A Comparison of the Rhetorical Techniques Applied By both Antigone and MLK
Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Antigone are fighting injustice. Antigone is fighting the unfair edict of the corrupt and prideful king Creon. Mr. King is fighting the racial intolerance of a generation of Americans. Both Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr. defend there actions in the struggle ag....
Antigone Analysis
Antigone, written by Sophocles, is written two dimensionally. The basic plot is about a young woman, Antigone, who is trying to bury her dead brother Creon. Her uncle the king, is preventing her from doing so. On a deeper level, using a familiar story, Sophocles sheds light on physics and nomos: t....
Antigone and Ismene
Tragic heroes are generally people of high social stature with a tragic flaw that usually manifests itself in the form of poor judgment and arrogance, condemning the hero to a disastrous end and establishing the character’s destiny. Antigone is a tragic heroine deeply conflicted between her vi....
The Tragic Heros in Antigone and Julius Caesar
The two plays, "Antigone" and "Julius Caesar" both contained two very similar characters. In Antigone the nobleman, Creon, claimed the thrown after his nephews, heirs to Thebes killed each other in battle. Assuming that the populous was going to find him inadequate he laid a strict rule in order to ....
What is the role and function of the Messenger in Antigone and Medea?
Antigone, by Sophocles, and Medea, by Euripides, present the conventional figure of a Messenger at climatic junctures in each play. Each Messenger brings shocking and shattering news that is deeply disturbing for the audiences. In Antigone, the Messengers narrative presents a dramatic recount of t....
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