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Character Analysis Of Antigone

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The meaning of a protagonist is “a leading actor, character, or participant in a literary work or real event” ( Merriam webster).When the play begins Creon is the king of Thebes and gives a speech to the people: “he who in his country’s cause fought gloriously and laid down his life shall be entombed and graced with every rite… The rest, I have proclaimed to be Thebes that non shall give him funeral honor” (pg. 9 line 194-205). Many say that this play occured because antigone went and buried Polyneices. This might be true, but it is because of Creon’s words that she went and buried her brother. If Creon did not make this decision of not giving Polyneices a proper burial, the whole tragedy would not have occured. There would be no consequences for anyone because the gods would have been happy. In other words, one could say that Creon’s actions lead into this tragedy. Not only does Creon lead the way for this play, he is able to make very important choices, giving him the title of a leading character. …show more content…

A value that tells one to stand up for their beliefs. Creon also teaches us a very important value in this novel. Toward the end of the play the chorus ays, “ of happiness for the greatest part is wisdom, and reverence toward the gods. Proud words of the arrogant man, in the end, meet punishment, great as his pride was great till at last he is schooled in wisdom”( page 45 1350). To reach Creon’s lesson he had was stubborn in the beginning of the novel then he listen to the people but he was too late and then he finally, gain wisdom through experience. This lesson was being developed throughout the whole play. The difference between the two lessons is that one of them is developed from the beginning of the play till the end of the play. Antigone’s lesson was announced toward the middle of the play, while creon’s was announced toward the end of the

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The Burial at Thebes, a version of Sophocles’ Antigone written by Seamus Heaney, is a play about newly appointed King Creon, who brands the brother of his niece Antigone a traitor and mandates that his body remains unburied, which sparks the overall conflict in the play. In his first speech that this essay will be focusing on, Creon attempts to assert his newfound authority and justify his command denying Polyneices a burial. Creon's clever use of rhetorical devices such as ethos, logos and pathos throughout his speech, created an atmosphere for him to be able to not only establish himself as head of state in the eyes of his audience, but also managed to persuade them to accept his decision regarding Eteocles and Polyneices. Creon begins

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Embedded Assessment: The Foil of Tragic Hero Creon Foils are characters that contrast with one another to highlight particular qualities of those specific characters. Tiresias, the blind prophet of Thebes, functions as a foil throughout Sophocles’s Antigone, by telling Creon he is doomed and will not be able to escape fate. In the Oedipus the King along with Antigone , Tiresias reveals unwanted truths about Creon and Oedipus. Although he is the blind prophet, his ability to “see” beyond the present, Tiresias first accuses Oedipus of killing his father in Oedipus Rex and proceeds to tell Creon in Antigone that his laws will cause more harm to his land and death to his family.

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He is the center of the play, which causes events to happen. The first tragic fall that leads Creon to his downfall is his power madness. His power madness fall can be supported by Antigone’s dialogue, “Further: he has the matter so it that anyone who dares attempt the act will die by stoning in the town.” (Antigone 2).

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Creon is considered a tragic figure in the play Antigone, because he is of noble status as king. As ruler of Thebes, it his responsibility to create all of the laws, punishments, and enforcing all preset edicts.   Creon was clearly at his peak leadership role as king allowing him an excessive amount of space for error.   Once the dilemma of following the rules, killing Antigone, or saving his son’s bride developed, Creon’s weakness surfaced.  

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In the tragedy, Antigone, Creon is the tragic hero and is the one partaking in what Aristotle define as “recognition.” Recognition, according to Aristotle, is something that all tragedy needs and “is a change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hate between the persons destined by the poet for good or bad fortune,” (Aristotle, part XI). Aristotle defines ignorance to knowledge as the tragic hero recognizing his ignorant self after the hero has encountered something drastic. Recognition was noticed in Antigone when Creon was arrogant but figures it out after his whole family had died because of his selfish way. Creon has shown throughout Antigone his ignorance and showed his knowledge near the end of the tragedy.

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In the play Antigone, Sophocles tells the story of the titular character as she buries her traitorous brother in defiance of a tyrannical despot. Through this action, the play asks the question of whether the laws created by one man “could override the gods, the great unwritten, unshakable traditions,” (504-5). Some may argue that Creon's decree is merely one of necessity, an unavoidable evil to allow the city of Thebes to heal and unite. He is a patriot holding his city together in times of strife. While Creon may believe this, saying "our country is our safety" (211), it is actually his lack of love that causes him to deny Polynices his burial.

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Countless times, Creon was implored to change his mind to preserve the safety of others. However, due to his uncompromising and egocentric nature, he repeatedly denied this aid, and therefore caused the tragedies of the deaths of his niece and his son. The events that occurred in the play Antigone accurately represent the characteristics of a tragic flaw and subsequent suffering that define a

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Creon realizes it’s too late his mistakes, and now that he lost his family, he realizes he should of listened. All his family dead, he is now alone because he was blinded by his pride that he didn't listen. He realized too late of all the consequences that his ignorance brought upon him. Throughout the play Antigone by Sophocles Creon is seen as a tragic hero, due to the fact that he is rude to others when they try to talk to him and acts childish when insulting others.

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The fact that Antigone was stubborn and wanted to bury her brother no matter the cost teaches us this lesson. It can also be seen in Creon’s unwillingness to give in to Antigone no because he didn’t want to be looked at in a certain way. Instead, he lost everything that he had and was left at the end of the play in great pain and alone. The story Antigone was a classic Greek tragedy, a continuation of the immense tragedy that has already befallen the house of Oedipus. “Tragedy has a satisfying, redemptive ending because the events in tragedy are arranged so well that we would not have the play end any other way, we accept the conclusion” Antigone does indeed satisfy that requirement as a tragic play.

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Before the deaths of Oedipus and his sons, Creon had dedicated himself as an art patronage for the king, but ever since he had become king himself, he has then surrendered himself entirely to the throne and to the power he has now have. In the play, Creon has Polyneices body defined on the ground while Eteocles body is honorably buried. Creon feels that he cannot give equal share to both brothers because one was a traitor and the other was loyal. Creon’s pride oversees any other way in justify them so he then enforce a law in which states Polyneices body will remain untouched and not buried and those who disobey will be punished.

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