God Why Didn T Creonte Let Antigone Live

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Antigone the author is Sophocles The genre of this story is a tragedy Why did the author think of writing a story like this? The setting of Antigone is in front of the palace in Ancient Greece. A narrator is telling the story. Man vs. Nature Man vs. Destiny Man vs. God Why didn't Creonte let Antigone live? Character: Describe each character. What are they like? How do they speak? How do they interact with others? Creonte Ruler of Thebes Antigone The daughter of Oedipus Ismene The sister of Antigone Polinices The son of Oedipus Haemon The son of Creon I think she will soon be saved. A messenger The theme is Humans vs. “Gods” CREON I know. But I defended the law. “No one above the law.” How can I surrender the passion of my heart? What will happen …show more content…

Answer to Question 2: Because he didn't like her beliefs Answer to Question 3: I don't know. Epicurus was a ancient Greek philosopher and was the founder of the school named Epicureanism. Even though Epicurus talked about God often he wasn't religious he saw religiousness as a fear so he didn't have any beliefs. Thucydides was an Athenian historian. Thucydides wrote a book called The History of the Peloponnesian War this is what he is mainly known for. He was religious to the “Gods” he knows which are Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Ares, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Athena, Hermes, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera.Euripides was a tragedian. He was mainly know for his writing (playwright and poems) such as Medea and The Bacchae. Just like Thucydides he believed in the Greek “Gods”. Antigone is a play written by Sophocles. Sophocles was a tragedian he is know for his plays. He wrote several more plays and was very successful. Some people believe following there ”God” is the right thing to do and will die with there …show more content…

Creon believes that the only thing there is to believe is the laws, he doesn't think that there is anything else to believe. Antigone on the other hand believes otherwise, she thinks that the laws can't surpass her “Gods”. She says that mortal humans can't decide what immortal “Gods” decide to do. Haimon loves Antigone so he supports her beliefs, yet he looks up to his father ans supports his beliefs also. I think that Haimon feels as if the “Gods” are real yet for his fathers sake not take part in what these “Gods” have to say. This is the same with life and death, some people want life. Some people don't care for death, they probably don't want it yet they don't care weather they do die or live, and others are in depression and don't want to live they want death desperately. It is all a debate, “Who is better?”, “Who is right?”, and “Which one of us do the want?” theses are the question they ask to start the debut. There is no way to stop all fights from happening so there are major and small fight happening everyday. This is the same with life and death, some people want

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