Throughout the essay, various techniques of persuasive strategies could be found within the context of the story. References of allusion could be found alongside a quote by a military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, who promoted the significance of moral in many aspects of war. The quote, “Force to meet force arms itself with the inventions of art and science”, is a mimicking the very quote from Clausewitz himself, “Violence arms itself with the inventions of art and science. " The author also referred to a quote by Herman Kahn, a military strategist who worked in the RAND Corporation. He suggests we should learn to adapt to the unthinkable, for “We did not expect illustrations in a book of surgery to be captioned ‘Good health is preferable to this kind of cancer’, or “and now there is a lot of blood,” nor “this particular cut really hurts…
“All conflict in literature is, in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil.” - Anon. You may not realize this, however this quote is surprisingly true. An example of this can be found in the novel, “Before We Were Free” by Julia Alvarez, where the protagonist Anita, is living with her family in the Dominican Republic lead by El Jefe, the antagonist. Throughout the novel, several conflicts occur between Anita (and her family) and El Jefe.
INTRODUCTION: Open your argument to the audience and give them reason to listen on. I. Hook (Opening Statement): Get your audience’s attention! Consider a quote from the story. Are there any circumstances in which the law should be ignored?
Sophocles was one of three greatest writers of Greek tragedy. He lived his entire life in Athens. In school, Sophocles studied theatre arts. Sophocles gave up performing because of his relatively weak voice. He also wrote one hundred and twenty-three plays and only 24 won first place, the rest won second.
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.
It is well known that for much of history, females have been largely oppressed and given few rights, unlike the male gender. Traditionally, a women’s role in society was to be a submissive housewife and to raise children. In Sophocles’ play, Antigone, a young woman goes against the law to give her dead brother a proper burial, defying the typical role expected of a female during this time period. Antigone can be seen as a role model for women because she knows her own mind, stands up to her uncle, and sacrifices herself for someone she loves. Women during this time period were expected to listen to the men in society and follow their rules.
Would you follow a law if it serves no purpose to you or others? or if you felt that it was wrong to a certain group or ethnicity? Many people know the story Antigone by Sophocles, a kingdom set in ruins as two brothers end up killing each other over a land given to them by their father. As said in lines 165-175 Creon states “Polyneices, I say, is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or the least prayer for him; he shall lie on the plain, unburied.” Being as how both brothers fought fighting for their beliefs they should both get a proper military honored burial as believed by their sister Antigone.
Over the years, people have struggled because of different ideals, however when it comes to a rebellion against a common adversary they must have something in common. Following that, all the Greek tragedy plays are related to the statement each one in its different way. For instance, in “Antigone” written by Sophocles Antigone say: “And now you can prove what you are: A true sister, or a traitor to your family”. To put another way, Antigone is asking Ismene to join her cause of rescuing their brother’s body to an honor him and go against a common enemy whit is the government. Subsequently, it can be perceive how the protagonist mind is pointing directly to challenge the government.
Begin writing story....... Once upon a time in a kingdom called Arlés , lived a prince by the name of Saladin. He was a curly blond haired, 6 foot tall, pale, handsome man. His story starts at his birth. “Our babies are beautiful”, said his mother Queen Antigone.
“But my fate is my own, to die”, Antigone cries as she is lead to her final grave. As we are confronted with Antigone's harsh truth, the readers wonder if there was a way that her death could have been avoided. There are many different paths that Antigone could have taken with an infinite number of possibilities and outcomes. She could have done nothing, but Antigone would not have let that happen. The choices she made seem very rash and extreme.
In the play Antigone by Sophocles, he demonstrates the many ways an unjust leader can overpower those who fight for what is right (Adams 1). In Antigone’s case, she fought for the just treatment of her brother in his afterlife and for giving him a proper burial. In her fight for justice, Antigone exhibits strong beliefs of fairness to her community regarding family, rights and morality in her battle against a seemingly unjust leader, Kreon. Sophocles’, in Antigone, displays the type of justice called fairness. He pulls the laws and unjust teachings of his time and puts them into a play for all to see and analyze.
In Antigone, there was two brothers who shared being the King and one of the brothers, Polynices, wanted to start a war with the kingdom because he wanted to be the main ruler. Polynices and his brother Eteocles fight and they both end up killing each other. Their Uncle Creon, who takes position as King when they are both killed, decides that only Eteocles will have a proper burial and Polynices will be left to rot. Antigone, Polynices and Eteocles sister, thinks that Creon’s decision is unfair and takes upon herself to give Polynices a proper burial. When their other sister Ismene finds out, she is stuck between helping her sister bury their brother and following Creon’s demands.
Commentary: As I have learned in the virtual lectures, you can find theme within dialogue and exposition. The latter part of the second scene does this many times, and this shirt excerpt was chosen because I found it to have revealed these themes the most times within a short amount of dialogue. At the beginning of this excerpt, Ismene admits guilt of belong her sister Antigone bury the body, even though she truly did not participate in the act. Since Ismene admits to guilt to the law made my Creon, this shows her loyalty to human law and civil obedience over divine law and familial loyalty, respectively. This is even further justified by Antigone when she says "Ask Creon.
How violence is applied in Antigone According to Foster, violence is one of the most personal and intimate acts between humans, and can also apply cultural and social implications in literature. Foster also points out that literature that has violence within it, may be seen as a metaphor. All of this can be seen and established in Sophocles tragedy, Antigone. Throughout Antigone, we see many different elements of literature that Foster establishes in his book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, however, none is seen more than violence. Foster states in chapter thirteen of his book that, “violence has to have some sort of meaning beyond the mere mayhem.”
Is it better to be a dead hero or a forgotten bystander? In Antigone, one of Sophocles’ three Theban plays, the actions of Oedipus’ daughter Antigone take center stage. After the death of her brothers, one of whom fought against Thebes, Antigone defies both the decree by Thebes’ leader Creon and the wishes of her sister, Ismene, to bury her treacherous brother in accordance with Ancient Greek funeral rites. Once captured, Antigone is sentenced to death and ultimately hangs herself, as her fiancé and his mother both kill themselves out of grief. While the central conflict is the contrasting ideals of Creon’s loyalty to his city and Antigone’s to her brother, Ismene is oft-forgotten as the mild, weak, cowardly sister whose only purpose is to attempt to dissuade Antigone from her ideals; however, her role as foil to Antigone’s domineering recklessness only
