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Question: * * Reason why Creon is the tragic hero in Antigone? * *? I have to write an essay about why Creon is the tragic hero in Antigone. My teacher said tragic hero is one having 5 qualities. - The character is neither completly virtous nor vilanous -The character's downfall comes about by some error or frailty.(the character has a tragic flow). -The hero suffers for their error, usually more then they describe. -The character is of high status and fall to a lower status as a result of their error. -The character recognize his or her own weakness or error. Can you give some examples from the story~?

Answer: If you have the criteria, and the story, then you can do it yourself. Unless you didn't read Antigone...?

Question: reason why creon is a tragic hero in Antigone? have to write an essay about why Creon is the tragic hero in Antigone. My teacher said tragic hero is one having 5 qualities. - The character is neither completly virtous nor vilanous -The character's downfall comes about by some error or frailty.(the character has a tragic flow). -The hero suffers for their error, usually more then they describe. -The character is of high status and fall to a lower status as a result of their error. -The character recognize his or her own weakness or error. Can you give some examples from the story~?

Answer: first of all, he eventually loses his entire family because of his selfishness and he has to live with the guilt of knowing that. Second of all, the outcome of the play forces the readers to feel pity for Creon becaus eall humans make mistakes but for him, his one mistake caused the death of his family. in short, he doesn't get a second chance. Creon was the new king and was able to do whatever he wanted but later he learned that because of his power, his loved ones died. in the end, he eventually realizes that he was wrong but it's too late. His niece, son, and wife are dead.

Question: Help with English 12 worksheet please. I got 5 out of ten but I don't know the other five.? 1. How many children does Oedipus have? Answer: He had four children, two daughters and two sons. 2. What does the name "Oedipus" mean? Answer: The name “Oedipus� means “swollen foot�. 3. In what country was Oedipus raised? Answer: Oedipus was raised in Corinth. 4. Fill in the blank from the last line of Oedipus Rex. “Count no mortal _______ till he has passed the final limit of his life…� Answer: “Count no mortal fortunate till he has passed the final limit of his life…� 5. In the Prologue, the priest mentions boys, young men, and multitudes. Whom does he represent? Answer: 6. Why does Oedipus accuse Creon? Answer: Oedipus accuses Creon of conspiring against him. 7. What is the significance of Oedipus distrust of Teiresias? What does this reveal about Oedipus' character? Answer: 8. Discuss the significance of Jocasta's view of the prophecies. How does she feel about predestination? Answer: 9. Is Oedipus guilty? Why does he suffer? Discuss the meaning and significance of his suffering. Answer: 10. Besides Teiresias' predictions, what other examples of the foreshadowing of the shepherd's revelations do we find? Answer:

Answer: Sorry to nitpick instead of helping with the unanswered questions but I believe #6 is wrong. You've said what he accused Creon of, not why he accused him.

Question: Antigone Homework Help!!? I dont really understand this play, so if someone could help me out with these questions it would be VERY appreciated!! 1. Why does Antigone feel that her brother should get a proper burial? 2. What was Ismene’s motive for not going along with Antigone at first? 3. What is Creon’s motive for insisting on Antigone’s death? 4.Describe (with evidence from the play) the qualities of each character that contribute to the conflict between Antigone and Creon? 5.Give examples of actions and feelings that show that Antigone is the protagonist and Creon is the antagonist.

Answer: 1. She feels a strong sense of personal responsibility to her family and doesn't want her brother to face the disgrace of lacking a proper burial. Also, I believe that in Greek mythology, the soul can't be transported to the afterlife without a proper burial. 2. Fear. She is afraid of Creon and does not want to be executed for disobeying his orders. 3. He is insecure in his power and feels that he must fully exert his power and make an example of Antigone for disobeying his rule. 4. Both have a great deal of pride and stubbornness and think that their actions are the correct ones. 5. That's largely an opinion question. I tend to dispute Antigone's role as the protagonist and give both positions to Creon.

Question: Is there anyone who has read Antigone and can answer several questions? Okay, so I'm reading Antigone and I have to answer these questions. What are some of examples showing Antigone and Creon's: 1. high esteem in society? 2. Excessive pride? 3. Blind recklessness? 4. Retribution/tragic consequences by the gods? 5. Remorse/regret of behavior with effort to seek redemption. Please help!!! Thanks bunches!! :)

Answer: 1.) Antigone isn't really seen in high esteem in society because she is a woman, but in episode four where she is going to her death and using apostrophe to appeal to Thebes' sympathy, it is shown how her city and its citizens side with her in the matter of creon's law vs. the law of the gods. Their loyalties have switched from Creon to Antigone. 2.) Creon's excessive pride can be found when he is talking to Tiresias. The prophet is trying to warn him of the gods' displeasure, but he stubbornly will not accept anyone else's opinion. The same is when he is talking to Haemon, who is trying to convince him to recant his decision. 3.) Antigone could be considered as reckless in the opening act, when she is trying to convince Ismene to help her. Ismene calls her a fool for being to quick to stir trouble. Creon's recklessness is when he argues with Tiresias and his own interdict because he is going against the gods' law by denying Polyneices his ancient rites of passage. He is reckless because his pride won't allow him to listen to any other man. 4.) Retribution is shown when Creon tries to go and free Antigone, only to find she has already killed herself. The tragic outcome is Haemon's death and Eurydice's suicide as a consequence. Creon has now lost his whole family. 5.) Remorse and regret can be found just before he goes after Antigone and after he finds his wife killed. I hope this helps you! =)

Question: Please help me out with these questions. that have to do with antigone.? 1.How did antigone react to being captured by the sentries? 2.what reasob does antigone give for defying Creon's decree? 3.who else does creon have arrested in connection with the crime of burying polyneices? 4.besides being antigone's uncle, how else were creon and antigone related? 5.what is antigone's punishment for burying her brother? 6.who is the god who must not be made angry, according to ode 2?

Answer: I don't know how technical you have to get with your answers, but we just finished studying Antigone so maybe I can be of SOME help.. we'll see?! 1. Antigone didn't deny her actions, she stayed strong and accepted her punishment. 2. Antigone put the god's laws above the law's of the government. One of the god's laws was that all men deserve a proper burial in order to move on to the afterlife so she was just helping out the soul of her brother. 3. I'm pretty sure Ismene was arrested also? I'm not 100% sure though. 4. Antigone was engaged to Haimon, Creon's son (her 1st cousin) so Creon was her soon-to-be father-in-law. 5. Antigone is locked up in a cavelike location to starve and suffer a slow, painful death. 6. Zeus i believe..

Question: A few questions about "Antigone," by Sophocles? I have a few questions about the play "Antigone," which was taken frm the book, "The Oedipus Cycle" (by Sophocles) 1) Is Creon a good Ruler? 2) Are Creon and Antigone alike? 3) Who is the tragic hero of the play? 4) In what ways is "Antigone" a play about loss 5) What can tragic heroes teach us about ourselves? Thanks in advanced! Best answer to whoever answers the most questions. :)

Answer: OOOH! I loved this play when we had to read it a couple years back. 1) Creon is a good ruler on a fundamental level. He makes the decisions he makes because he feels that they are in the best intrest of the majority of his people - even if they hurt a few. His flaw however is pride, once he's made a decision he is completely inflexible and refuses to change it even if he discovers that it was a bad decision. This leads to a tragic saga ultimately ending with the death of him and everyone he loves. 2) Their shared characteristic is that they are both extremely stubborn in defending what they personally see as the right answer/decision. Antigone shows this by disobeying Creon's order to leave her brother's body unburried - because she feels that the decision is morally wrong and against the wishes of the gods. Creon shows this in his decision to excecute Antigone, even though she is family and he does not wish to do so - because she has disobeyed him and he feels that he cannot remain a morally upstanding and respected leader if he makes exceptions based on kinship. Even though the decision is one that will cause him and his family personal hurt he decides (at least at first) to follow through. 3) The answer could be listed either as Creon or Antigone. Personally I consider Antigone to be the tragic hero of the play but it is easier to defend Creon as the tragic hero. The Aristotilian Tragic Hero must have four characteristics: nobility of birth, Hammartia (tragic flaw/error of judgement), peripeteia (reversal of fortune brought about by the hero's hammartia) and anagnorisis (the discovery that the reversal of fortune was brought about by their own hammartia). Creon is obdviously noble as he is a king. Creon's tragic flaw is pride or stubborness, his refusal to refute his original judgement (even when advised by a god-appointed prophet to do so) brings about the peripeteia - Antigone's suicide which leads to the death of his son Haemon and his wife Eurydice. His anagnorisis - decision to free Antigone and bury Polynices comes after her death when the chain of events has already been set into motion. 4. It describes the story of Antigone's tragic loss (of her brother and unltimately her life) and Creon's loss - his son, wife and kingdom. On a deeper level it describes a cursed city and it's continual tradition of the loss of beloved kings that began with Oedipus. 5. While reading a play and or greek tragedy the hero's flaw (usually pride) seems perfectly clear to us as an audience, but the hero never discovers it until it is too late. The events portrayed in a play often lead to parrallels in our own lives and can help an individual to discover his or her own flaw - hopefully before it becomes tragic. Hope that helps!

Question: ANYONE WHO ANSWERS THESE RIGHT WILL GET ALL THE POINTS AND STARS POSSIBLE!? ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH THE PLAY MEDEA? I NEED HELP AND I WILL GIVE U AS MANY POINTS AS I CAN!! PLEASE ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS U CAN IF NOT ALL!! 1. Do you see any of the characters in the play as sympathetic? why? 2. Why is Medea considered an outsider? 3. Is Medea a heroic figure? Why or why not? 4. Are meda's complaints against Jason and Creon just? 5. Does anyone deserve what they get? 6. How is gender portrayed in the play? 7. What is the theme of the play? 8. How does the play end? Does this suggest that te gods approve of Medea's actions? 9. What group of people does the chorus represent? 10. What justifications does Jason offer for his actions?

Answer: wikipedia.com will answer all of your questions. ust type in medea or the name of the play.

Question: Can someon please check the grammar on my essay!! I really dont feel like getting an F again...? Creon the Tragic Hero In the play called Antigone written by Sophocles there is a main character who fits Aristotle’s definition of a Tragic Hero. This character’s name is Creon, the King of Thebes and is a person who strongly holds to what he believes in. It is through this man’s actions and nature that he portrays himself to be a Tragic Hero. One of the qualities a Tragic Hero must have is to be of tremendous good fortune or royalty. Creon, as mentioned, is the King of Thebes and taking on this high authority position is one of the reasons why Creon developed an attitude that gave him the fate of being a Tragic Hero. Creon always tries to do the best for his people, gain their respect and is not “afraid to speak out plainly� to them if there city is on its way to ruins (1. 30). Creon does all the duties of the King correctly, but the one law stated that “Polyneices is to have no burial� is what upsets the city people and even Creon’s own niece Antigone (1. 46). Creon only thought that the law he proclaimed is for the good of the people and that the God’s would agree with him, but soon enough he finds out that his decision will lead to a dreadful downfall. If Creon, in this point in time, had taken back this law then he would have not had the qualities to be considered a Tragic Hero. The weakness of having pride is another quality of a Tragic Hero that Creon displays. He always had the impression that all his beliefs and judgments are correct and that no one should go against him. He’s pride is shown when he automatically accuses the Sentry of doing the crime of burying Polyneices and threatens him to bring the real criminal or else he will be faced with “death� (1. 135). When Choragos mentions “Can it be the gods who have done this� crime (1. 113-114). Creon automatically fills with disconcert and remarks that the Gods would never honor criminals. Another example of Creon showing pride is when he talks to his own son Haimon. Haimon tries to reason with Creon that burying Polyneices is acceptable and that the person who committed this crime should not be punished. But,of course Creon’s immediate reaction is disagreement and he ends the conversations with should the people of this city propose to teach me how to rule?�(3. 103). Once again this shows Creons lack of understanding for others which relates to being overflowed with the trait of pride. The last quality of a Tragic Hero that Creon partakes in is realizing it is his own fault that made the suicides occur at the end of the play. If he had listened to Teiriseas, the blind prophet, the first time when he told Creon to just “give in to the dead man� and bury Polyneices, then none of the deaths would have happened ( 5. 36). Instead, Creon accuses Tierseas of being false and insults Tierseas by telling him that he tells fate for his “love of gold� and that he only wants money (5. 61). Tierseas responds to this ridiculous comment spoken by Creon by telling him what he has in store for himself and then Creon immediately takes action. It is in this moment that Creon realizes Tierseas’s meaning of “Corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh� is that someone must die to replace what has been lost (5. 73). Creon tries to change fate by listening to Tierseas directions but he is already too late and Haimon,Antigone and Haimons mother (Creons wife) kill themselves. Only if Creon would have listened sooner to Tierseas he could have saved his family, but it took the suicides of loved ones to make Creon understand it is his fault for this whole mess. By learning about his faults and noticing his weakness of pride are the traits of Creaon being a Tragic Hero. Creon is a man who made a lot of mistakes due to his proud attitude that let him only listen to his judgment on situations and not others.. If Creon had been more aware of his people and thought himself as not that high in status, he may have had the chance to not cause the death of his son, niece and wife. It takes these traits of high status, pride, and learning all the flaws and mistakes one makes throughout their life to understand who a Tragic Hero really is.

Answer: sorry i don't have time to look through all this but make sure you indent

Question: Anyone who read the play Medea- can you answer these questions? 1. what is the purpose of the nurses monolougue in the beginnning? 2.Why did Euripes choose those people? 3.WHat news does the tutor share with the nurse and the audience? 4/What advice does the chorus offer Medea? 5.Of what is creon the KIng? 6.Why does Croen go to see Medea? 7.Why is Croen scared of Medea? 8.What does Medea ask of Croen? 10.How does she convince him? thanks..

Answer: 1) Do your own homework. 2) Do your own homework. 3) There are free cliffnotes out on the internet where you can get this info without getting scolded here on YA!

Question: I need a bit of help in understanding part of Antigone? In Scene 5, Teiresias' warning is basically that if Creon doesn't bury Polyneices, calamity will befall both Creon (in the form of his loved ones dying) and all of Thebes (in the form of the gods rejecting their offerings), correct?

Answer: that is correct, I believe.

Question: Antigone Help?? can you answer these questions for Antigone from in Scene 5 1. Creon has refused to yield to the arguments of Antigone and Haimon, and at first he refuses to listen to Teiresias. Of what does he accuse Teiresias? 2. According to Teiresias, what has provoked the gods anger? 3. Teiresias tells Creon that the only crime is pride. How has Creon shown that he is guilty of pride? 4. What does Teiresias seem to be predicting? 5. Why does Creon finally give in? 6. What part does the Choragos play in Creons decision? 7. How has the character of the Chorus (or its leader, the Choragos) changed throughout the play?

Answer: http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/antigone…

Question: Intro to Theatre : Oedipus Rex (Oedipus Tyrannos)? 1. Do you believe Oedipus is to blame for what happened to him? Is his fate inescapable? Explain. 2. What is the primary conflict of the play? 3. Oedipus opens the play by initiating a search for whoever has defiled the honor of Thebes. How does his search change as detail after detail come to light? How does the attitude of the chorus change? Why do you thnk I(J)ocaste become less aggressive about pursuing the truth? 4. Why is Oedipus so nasty to Creon and Teiresias? 5. How is Oedipus behaving at the end of the play? To what extent does he maintain his nobility despite the horror of his earlier predicament? 6. What do the choragus and the chorus bring to the play? Do the choral odes add anything? If so, what? 7. While violence, like Iocaste’s suicide and Oedipus blinding is reported by messengers, ancient Greek playwrights did not believe it was appropriate to show violence onstage. Do you think this is a good idea? What difference does it make in this play?

Answer: 1. Whether or not Oedipus is to blame or not is dependent on your belief in and definition of fate. You can analyze what happened to Oedipus in a few ways: a) He was not in control of his destiny. This breaks down into two categories: - He could have controlled the WAY he approached his ultimate end, but not the end itself. Meaning regardless of whether or not he left his homeland and journeyed to Thebes, he would have managed to kill his father somehow and the rest would have followed. - He couldn't have controlled anything he did and every action he made was mapped out in the stars from before he was born. OR b) Oedipus had absolute control in every decision he made, and the unfortunate consequence of his actions ended up fulfilling the prophecy. Personally, I don't think the text provides any proof that his choices were limited absolutely by a higher power and he would've taken any path he wanted, but he was bound to end up fulfilling the prophecy. 2. I would say it's the age-old question of "Are we in absolute control of our actions?" 3. Oedipus becomes far more aggressive and set on pursuing the truth as the play progresses. It seems from context that it's all due to the fact that the details that arise seem to point in a harrowing and dreadful direction for Oedipus. His search becomes less about finding a culprit and more about proving his gut feeling wrong. Iocaste, you must remember, has heard the prophecy before but she is not aware of the implications from the very beginning. She is avid about the search in the beginning under pure intentions and- much like Oedipus- after she starts realizing what these clues are pointing to, she is reluctant to face them. 4. It seems a little obvious, but Creon and Teiresias are the only ones "being real" with Oedipus. Think about it this way: if YOU spent your entire life trying to avoid a PROPHETIC VISION that you'd kill your dad and sleep with your mom and you thought you managed keeping it on the down-low by becoming king and junk, wouldn't you be a little pissed if all your friends starting hinting that you might not be so safe? 5. He's destroyed in every way. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. He thought so surely that he had beaten his prophecy and left all the terror behind him, made the perfect life for himself and then it's stripped. He tries to maintain his nobility with the eye-gouging, some sort of visceral redemption. It's his attempt at purifying and cleansing himself of what he's done. 6. Don't remember much of either. Sorry about that. 7. The violence of this story and the ominous nature of the play make it what it is. It is to Oedipus Rex what mental instability and guilt was to Hamlet or what young love and tragedy was to Romeo and Juliet. Hope this helped, if only a little!

Question: antigone questions....help? if you know the answers to any of these questions (which are based off of scenes 4 and 5 of Sophocles' play Antigone) it would be great if you could help me. 1.describe antigone's attitude or tone are she is walking to the vault 2.what words best describe antigone in scene 4? 3.who is teiresias? what is his gift? 4.who does teiresias tell that he had brought calamity upon the people of thebes? 5.why are the gods deaf to the prays of the people in scene 5? 6.how does creon respond to what teiresias has to tell him? 7.what does creon have a hard time doing once teiresias leaves? 8.what does creon deside to do about antigone? 9.who does creon decide to serve over his own rule? 10.what is the purpose of the Paean? if you know any of these, PLEASE help. i know they are simple questions, but i have to read these scene's and i dont have the book...long story..anyway PLEASE HELP thanks a lot.

Answer: go to this website, SparkNotes, and you can probably find all of that information without reading the book: http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/antigone…

Question: Is there anyone who has read Antigone and can answer several questions? PLZ? For scene two ! please if you no any of these help me out 10 points <3 1. why does creon become angry with the chorus? 2. what does antigone makee clear to creon? 3. What is the chrous opinoin of antigone now? 4.antigone is accused of two things? what are thay? 5. what is creon's opinion of women? 6. why do you think sophocles brings ismene back into the play? you guyys would be the best if you could answer these for me =]

Answer: Antigone (Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is a tragedy by Sophocles written before or in 442 BC. Chronologically, it is the third of the three Theban plays but was written first. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends. http://www.bookrags.com/Antigone_%28Soph… http://www.bookrags.com/notes/ant/ http://www.novelguide.com/antigone/index… http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monk… http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/T…

Question: some question about Antigone by Sophocles? 1. in the case of antigone, was Creon actin justified? be specific 2. antigone argues btw the concept of natural verses 'man-made" laws. what does she means in the story? explain the situation where they would be in conflict today. 3. what would you do if as a leader, if a menber of your organization challenges you in public? what would be your positive and negative affect of your decision? 4. did public statement favor or not favor antigone and why? 5. what was creon reason not to bury polyneices? is it justified if the leader can justify their positon?

Answer: Antigone was the 1st acting role I ever had....I was soooo surprised. 1. Yes. His throne was particularly unstable at the time of antigone's breaking of the law, and he had to solidify his position. If he had shown that antigone was except from the law, then the people would have just been proved that the royal family could not be trusted. Therefore if he did not had executed her, there may have been uprisings and he would have lost his throne, his life and his families. 2. What she means is that no matter what laws men and governments make, the laws of god are still above these, as changing these fundamental laws is becoming a god, and therefore not acceptable. So...she means morals should be above human law. An situation today.....ummm....like...terrorists i suppose. We might say that murder and terrorist acts are illegal, but the terrorist might argue that God has allowed holy war and killing those who are not part of their religion is then okay. (Sorry best example I could think of!) 3.Make a diplomatic and conscious decision which seems fair and acceptable to all parties. That way there is no bad feeling unless parties are not happy with the compromise. 4. No, because antigone had broken the law, though it could have encouraged her to act as antigone -to me as an actress- wanted to martyr herself to bring attention to what she felt was an injustice. 6. Creon had no choice as I said in q1. He was justified as he was choosing the lesser evil. I hope that helps!

Question: Antigone Help!!!! if you could help yall are the best? 1. At the beginning of the play what is antigone's conflict or problem? 2. What does Antigone ask ismene to do? 3. What arguement does antigone use to defend her decision to break Creon's law? 4. What arguement foes Ismene use to defend her decision to break Creon's law? 5. why do you think the Chroragos does not oppose Creon's decree? 6. What motive does Creon assign to those who might oppose him? 7. What reason does creon give for not burying polyneices? 8. In Line 113 the Chorogas Asks Creon,"...can it be that the gods have done this?" Why does this suggestion enrage Creon? What does the suggestion imply? 9. What news does the guard bring to creon the first time? 10. How does Creon react to the news?

Answer: 1. She wants to bury her brother polyneices but Creons orders are to not touch his body. 2. Help her get to her brother and give him a proper burial. 3. That it is better to follow god's law than those of men. 4. If they break the law, they won't be able to fight the men, they'll die for their dilliquincy. 5. He doesn't want Creon to kill him too. 6. .....Anarchist. 7. He was a traitor to their land, and was fighting against them all. 8. Creon gets mad because he can't imagine that the gods might be in the side of his "enemy" 9. That polyneices body had been moved. 10. Is mad and threatens to kill the sentry if he doesn't find out who did it.

Question: oedipus rex questions? 10 points? ANSWER THE ONES WHICH YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TOO... 1. Identify at least three problems that are plauging Thebes? 2.Why does the priest ask oedipus to help thebes? Identify at least two specific reasons why he thinks Oedipus will be able to save them. 3. I s oedipus affected by the current problems in Thebes? How? 4. Who has Oedipus called for help? What is thier relationship? 5. What does creon suggest that oedipus must do to save Thebes?

Answer: If you needed your homework done you could have just read up, used cliff notes or at the very least googled for the answers. lol

Question: Questions about Oedipus Rex Help plz!??:)? 1)What Oedipus discovers about himself? 2)Soothsayer? 3)Define Creon? 4)Define Laius? 5)Merope and Polybus? 6)In what way does Oedipus treat Teriesias? 7)How does the concept of “unchangeable fate� play out in Oedipus? 8)How does the concept of “Ignorance v. Bliss� play out in Oedipus? 9)How does the concept of “Blindness v. Truth� play out in Oedipus? 10)Be able to explain why Creon says he would not want to be the king? Thankss:) we read it as a class but i just cant remmember parts of it. . .

Answer: Is this homework? Oedipus is one of the greatest works in history. You should read it and do your own homework.

Question: Why did oedipus blind himself? a question from the greek play Antigone. and heres more questions if you clould answer them please. i reallllly need help it would mean so much to me. 2. what curse did oedipus place on his sons, eteocles and polynices, and how does this curse come to fruition? 3.find out when girls in antigones time wouldve been married and bethrothed and give an educated guess as to antigones probable age. 4.why would antigone have been dwelling with creon and his household? 5. what decree concerning the bodies of eteocles and polynices does creon make just before antigone begins?

Answer: I would like to direct you to this question to help you(in a roundabout sort of way...): http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind…