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- 41: Antigone-Higher Law Vs. Laws O
- Laws of the City-State vs. Higher Law as Seen in Sophocles' "Antigone" In Ancient Greece, after 800 bc., new ideas came to the forefront concerning the governing of society. These ideas led to a more organized leadership and a government whose ... Greek gods, whose routes went back to the chaotic Dark Age of Greece(1150-800 bc.). Problems of this sort were probably commonly debated in city-states during the time Sophocles wrote "Antigone". In the play "Antigone", Antigone is faced with an extreme example of this conflict. Her Brother, considered a traitor by the king, has died, and she must decide ... the people, who are who he is supposed to serve in this "ideal" society. The tragic ending of "Antigone" seems to make it pretty clear which side of the argument Sophocles is taking up. The play ends with Creon riddled with guilt, ready to die. "I am nothing. I have no life. Lead me away…my hands have done amiss, ...
- 42: Oedipus The King - Blindness
- Blindness plays a two-fold part in Sophocles’ tragedy "Oedipus the King." First, Sophocles presents blindness as a physical disability affecting the auger Teiresias, and later Oedipus; but later, blindness comes to mean an inability to see the evil in one’s actions and ... at helping them – though in an unusual way- to shift the focus of their eyes from outward to inward. He balanced the power and responsibility of both types of sight. Sophocles’ used this aspect of the Sphinx to prove that it is in fact possible to possess both types of sight, just not for humans. The only danger in having ...
- 43: Blindness In Oedipus The King
- Blindness plays a two-fold part in Sophocles tragedy Oedipus the King. First, Sophocles presents blindness as a physical disability affecting the auger Teiresias, and later Oedipus; but later, blindness comes to mean an inability to see the evil in one s actions and ... at helping them though in an unusual way- to shift the focus of their eyes from outward to inward. He balanced the power and responsibility of both types of sight. Sophocles used this aspect of the Sphinx to prove that it is in fact possible to possess both types of sight, just not for humans. The only danger in having ...
- 44: Antigone Individual Vs. Laws O
- In Sophocles' "Antigone", the primary focus is on the concept of the individual versus the laws of authority within society. In "Antigone" the reader is challenged by the various conflicting morals that ... moral principles. She must decide whether or not she must act based on what she believes to be right or submit to the authority of her king. Throughout this play, Sophocles brings up the issue in question, the value of an individuals beliefs above society's laws. He develops for us the character of Antigone who must discover the true meaning ... unlawful. Her last words are "Go, I, his prisoner, because I honored those things in which honor truly belongs." It is easy to sympathize with Antigone and recognize her virtues. Sophocles obviously intended for us to identify with her. The tragic ending of "Antigone" seems to make it pretty clear which side of the argument Sophocles is taking up. The ...
- 45: Who Wants To Be Next In Line
- ... only human, but the wisest fall obscenely when they glorify obscene advice with rhetoric – all for their own gain….You and the hole breed of seers are mad for money!” (Sophocles’ Antigone 1156…1171). That is the argument that may have made the Athenians less powerful as strict warriors. Athenians, under the persuasion of Pericles, were able to appreciate art and ... He died in a plague, two short years after he gave his famous oration. A lot like Pericles was Creon, the uncle to ill-fated Antigone in the play by Sophocles, Antigone. The story of these two that represents a vague imitation of the political uprising previously explained between “Periclean Athens” and Sparta. Perhaps it’s ironic, then, that the play ... My countrymen, the ship of state is safe……Remember this: our country is our safety. Only while she voyages true on course can we establish friendships, truer than blood itself.” (Sophocles’ Antigone) Creon, being absorbed in his pride and desire for power, didn’t listen to his son, Haemon, when he gave advice about good rulers “bending like branches caught ...
- 46: Sources Of Pleasure And Disqui
- Sophocles, who was born in Colonus Hippius (now part of Athens), is thought by many modern scholars to be the greatest of the Greek tragedians. Around 430 BC, Sophocles wrote Oedipus Tyrannus, also known as Oedipus Rex. Oedipus Rex set the standard for Greek tragedy, and is regarded today as a work of genius. The philosopher Aristotle even went ... the reader a sense of relief. Teiresias' vindication at the end of the play, after being denounced by Oedipus in the beginning for prophesying the truth, also provides pleasure. Finally, Sophocles' use of universal themes creates pleasure by allowing the reader to relate to the story. The theme and moral of the play, which is clearly stated by Iocaste when ...
- 47: Antigone Was Right
- ... she is so outspoken about what she had done after she is caught and while she is being questioned. "Why should I be ashamed of my loyalty to my brother?" (Sophocles line 624). Kreon didn’t like her speaking in the manner such as this because it shows him that she has no remorse for disobeying his orders. Furthermore, it damaged ... in front of Haimon’s eyes. "’Just understand: You don’t insult me and go off laughing. Bring her here! Let him see her. Kill her here, beside her bridegroom’" (Sophocles 919-921). This was too much for Haimon to take, and he runs out of the room, yelling, "’…her death will destroy others’" (Sophocles 908). Blinded by his pride and arrogance, Kreon takes that remark as a threat to himself, unknowing that it wasn’t directed to him, but was a suicide threat ...
- 48: Blindness In Oedipus The King
- Blindness plays a two-fold part in Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King.” First, Sophocles presents blindness as a physical disability affecting the auger Teiresias, and later Oedipus; but later, blindness comes to mean an inability to see the evil in one’s actions and ... at helping them – though in an unusual way- to shift the focus of their eyes from outward to inward. He balanced the power and responsibility of both types of sight. Sophocles’ used this aspect of the Sphinx to prove that it is in fact possible to possess both types of sight, just not for humans. The only danger in having ...
- 49: Sources Of Pleasure And Disqui
- Sophocles, who was born in Colonus Hippius (now part of Athens), is thought by many modern scholars to be the greatest of the Greek tragedians. Around 430 BC, Sophocles wrote Oedipus Tyrannus, also known as Oedipus Rex. Oedipus Rex set the standard for Greek tragedy, and is regarded today as a work of genius. The philosopher Aristotle even went ... the reader a sense of relief. Teiresias' vindication at the end of the play, after being denounced by Oedipus in the beginning for prophesying the truth, also provides pleasure. Finally, Sophocles' use of universal themes creates pleasure by allowing the reader to relate to the story. The theme and moral of the play, which is clearly stated by Iocaste when ...
- 50: Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold
- ... uses the same method of writing, however he speaks of human history to further support the mood of the "Sea of Faith" and it's "eternal sadness". Arnold writes of Sophocles hearing the "eternal sadness" on "the Aegean" with it's "turbid ebb and flow". This appeals to the sense of hearing and causes the reader to almost hear powerful waves crashing to the land below. Sophocles saw the waves as sounds of "human misery". Arnold is portraying the parallel thought between the speaker's feelings and Sophocles same sadness over the changing of the land. The metaphor of the tides and the sea is suggested by the sounds and view of the speaker's window, but ...
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