At least 15 examples of aphorisms may be found in the play 'Antigone'. Chorus:...
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"I am but a serial killer so let it be that I touch my sister's bosom and find peace within my brother grave...." 1.3.78-80
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Haemon tells his father Creon to not act with sovereign and to listen to other people's thoughts.
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Theban King Creon issues a decree that goes counter to god-given traditions, and to the well-being of his family and his people....
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It is unknown when Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) wrote the play "Antigone." Specifically, specialists in ancient Greek...
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It is the prologue that is the exposition in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, exposition...
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Theban King Laius is Theban King Oedipus' father. But Oedipus doesn't know this critical piece of information when the play...
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In the play 'Antigone', the main conflict is between the manmade laws of the mortals and the divine laws of the gods. The people...
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Theban King Oedipus can't bear to look on the incestuous, murderous mess that he makes of his life, and the lives of his family...
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In 'Antigone', Theban King Creon disrespects the gods by overturning the time-honored burial practices. He decides that the rites...
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Delphic oracle
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Entertainment, explanations and narration are functions of the chorus in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). ...
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Teiresias the blind prophet is first to identify Theban King Oedipus as the killer of Theban King Laius. He's reluctant to do so....
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The sentry told Theban King Creon that the body of Polyneices had been given proper burial rites and rituals. He indicated that a...
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As king his laws must be obeyed, no matter what Antigone's reasons to bury her brother may be.
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That she functions as a foil and that she represents one of the two sides in the conflict are reasons why Ismene is an important...
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Creon is not a tragic hero in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, a hero is someone who does great...
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That she is her sister's foil is the reason why Ismene is important in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). ...
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Accepting bribes and blaming him for Thebes' woes is what Creon accuses Teiresias of in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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Jocasta tells Oedipus that her first child was dead after being taken into the mountains. Since she did not know whether this was...
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Antigone is the protagonist and Creon the antagonist in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, the...
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Teiresias is the blind seer in the play "Oedipus Rex." The blind prophet is in the uncomfortable position of being one of...
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The three sins he committed were killing his father(Patricide), killing a king, marrying his mother and having children with...
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Outside the city is where the cave is in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Thebes is a gated and...
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Love is what the third ode is about in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, the third ode begins at...
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king Creon is her nemesi because he made the law polyneices was not alowd to be buried.Type your answer here...
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The themes of AntigoneThe Nature of TragedyThe Sisters' RivalryThere is no one theme to 'Antigone' as most literary works have...
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Generous versus selfish, straightforward versus deceitful and wider versus narrower context are differences between Antigone and...
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It is through Antigone and Creon that hubris is expressed in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically,...
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People who do it for money and are in the pay of his enemies are those whom Creon thinks bury Polyneices in "Oedipus Rex" by...
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