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The analysis shows that despite frequent professions of noble ambitions, all of the characters in antigone are motivated by selfishness.... The ancient Greek play antigone, written around 442 BC by the famous dramatist Sophocles, has become one of the world's classics and has been widely published, performed and adapted in many languages and formats across the world.... It is a memorable play, characterized by a background of death and destruction, and the strong figures of antigone and Creon....
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Essay
"Causes and Effects of Moral Conflict in antigone" paper argues that antigone asserts that the causes of moral conflict in the play are the complex differences in what morality is and who should define and control it.... This study looks into 'antigone' by Sophocles which is about antigone's struggles with what she thinks is right versus what Creon believes is right.... antigone thinks that the laws can be damned if it means failing her brother....
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Her efforts to guide her father as he wanders in exile through Greece demonstrate the compassion she has for Oedipus.... The paper "Does Either antigone or Creon Get Reality Right" highlights that antigone and Creon follow different paths in their lives, neither of them gets reality right.... Despite antigone's early efforts, her inability to resolve the burial issue peacefully results in her downfall.... The method he adopts is even more questionable since he kidnaps antigone and Ismene so that their father will follow his daughters (Colonus)....
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This paper will begin with the statement that some people think that antigone is a heroine because she stands up for her dead brother and then has the courage to take her own life rather than suffer the consequences of a whole situation that she does not agree with.... This paper tells that the play is named after antigone, and not after the other main characters such as Creon, who is the king and the one in a position of power.... A close analysis of the play reveals, however, that in fact, antigone is a coward, because she cannot face up to the contradictions in her own position, and she simply gives up rather than fighting for what she believes in....
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However, over the years women empowerment has enabled them to gain equality with their male counterpart.... To understand women empowerment over time and its implications on the modern woman, the paper "antigone And Feminism: How Has antigone Empowered Women?... looks into the play written by Sophocles about antigone, an admirable rebellious woman who stood for democracy and justice for her family.... This play commences with antigone and Ismene, Oedipus's daughters discussing the disaster that has struck the family....
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Research Paper
In the paper 'antigone by Sophocles' the author discusses Sophocles' tragedy antigone, which includes several themes: loyalty to family and state, the supremacy of law, the nature of the state.... Themes develop as the conflict between Creon and antigone unfolds.... Since antigone is Oedipus' daughter, she is doomed to die.... The main character, antigone and her sister Ismene are introduced in the exposition of the play at the gates of Thebes....
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Book Report/Review
n the “Agamemnon,” Agamemnon sought justice through vengeance, which was the key motive behind her actions (Heffernan 138).... Justice through vengeance is evident too in the “Agamemnon” as Aegisthus defends his role in the murder of Agamemnon due to the manner in which his father treated Aegisthus' father (Aeschylus 62).... n the “Antigone,” Antigone's actions are justified through her devotion to natural law.... The debate of human law versus natural law is a key motif in the “Antigone” and Antigone struggles with it through her actions (Sophocles 27)....
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Even though Antigone, Raskolnikov and Joseph K, the main protagonists of the literary works, have different experiences that motivate their civil disobedience, each of them conveys their culture through their rebellion and predicament.... Set in a very crucial moment in Thebes, during which, the city was going through a dramatic civil war following Oedipus' tragic fate and the death of his two sons, the play portrays the heroic effort of Antigone who challenges the authority of her uncle, Creon, in order to establish order....
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Research Paper