Category: Antigone

Argumentative Essay on Why Creon from ‘Antigone’ Is Not a Representative of Machiavelli’s Ideal Prince What makes a good leader? Is a good leader one that is virtuous or one that can do whatsoever is necessary to protect their territory? Niccolò Machiavelli in The Prince provides a thorough guideline as to the qualities of a…

Antigone Vs. Creon: Compare and Contrast Essay Antigone, who was Oedipuss daughter, had both a theme of free will and fate, however, they seemed to contradict one another. Although her fate was to live, her free will would not allow her to break the promise to her brother, which was she would give him a…

Character Analysis Essay on Creon from ‘Antigone’ as a Man Beaten by Karma It is karmas rule that what we put out in the universe comes back to us. We often meet some people who do not want to listen to others, they just do whatever they want to do. This makes karma realizes that…

Analysis of Fallacies and Rhetorical Strategies in Antigone Identifying logical fallacies and rhetorical techniques in a work is essential to understand its argument and overall persuasiveness. In Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone, he emphasizes a higher power that transcends the laws of human civilization. In the tragedy, sisters Antigone and Ismene argue over the proper burial for…

The Consequences Of The Power Of Love In Medea And Antigone In modern-day societies, love is usually viewed as an amazing feeling with only positive traits attributed to this feeling. Many people fail to realize  or choose to ignore  the negative parts of this feeling of love, which can be a powerful and…

Masculinity In Classical Greece Plays Antigone And Lysistrata Women stepping into the masculine role is exemplified in both Sophocles Antigone and Aristophanes Lysistrata. In response to the mens inability to fulfill their duties, these dynamic characters take on the masculine role to fill the void. Antigone must burry her brother against Creons demands when he…

Antigone’ by Sophocles: The Themes of Tragedy, Rebelliousness, and Free Will Despite Greek philosophy not having an accurate meaning of free will, it can be either considered good or bad. The act of having free will generally comes from what you think is the right thing to do. It is a will that allows us…

The Development Of Antigone As The Tragic Hero During The Play Throughout the play, Antigone, Antigone is acknowledged as the saint, or hero of this play. When comparing her character to Creons, it offers some fascinating conversation starters about the idea of what establishes a hero and a foe. This play shows very evident cause…

Antigone As A Protagonist The time when Creon start the execution ceremony, Antigone started singing about herself how she was going to die, and she did not see the ritual of marriage and no one sings for her wedding, and she would marry Akron, She seems sad about her life which will end as she…

The Analysis of the Conflicting Values in Antigone The story of Antigone begins after the death of Eteocles and Polynices, Antigones two brothers. Their father, Oedipus, had left the throne to Polynices, but Eteocles took the throne for himself and exiled his brother which resulted in a war that killed them both. Because Eteocles died…