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Sophocles Use Of Archetypes In Antigone

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In the story “Antigone” Sophocles uses the 12 different archetypes throughout his story to make the story more intense due to the different characters in the story. Sophocles represents the warrior and the destroyer a lot because they are different but yet match well together. Creon is represented as the destroyer because he makes everyone commit suicide which makes him be the only one such as explained in the motto of the destroyer. “My wife! my wife! My son dead, and now my wife taken too!” (44) This quote shows imagery showing sadness and depression when he revealed that his son was dead. This quote also shows that his wife has been captured which makes the audience feel bad for him. Antigone is represented as the warrior because she
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