Essays Tagged: "Ismene"
The similarites in Antigone and Creon
doing anything on her own. For example, in the beginning of the storywhen Antigone is talking with Ismene, she asks for her help . When Ismene refuses sheis furious with her. Then Ismene decides to a ... d by Antigone. Antigone is equally asextreme and she will not listen to the reasoning of her sister Ismene. Ismene reminds herof the problems and dangers she is undertaking when she goes out to bury P ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Antigone vs Ismene by Sophocles
The personalities of the two sisters; Antigone and Ismene, are as different fromone another as tempered steel is from a ball of cotton. One is hard and ... rong, successful90's type woman with her liberated and strong attitude towards her femininity, whileIsmene seems to be a more dependent 1950's style woman. Antigone acts as a freespirit, a defiant ind ... be a more dependent 1950's style woman. Antigone acts as a freespirit, a defiant individual, while Ismene is content to recognize her own limitations andher inferiority of being a woman.In the Greek ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Antigone or Creon the protagonist in "Antigone", written by Sophocles
ttingly killed his father and married his mother. Four children, Polyneices, Etocles, Antigone, and Ismene were the products of that union. When Oedipus learns the true identy of Iocaste, his wife and ... Thebes, and kill each other in doing so.When the play opens, Antigone is speaking with her sister, Ismene, about Creon's (present king of Thebes) decree that Polyneices be denied a burial. Polyneices ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Antigone: Political Authority
olitical authority: that Creon's citizens obey him out of fear of the consequences of disobedience. Ismene's obeys his edict is because she fears death. The soldier reports the attempted burial of Pol ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Tragedy of Antigone
s in a reader. At the beginning of the play there is a conversation between Antigone and her sister Ismene. During the conversation the reader learns the two girls lost their father in battle and both ... sation the reader learns that Antigone has a plan to bury here brother Polynices and that she wants Ismene to help her. Ismene is scared to do this because the new king, Creon, has issued a decree tha ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Antigone: Sisters
ourney is one of self-exploration and discovery; the other's of continual oppression and hardships. Ismene and Antigone are the troubled sisters whose decisions take them on different courses, but the ... e same choices also brought them together. Even though their actions show differently, Antigone and Ismene's morals and philosophies show that they are true sisters at heart.Antigone shows the attribu ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Antigone
ain power by burying her brother and standing up to King Creon. It opens up by Antigone speaking to Ismene. Antigone wants to giver her brother, Polyneices, a proper burial even if this means she will ... other, Polyneices, a proper burial even if this means she will be violating the decree of the king. Ismene reminds Antigone that they are only women. This means that they are vulnerable. Ismene feels ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Supporting Characters Added Story Depth
phocles's play Antigone, is greatly enriched by its supporting cast, specifically by the sentry and Ismene. The play's main characters, Antigone and Creon, are critical to the plot; however, what adds ... giving the play an entertaining, humorous quality, Sophocles makes it more pleasing to the audience.Ismene, Antigone's sister, also enhances the play, but in a different way, by serving as a foil for ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Antogone written by Sophecles Ismene argues that it is hopeless to embark on a hopeless task. Antigone is furious.
Ismene argues that it is hopeless to embark on a hopeless task. Antigone is furious.Antigone is furi ... n has defied her and her sister and feels he has no right to keep her from her own blood. She wants Ismene to help her go against Creon's orders and bury their brother. And if she is killed for it, sh ... believes it is her duty and she will be defying the laws of heaven to not even attempt to burry him.Ismene argues she does not defy the laws of heaven ;but she cannot act against the state. She is to ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Oedipus and Antigone.
f killing his father and marrying his mother, but fate cannot be altered. Oedipus fathers Antigone, Ismene, Polynices, and Eteocles with his mother Jocasta unknowingly, after killing his father. After ... ith his mother Jocasta unknowingly, after killing his father. After Oedipus is exiled, Antigone and Ismene have a terrible fate to follow. When Eteocles and Polynices kill each other in battle, only E ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Antigone, A Tragic Hero In Literature.
s truly the tragic hero of the play. They say that his noble quality is his caring for Antigone and Ismene when their father was persecuted. They also argue that Antigone never produced a true epiphan ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
"Antigone" by Sophocles.
she is experiencing is inter-conflict."He is stronger than we are, Antigone. He is King." Pg. 306 ~IsmeneIsmene is unsure of her decision and she doesn't want to lose her sister. She might think that ... hat anagnorisis or true perception of reality is why she is so conflicted. She knows how Haemon and Ismene will weep for her and yet she has the stubborn blood of Oedipus running through her veins. Sh ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Compare & Contrast Essay - "Antigone" with "Romeo and Juliet"
Antigone - Prompt 1In Antigone, Ismene must decide between the will of the gods and the will of the state, life and death. On one ha ... forever in the Asphodel Fields of the Hades' underworld. This tremendously difficult decision that Ismene faces reminds me of a similar predicament that occurred in Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet. In ... otingly stay with Juliet and embrace the loving will of the gods. Romeo's decision reflects that of Ismene's in the end, for they both disregard humanity's cruel orders and trust their spiritually gui ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet
Antigone - the role of Death and Love in Antigone
In Antigone, many people will die for someone they love.At the beginning of the story, Antigone and Ismene are arguing about their brother. Antigone desperately wants to give her brother a proper buri ... tely wants to give her brother a proper burial, "But as for me, I will bury the brother I love."But Ismene is too scared to go along with the plan, "Antigone, I am so afraid for you!" Antigone hatched ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
A comparison between the classics, Antigone and A Doll's House
and is left to rot in the open, but his sister, Antigone, defies his decree even after her sister, Ismene's, refusal to aid in his burial. She buries Polynices and is caught. Soon a Sentry (military ... own with him. Together, they are both creating a fork in outcome of the stories. Mrs. Linde is like Ismene, Antigone's sister, in the fact that they both offer their assistance in helping the main cha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Behing The Mind Of Antigone
r family, which was not unheard of in ancient Greece. However, Antigone's family is dead except for Ismene and her uncle Creon. Moreover, Creon and Antigone are locked in an emotional battle over what ... Polyneices causes her to say harsh things. An example of harsh words would be when Antigone said to Ismene "Go away, Ismene: I shall be hating you soon, and the dead will too, for your words are hatef ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Essay about the theme of Independence in Antigone
play that is looking for her independence. Her main quest for independence is to bury her brother. "Ismene, I am going to bury him."(pg 492, line 31) She wants independence form the law. The law says ... believes in. One conflict that gets in her way to her quest for independence is her sister, Ismene. Antigone asks Ismene to come with her, but Ismene refuses. Ismene tries to convince Antigone ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Antigone-Greek play (moral responsibility)
d and King Kreon threatened to execute anyone who tried to bury him. Antigone meets with her sister Ismene to break the news to her about their brothers' deaths. She then mentions to Ismene that Polyn ... proper burial and also that King Kreon has forbidden anyone to bury the body. Antigone suggests to Ismene that they go and give their brother Polyneices a proper burial and Ismene wanted no part in i ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Antigone
strong and capable of making wise decisions. In this famous tragedy, Sophocles uses the characters Ismene and Antigone to show the different characteristics and roles that woman are typical of interp ... oman are typical of interpreting. Traditionally women are characterized as weak and subordinate and Ismene is portrayed in this way. Through the character of Antigone, women finally get to present rea ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Empathy for Characters in Sophocle's Antigone
the understanding of a character's feelings, ideas as well as their situations. Antigone, Creon and Ismene all struggle with decisions that concern the laws of their city and the cosmic law of religio ... is an immediate sense of empathy felt towards Antigone as she express her feelings of misfortune to Ismene. 'My own flesh and blood - dear sister, dear Ismene, how many griefs our father Oedipus hande ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature