Tragic heroes are often characters whose flaws cause them to have poor judgement and arrogant responses. Therefore, in “Antigone”, Creon is a prominent example of what a tragic is. He is full of pride, has a stubborn sense of character, and a large amount of power. One reason Crean is seen as a tragic hero is because of all his pride. For example. Creon said,” No woman shall be master while I live.”. However, his proud is what caused him to criminalize Polyneices, even though Creon’s lust for
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Justice and injustice are contingent on the societal and individual views. In Antigone and “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr. fight against the alleged justice and order of the society in order to pursue the real justice. Although Antigone has the stake of perturbing her dead brother' dignity and peace while Dr. King has the stake of losing the opportunity for African Americans to be free and treated equally, both of them are so determined to achieve their goals that
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Ismene: The Good of Her Kingdom Sophocles’ play Antigone tells the story of the struggle of Antigone, a princess of the city of Thebes, who buries her brothers despite going against the law. Her sister, Ismene, warns her against going against the law that states no one on Polyneices army is allowed a burial. This is set because Eteocles and Polyneices, brothers to Antigone and Ismene, went to battle for the throne while Eteocles reigned. Antigone does not see the harm to the city if she buries Polyneices;
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In Sophocles’ play Antigone; Creon and Antigone have different thoughts towards the burial of Polyneices. Throughout the play you notice that Creon leans towards the “law of man” while Antigone leans towards the “law of the gods.” Creon is the new head of state and lawmaker in Thebes; he believes that everyone should obey to man-made laws, “law of man.” Creon’s laws simply are standard (have no emotion), they protect the culture, and provide stability to the culture. Antigone obeys a different set
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Antigone is worth all the sympathy from the readers in the exchange between her and Polyneces. Antigone is a sympathetic character because she is a cool minded and reasonable soul that loves her brother even amidst his refusal to listen. Polyneces is lamenting when he says “Ah, what a journey! What a failure! My poor companions!”, but cool minded Antigone reminds him he can escape his fate easily by withdrawing the troops and forgetting the quarrel with Etocles (208). Polyneces is convinced his path
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Athena arrives to the house where Telemachus and Penelope weep for king Odysseus’ return. “Telemachus, son of Odysseus, your father has died at the land of the lotus eaters. I send my sorrows to you and the queen.” Said Athena Telemachus answered” What shall be the cause of the death of my father?” “He was at the lotus eaters and died from lotus poisoning. I'm sorry” Athena answered. “There is one other thing. You are in possession of a half brother , Hermalycus, son of Circe and Odysseus”. Telemachus
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n the story The Locket by Kate Chopin, the main character Octavie is devastated when her lover Edmond has to go to war. Before he leaves, Octavie puts her most prized earthy possession around his neck; her locket. She later gets the locket back when a priest finds it on a man’s body at the battle site. She is horrified to know that Edmond has died in battle. In her grief, she plans to live her life as plainly as possible and to never love again. However by the end of the story, Octavie finds
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play Antigone by Sophocles, still remains relevant today, even though it was written in 441 B.C. The issues that arise in the play are also seen now. This includes the conflict between faith and the law and sexism. This play is about a girl named Antigone who wants to bury her brother, because she felt that it was the right thing to do. Her belief of burial went against the law, causing conflict between Antigone and the king, Creon. Throughout the play, many remarks are made against Antigone about
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"Who is the enemy? An analysis of the ironic third person limited narration in Empire of the Sun" Thesis: "How does Ballard utilize irony to convey the idea that there may be more than one way to look at things (show Jim's competing and unexpected perspective towards the Japanese and Chinese). Quotes: “The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.” ~Ivy Baker Priest “The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side
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The Insincere Pardoner Chaucer satirizes the Church by using irony with the Pardoner's prevaricated indulgences, homosexual features, and deceiving actions, which contributes to the meaning of the story by criticizing the Church. Chaucer creates irony by making the Pardoner sell indulgences for self gain of money. A Pardoner sells indulgences to people who have committed sins in order to repent them and gets money in exchange. However, Chaucer reveals that the Pardoner does this duty for self-interest
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