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Multiple Honorable Deeds In Antigone

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In the tragedies of Antigone by Sophocles, and Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, the tragic characters both performed multiple honorable deeds. Their decision to perform these acts was based off both their personal beliefs and the well being of the surrounding characters. Overall, the tragic heroes in both of these pieces of literature performed multiple honorable deeds. In Sophocles tragedy Antigone the tragic hero Antigone made the decision to bury her brother Polyneices going against the decree made by the king, Creon. In the tragedy he talks about his decision to make burying polyneices illegal but the burial of eteocles was noble and honorable. Antigone does not take this lightly and feels that Polyneices should also have a burial, because

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