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Connection To Antigone

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Have you ever read a play or a book and felt so deeply connected with a character? Or have you ever realized how much you and your favorite character are alike? While reading the play Antigone, I was able to feel a connection with Antigone. There are many reasons how Antigone and I connect such as our appearance and health, our family and relationships, and our personality and attitude. There are many reasons that Antigone and I are similar and if you continue to read you will see how.

The play Antigone took place in ancient Greece, and in Greece, they wore a chiton and sandals. Antigone wears a long white chiton with gold embellishments and gold sandals. I also wear clothing that is long because I am tall so it has to be long to cover my
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Antigone: I think she leans towards humanism, from what I saw in the beginning of the play. She ignores the King’s wrath, and feels the need to bury her brother despite risking her own life. She tells Ismene that it must be done. She proceeded to Creone that she did not abide by his laws, but rather God’s laws. She believed that it was better to treat her brother, as she wanted to provide for one another, under her faith in God.

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Antigone: Gender Difference and Power As we are all aware that for generations, gender difference and power have been an issue for centuries. That being said the play Antigone by Sophocles, displays many examples of these struggles. The main topics that will be discussed, are: Antigone’s background history in Oedipus the King, the conflict between Creon the king of Thebes and Antigone, the gender difference and power. In order to know who Antigone is, you must know some of her and her families background, which is from the play of Oedipus the King.

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The definition of moral is this: “Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.” But, what is right, and what is wrong? Is there a straightforward, universal answer to that? The play Antigone addresses this. The two main characters are both acting upon what they see as morally just and right.

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In the story, the relationship between Antigone and Creon is very important and contrasts greatly. If they had found a way to resolve their differences, the story may have ended differently. The tension between these two characters is based on Creon’s actions and thoughts in regard to Antigone’s brothers and the brother she buried. Creon left Polyneices, her brother, to rot outside of the city. He commanded that if anyone buried Polyneices, they would be put to death.

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