The play Antigone by Sophocles explains how a powerful king and princess both experience a major downfall due to their respective character flaw. Even though both Antigone and Creon are considered tragic characters, Creon is the character who experiences the more intense downfall. Antigone’s tragic flaw is being too passionate while Creon’s tragic downfall is being too full of pride to make wise decisions. At the end of the play, Creon is still alive and has to deal with the loss of his wife and son thus, making him the most tragic character. Antigone’s tragic flaw is that she is too passionate and strong-willed for her own good.
At the end of the play he gauged out his eyes to show that he was and forever will be blind to the world. “O dread fate for men to see, O most dreadful that I have met my eyes.” Oedipus, gauged out his eyes because he had seen the truth and it was too much to bear and see. Even though Lear and Oedipus have authority of their kingdoms they seem very naive. I find it interesting that men of such power are unable to tell others are misleading them. How is this so?
His fickle favor toward his servants, and not to mention his family, proves his inconsistency and instability. Although appointed by the gods, his reign has exposed the abused and misused privilege of representing the gods in his earthly position. King Creon’s irrational edict stated that any man who dares to bury Polyneices would suffer death by stoning. Is it a mere human’s prerogative to determine another man’s eternal fate? Because Antigone had nothing left to live for, while knowing the sentence of stoning, Antigone defied King Creon’s edict in order to fulfill her duty.
The difference in beliefs, moral views, and opinions seen through-out the play were constantly disputed between Creon and Antigone. Antigone felt that Creon ignored the laws of gods through his laws. When she was captured after giving her brother proper rites and brought to Creon, she said, “Your edict, King was strong, but all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded laws of God. They are not merely now: they were, and shall be operative forever, beyond man utterly” (Rand, 4). Antigone supports the laws of the God’s in heaven and believes that if someone is not given proper burial rites after death, they will not go to heaven.
No man like he can make my heart grieve. Lady Capulet: That is because Romeo lives Juliet: With my hands I might revenge my cousin’s death. Lady Capulet: We will have revenge! Don’t cry anymore. We will take care of it where that banished coward lives.
Antigone Paideia 9/11/09 Justice The definition of justice is the quality of being morally right. In the play “Antigone” there are many questions of justice. Whether or not Antigone or Creon was being just is one of the arguments. I believe that Antigone was being just based on the definition of being morally right. This is because Creon did not care about morals he wanted to add insult to injury by not burying Polyneices.
Andrew Kim Mrs. Elrod 10th Grade G/AC March 6, 2012 Literary Analysis Essay In the play, “Antigone,” Creon’s view of justice is morally wrong. He lets his pride and authority get in his way of his judgment. Creon was stubborn and did seek change until the death of his family. After his downfall, he finds the understanding of justice. Creon is sorry for what he was done, he repents, but it is already too late.
This reflects our true nature and commonality and subscribes to the point that for humanity to be Just and happy, it has an interest in satisfying these instincts. Thrasymachus theory of justice is oblivious to these facts in my opinion, and this makes it inefficient and unsustainable. Secondly, due to the high level of competition present, such a state would constantly be at risk of collapse. As the weaker
Antigone proves Creon’s lack of compassion when she states “No other brother can be born or grows again. That is my principle, which Creon stigmatized as crimina, my principle for honoring you, my dearest brother” (232). Creon’s arrogance leads to his son’s death because he refuses to believe his son indicate that he has created an inferior reputation. Haemon mentions to Creon that “The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, is usually exposed as hollow as they come...So let your anger cool, and change your mind” (222). Creon becomes too vain that he assumes Haemon “is hopelessly on the woman’s [Antigone’s] side” (224).
In the play king Lear, mercy is an insatiable trait which is surrounded by so much hate and malice every time love is given it makes those moments so much more enjoyable. In the begging of the Play King Lear, Cordelia the king’s daughter, is outcast, cheated of her inheritance accused of being a wicked child and one that nature is a shamed of (I,i,215-219). Even though at the beginning of the play king Lear disowns his daughter and she has every right to be unloving to him; when they are reunited King Lear offers to harm himself but Cordelia turns that idea away and forgives him when she asks to take a walk with her father (4,VII,83). People want to see mercy, they want to see those that deserve worse receive compassion and mercy Lear deserved to be turned away but Cordelia showed tenderness to her aging father and