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Antigone
The play 'Antigone' is at least 2,440 years old. Still timely nevertheless are its main concerns over what to do about a bad law and how far to go for the sake of love or justice. Contributors typically ask and answer questions about the play's author, characters, imagery, literary devices, plot, and relationship to other plays of the same themes or time period.
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Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite?
Venus is the goddess who's the Roman equivalent of the Greek deity Aphrodite. Specifically, Aphrodite is the Greek divinity to whom worshippers direct their concerns over love, fertility and beauty. These same concerns are what draw ancient Romans to Venus.
For what reason has Creon forbidden the act that Antigone is about to commit?
The play 'Antigone' opens with Antigone planning to commit an act that her uncle, Theban King Creon, forbids. The act is the proper burial procedure for the body of her brother Polyneices, who is among the disloyal Theban dead. The King forbids the burial, which directly contradicts god-given justice, morality, rites, rituals and traditions. The King's decision is prompted by his carrying over into death the hatreds of a lifetime. For the King indicates that once an enemy, always an enemy. To his way of thinking, obedience is the supreme good, and disobedience the ultimate evil. He therefore doesn't believe that dead enemies deserve the same treatment as the loyal dead.
Situational irony is the outcome that turns out to be very different than what is expected.
allegory or symbol.
In a movie, the winner of the race is someone who has never raced before.
What is the function of the chorus in 'Antigone'?
To entertain, explain and instruct is the role of the chorus in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the chorus is made up of the most accomplished and respected as well as the wisest Theban elders. The members know how to entertain through their skilled dancing and singing. They offer explanations for onstage events as well as for offstage and relevant past occurrences. They also take responsibility for making clear what is to be learned from the characters and events.
How are Antigone and Creon similar in 'Antigone'?
That they both commit a crime that comes to light years later and alters their lives is the similarity between Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) and Nora Helmer in "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen (March 20, 1828 - May 23, 1906).
Specifically, Oedipus self-defensively kills five people on his way from Delphi to Thebes. He learns years later that it is the first of two horribly prophesied events in his life: killing his father and marrying his mother. The self-knowledge and public exposure leave him a broken man personally and professionally.
Nora Helmer likewise makes the mistake of committing a crime, in this case forgery. Its revelation years later opens Nora's eyes to the oppression, repression and suppression in her marriage. It spurs her husband Torvald to ever greater heights of selfishness and self-righteousness.
Why didn't tiresias come immediately when Oedipus sent for him?
That he is an acquaintance of Thebes' founder and that he is sent for are the reasons why Teiresias comes to Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet is an acquaintance of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king. He promises to serve as royal advisor to all of Cadmus' descendants. He therefore serves as a living library of past, present and future knowledge of all Thebes and all Thebans. But he shares his wisdom only upon royal request. Without a royal invitation, he sits on his knowledge.
Tragedy is the genre of fiction into which "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) fits.
Specifically, tragedy refers to an unfortunate turn in, or end to, life. The description fits the above-mentioned played. The story follows the rise and rapid fall of Theban King Oedipus when his present life unfortunately clashes with disturbing revelations from his past.
What are some stars named after Greek gods?
mercury
Why do Antigone's brothers kill each other in 'Antigone'?
Eteocles and Polynices had killed each other in battle. According to their pact, each son was supposed to rule the kingdom for a year. Eteocles refused and Polynices attacked the city, resulting in both of them being killed. Creon, Jocasta's brother became the next king.
Hamartia is the Aristotelian term for a literary character's "fatal flaw" which is really more of a mistake than a personal flaw. For example, in the play Oedipus the King, Oedipus' flaw is a lack of knowledge about his true identity, which in the end leads him to murder his father and marry his mother.
How does Creon respond to his son in 'Antigone'?
The father of Antigone is Oedipus. The man that blinded himself after knowing that he had killed his father and married his mother, whom he had 4 kids with. Antigone, Ismene, and the two brothers that killed each other.
What time period did the movie 300 take place?
The battle occurred during the time of Xerxes at Themoplyae. Just Wiki Thermoplyae or Xerxes, and there you have it. The Battle of Thermopylae was fought for 3 days in the late summer of 480 BC, September perhaps. There have been several books published by historians and each has a different date for the battle; from August to September. But 480 BC is the established year. History Link on Battle of Thermopylae: http://300spartanwarriors.com/
Analysis of the story My Oedipus complex by Frank O'Connor?
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What is a political cartoon of 'Antigone'?
That a niece breaks her uncle's law, gets sentenced to death, hangs herself, and is vindicated by the reversal of her uncle's law and by his overthrow is the summary of "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone buries her brother Polyneices. In so doing, she chooses to comply with divine will that all Thebans receive below ground burials. But at the same time, she contradicts the non-burial edict that her uncle King Creon issues regarding the exposure of the bodies of the disloyal Theban dead. She gets caught and is sentenced to death by live burial and starvation. But she hangs herself rather than draw out the death agony. Prince Haemon, Antigone's first cousin and husband-to-be, is distraught when he finds Antigone dead and kills himself with his own sword. Queen Eurydice, Haemon's mother and Creon's wife, kills herself with a sharp knife. Creon loses everything and everyone that gives his life meaning even though he backs down, has Polyneices buried and plans to release Antigone.
What is Haemon's approach to his father in scene 3 of 'Antigone'?
It is by talking respectfully to him one on one that Haemon attempts to reason with his father in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon meets with his father, King Creon. He listens to what his father has to say. He links his own opinions with those of the majority in Thebes and with succinct explanations and telling examples. He fails miserably in the face of his father's stubborn narrow-mindedness.
What mountain was Oedipus was found on as a baby?
Cithaeron is the mountain on which Oedipus is to be exposed in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Cithaeron is a famous mountain outside Thebes. It also is infamous, as a place where children are abandoned by reluctant or scared parents. That is exactly why Oedipus is supposed to die from exposure and hungry wildlife: It is better for child to die than to grow up to his prophesied fate as a criminal who kills his father and a sex offender who marries his mother.
What is an element of tragedy?
Tragedy elements are that a protagonist has to suffer some kind of separation from his society (e.g., Romeo's banishment); he also has to make some kind of mistake or show bad judgment (e.g., Macbeth listening to the wife). There are usually deaths which more often than not occur at the end of the play in the same way that comedies typically can end in a marriage or a feast.
The Elements:
1-supernatural elements (witches, ghosts)
2-tragic hero: person with noble qualities and a flaw in his character
3-tragic error: some disorder that has been committed against the laws of nature and needs to be corrected.
4-conflict ...with country or with the hero himself
5-revenge ...the hero is usually often revenge or he is being avenged
6-sad ending: the death, downfall or destruction
7-comic relief : some light scenes to relieve the stress of tragic events
8-isolation of main character
Why did Eurydice die in Antigone?
she got electrocuted by a wire when orpheus turned on the power in a train station.
How did Eurydice die in 'Antigone'?
In the play 'Antigone', Eurydice died by committing suicide. She stabbed herself in the chest. She didn't want to live any longer with her husband, Theban King Creon, whom she blamed for the suicide of her only surviving child, Haemon.
What were Choragos final words?
last speech of the chorus tells us a person should be remain in his limit and his knowledge is also limited donot struggle to know about his future because human knowledge utter wits flaws
How many children did Oedipus have?
Poesidon is the parent of most Cyclopes. They are creatures with only one eye.
Who has Creon assembled at the beginning of the scene?
Theban Queen Jocasta comes to make peace between Theban King Oedipus and Theban King Creon. She has personal and professional reasons for her peace making efforts.
Personally, she's related closely to both men. Oedipus is her husband, and Creon her brother.
Professionally, all three are lateral colleagues on the job. All three are involved in a joint power sharing arrangement whereby the rule over Thebes and its citizens is in their three sets of hands. Jocasta realizes that disagreement is disastrous for three people who are close relatives and close colleagues in overlapping personal and work spaces.
What is the chorus' attitude toward Antigone and Creon in 'Antigone'?
Critical and supportive are the respective attitudes of the chorus in regard to Antigone and Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the chorus criticizes Theban Princess Antigone for her disrespectful treatment of King Creon and for her uncontrolled passions. In contrast, they do not criticize Creon for the bullying, insults and threats that typify his interactions with Princess Antigone, Prince Haemon and Teiresias the blind prophet. The chorus members therefore show a consistently critical attitude towards Antigone and a uniformly supportive attitude toward Creon.
What is the divine prophecy about Jocasta?
A divine prophecy affects Theban Queen Jocasta in four ways. According to the predictions, she will end up a widow in her marriage with Theban King Laius. She also will become the mother of her son by that marriage. The prophecy identifies that son as her first husband's killer and as her second husband. So Jocasta then will become the wife of her own son and the mother of his children.
