Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, is left torn between state of family, and in the end, chooses family over state. Disregarding Creon's edict with grave danger to herself, Antigone ventures to bury the body of Polyneices, and thus begins her adventure. Antigone is truly a tragic hero, marked by her station as son of Oedipus, and her proud and perhaps arrogant characteristics which will lead to her eventual, inevitable, tragic ending. At the start of her tale, Antigone is the daughter of royalty, but more then that, a daughter of a horrible tragedy: through an unwitting horror story, her father, Oedipus, was also her brother, as Oedipus was married to his mother before she killed herself upon discovering the truth. Before his death, Oedipus had blinded himself, adding to the tragedy.
Willie’s tragic flaw was he doesn’t know from reality from fantasy. All of these tragic heroes have suffered greatly but Oedipus is by far the most tragic hero of them all. Oedipus tries to escape faith but faith had a way of catching up to him. There was a prophecy that he would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus tries to avoid this by running away from his “parents”.
Beatrice asks Benedick to kill Claudio for her. When he asks if Claudio is her enemy she replies “Is he not a approved in the height a villain that hath slandered, scorned, dishonored my kinswomen?” (IV i 315-317). Beatrice feels that by wrongfully dishonoring her cousin, Claudio deserves to die. Everyone, including Hero herself, think that Hero’s life wouldn’t be worth anything without her
Comparison Essay: Prompt A In the movie Starwars and in the play Antigone, the main characters of each have to face difficult moral decisions, which have major consequences. Both characters have great motives, which cause them to make the decisions that they do in their dilemmas. Antigone’s problem derived from her brother Polynices, who was proclaimed a traitor after he waged war against the state to try to get back control of the throne from his brother Eteocles. Eteocles, the previous ruler of the state, was given an honorable burial while Polynices was left to rot outside the kingdom’s walls. Antigone, who was a very strong willed Greek woman, and who valued loyalty to family, was then left with the dilemma of whether or not to bury her dead brother Polynices, because if she got caught burying hum, then she would be sent to death.
That was another example of how fate is present because the oracle also said that Oedipus was going to marry his mother. The final example is that Oedipus became king of Thebes and that is just what happened. Although Fate seems to be very present in the story, there are many examples where free will is shown. For example, Oedipus killing Laius could have been prevented if Oedipus didn’t reacted so quick without thinking. Another example of this is where Oedipus puts a curse on the city of Thebes without even thinking what he was doing.
She is cast into exile while her sisters are appointed power over the land and they begin to rule. One of the critical betrayals within this play is the betrayal of King Lear’s daughters towards him. After obtaining their father’s kingdom, both Goneril and Regan quickly reveal themselves as unloving and uncaring as they deprive the retired king of his privileges. Due to the King’s unjust decision, he winds up not only destroying and diminishing his own authority but also, all authority in Britain.
The Use of Women as a Tool to Untie Hamlet In the play, Hamlet, William Shakespeare crafts a tragedy centralized around the main character, Prince Hamlet and his negative perception of the women in his life. One main point of Shakespeare’s piece is to highlight how a female’s weakness ultimately shapes the decisions of their male counterparts. He does so by skillfully using the nature of a woman as a compelling force that leads to Hamlet’s destruction. Prince Hamlet struggles with accepting the harsh reality that his mother has remarried to her late husband’s brother. This conflict within Hamlet is further expounded by the possibility that his father was murdered by his uncle, King Cladius.
He sins against his whole family and by thinking that love can be quantified. And as it turns out, Lear isn’t only separating his family but power and responsibility as well. His very unpredictable, easily aggravated temper causes him to act wrongly and irrationally towards Cordelia, his favorite daughter who, he believes has betrayed her. Lear cannot understand that anyone’s, let alone his daughter’s, love for him could be ‘nothing’. I think pride, anger and greed for power prompted Lear to make the decision of giving up the kingdom to his malicious, hateful and ungrateful daughters, Regan and Cordelia.
This sadness Hamlet feels, makes him question his own life in his famous “to be or not to be” soliloquy. The murder of Claudius is his ultimate revenge, but before doing so Hamlet must deal with the incestuous activity that occurred between his mother and his uncle. Hamlets plot for revenge on Claudius is furthered as he realizes that after the death of his father, King Hamlet, Claudius and his mother quickly got married. Hamlet is so frustrated with his mother and her actions, that he yells, “frailty thy name is woman!” (Shakespeare Act I scene II). His hate for women is furthered as seen in his treatment toward Ophelia later on during the play.
Father’s Egotistical Behavior Who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Capulet was to be the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet since he had the most negative influence over the situation. First, Capulet forced Juliet to marry Paris in order for his family to climb the social ladder. Then, Capulet refused to even listen to his daughter when she pleaded with him to not force the marriage. Instead he verbally abused her and threatened to disown her if she would not obey his command to marry Paris.