Woman in both Antigone and Oedipus Rex are considered the inferior sex. Men saw woman as irrational and emotional, as well as to be used for sex and marriage. As the inferior sex, woman are very similar to slaves, they did house work, were not allowed to own property and their opinions were not taken seriously. This compares to modern day because of how woman are treated unfairly, some things have changed, but not women are still not considered equal to men. Woman’s role in both Antigone and Oedipus
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Antigone Antigone returns to her home city-state of Thebes to discover both of her brothers, Polynices and Eteocles, have murdered each other. Creon, her uncle who is now king, has decreed that no man shall bury Polynices because he has been declared a traitor. Whoever dares to defy the law will be put to death in unimaginably harsh manners. Antigone is caught and is sentenced to death. However, by the time Creon has figured out he was wrong, Antigone has already hung herself
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Hubris, anger, ignorance, obstinate and supremacy consumed the King Creon, in Antigone by Sophocles, making him the tragic hero; his unpleasant traits lead to Antigone’s suicide, his family’s death and his own downfall. Infuriated by his nephew, Polyneices, for leading an attack on Thebes, Creon outlaws a proper burial for the traitor. Polyneices’ sister Antigone believes that the law is unreasonable, so she sets out to give her brother a proper burial despite Creon’s intense feelings. Initially
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In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone is the young daughter of Oedipus and her grandmother/mother Queen Jocasta. Jocasta and Oedipus kill themselves leaving Antigone’s uncle, Creon, to take care of her, Ismene, Polynecies and Eteocles. I believe that the gods and Creon have the greatest effect on Antigone’s destiny because; if Creon had not said that no one is to bury Polynecies she would not have buried him. The gods had a great effect on Antigone because; she believes that it is more important
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the leader said not to, Antigone still sees Ismene as someone she cannot trust. This is because Ismene is defying what Antigone wants her to do. This is devastating to their relationship, especially with the previous events that happened to them. They should have been together and strong through these events, but are instead separated by this lack of trust. Once Antigone completed her mission, she was immediately caught and brought to Creon, who put her in jail. Antigone admitted that she was the
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dead brother what would you do?In the play Antigone, Antigone is a woman who did anything to honor her deceased brother. Even though she knew the severe consequence she would face for refusing Creon's proclamation toward the burial of her brother.The theme of this is that both characters have different views with their situation causing controversy between the two.In the play Antigone,Creon is shown to be a tragic hero through his interactions with Antigone. This develops the theme of the play .By
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morals “better” than the other characters. In the play, Antigone, written by Sophocles, Antigone embodies the tragic hero because she achieves recognition of the will of the gods, she displays better character traits and morals than the other characters, and she has a desire to do good for her family. Throughout the play, Antigone achieves recognition of the will of the gods regarding the death and burial of her brother, Polyneices. Antigone strongly believes that the fulfillment of the will of
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comparison to Penelope, Antigone from Sophocles’ Antigone is tested in family loyalty when a law forbids her to bury her brother. Jocasta from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, similarly to Penelope, is tested when her husband’s innocence in a murder case is called into question. While Antigone displays more action in her demonstration of family loyalty, Penelope exhibits the ideal way of showing loyalty to one’s family as her willpower and careful strategies are more successful than that of Antigone and Jocasta. Women
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In the passage from The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien qualifies the traditional ideas of masculinity. Initially, he supports traditional masculinity when he talks about how the people in his hometown will talk about "how the damned sissy had taken off for Canada.” (O’Brien 176). O’Brien is afraid of appearing weak and thus thinks he should not run off to Canada. He fears the town thinking of him as being any less of a man because he wouldn’t fight a war he didn’t believe in. O’Brien challenges
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In Charles I: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mark Kishlansky reexamines the historical description of the character of Charles I . Traditionally, Charles was seen as arrogant, lazy, and insensitive. Many historians have attributed the failures of Charles as a consequence of the growth of parliamentary democracy and religious liberty. Almost all historians have stated that Charles’s shortcomings as a person were the reason why he was not a favorable ruler. The common norm amongst historians is that
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