The play Antigone by Sophocles begins with the death of Antigone’s two brothers Eteocles and Polyneices. The two brothers kill each other in a duel when Eteocles refuses to step down from the throne and allow his brother to be king. After their deaths, Kreon becomes king and orders Eteocles to be buried in honor and left Polyneices unburied to be eaten by vultures. Antigone believes that Polyneices deserves a proper burial and suggests that Ismene, her sister, and she should bury him. Ismene disagrees and does not want to disobey Kreon. However, Antigone buries her dead brother despite what Ismene says. When Kreon finds out that Polyneices has been buried he orders the guards to uncover the body. Antigone attempts to bury her brother once again and is caught in action. Kreon believes that Antigone has disobeyed him and he sentences her to death. When Kreon’s son Haimon finds out about this he is enraged because he was to marry Antigone. Kreon eventually changes his mind but it is too late because Antigone hung herself and Haimon had stabbed himself to death. Then Kreon’s wife Eurydice cut her own throat and left him all alone. The events that took place show how Kreon’s behavior and the way he ruled his state is very
. . .
Aren’t you ashamed/ to dissent from these good men?” (lines 620-623). There was a recount of votes in Florida and Al Gore was technically the winner. Bush needs to correct his wrongs before he makes a huge mistake just like Kreon did and before it is too late. Bush says that Iraq is a threat and Kreon believes that Antigone disobeyed the laws of his land. / It destroys nations, drives men from their homes,/ smashes armies, makes allies defect. This quote parallels our modern day and a good example is the 2000 Presidential Election. / Zeus who sees all will see [he] shall not stay silent/ if [he sees] disaster marching against [his] citizens,/ and [he] shall not befriend the enemy of this land. This is exactly what Bush is saying to the American people when he decided to go to war. Bush has caught Saddam but continues the war with Iraq and this is the same thing with Kreon. / I’m no man –/ she is a man, she’s the king –/ if she gets away with this. Kreon doesn’t seem to feel any remorse for their deaths and he said, “Now I rule, as next of kin. Could Bush lose the 2004 Presidential Election because of bad decisions he made? If Kreon would have ruled his kingdom under a democracy then things might have turned out a little bit better in the end. / When she is steady, then we can steer” (lines 217-229). / Summon her immediately” (line 584-597).
When Kreon found out that someone had betrayed him and buried Polyneices he was very angry and stated, “find me the perpetrator of this burial” (line 383).
Approximate Word count =
1495
Approximate Pages =
6 (250 words per page double spaced)
Simply subscribe to view this paper, and 100,000 others.
| CREDIT CARD |
ONLINE CHECK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
JOIN BY PHONE
|
|
|
