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Women in the age of revolution
Women in the age of revolution
Women in the age of revolution
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What would you do if you had been imprisoned or captured? Would you stay calm or would you panic? In “The Cat of Bubastis.” Amuba fighting in a war with his father against Egypt, and lost. The Egyptians then took the entire kingdom of Ruba and took its inhabitants as slaves including Amuba. In “Antigone.” The main character, Antigone wishes to bury her dead brother, but her uncle, who is the king, has banned his burial because it was believed he was a traitor. Antigone defies the law, buries her brother, and is caught and thrown in prison. Both Antigone and Amuba were captured, however, both had circumstances different outcomes. Three of them are how they were captured, how they were held and how they held, and finally how they escaped. The first difference is how the two were captured. Amuba was captured while he was fighting in a war when he was captured, the soldiers literally fought to the last man in trying to defend the city. When the Egyptians finally took the city, all of its …show more content…
Amuba fought his way out after their master was killed. A fellow slave and their master’s son assisted in the escape. The small group started a journey back to their Rabu, where they would be free again. Antigone however, was in despair. She thought that her uncle was going to kill her. So the young woman felt it to be more honorable to commit suicide than to be publicly executed. Thrown into sadness, her aunt kills herself. Also kills himself for the same reasons the king’s son. Both characters had escaped, but chose drastically different methods. Both Antigone and Amuba were captured, however, both had circumstances different outcomes. Three of them are how they were captured, how they were held and how they held, and finally how they escaped. The two characters dealt with their situation very differently. The lesson to be learned is that to fight and overcome, the results will be better than giving
Antigone, a resolute and heroic female protagonist, pits her individual free will against the intractable forces of fate and against the irrational and unjust laws of tyrannical man like Creon.
In the Antigone, unlike the Oedipus Tyrannus, paradoxically, the hero who is left in agony at the end of the play is not the title role. Instead King Creon, the newly appointed and tyrannical ruler, is left all alone in his empty palace with his wife's corpse in his hands, having just seen the suicide of his son. However, despite this pitiable fate for the character, his actions and behavior earlier in the play leave the final scene evoking more satisfaction than pity at his torment. The way the martyr Antigone went against the King and the city of Thebes was not entirely honorable or without ulterior motives of fulfilling pious concerns but it is difficult to lose sight of the fact that this passionate and pious young woman was condemned to living imprisonment.
Antigone, the product of incest between her mother Jocasta and father Oedipus, is now faced with the fact that she may have to keep the tradition going with the marriage of her first cousin, Haemon. The difference is that they both know they are related, something her parents did not know until it was too late. Antigone is scheduled to wed, but that may cost her a lot in return. Antigone must evaluate her life and reason with herself if she should marry Haemon or decide another way out. Antigone finds a way out, but it may not be visible to the reader right away. Antigone commits a crime and is sentenced to die, justifying in her mind that is the only option.
Third, Antigone is a wonderful example of a martyr. Her legacy will live on, and inspire many other rebels to stand up for their beliefs. Antigone dared to defy the King’s threat of death to bury her brother, and shows true family pride. The people take pity on Antigone, and feel that she should be let alone. Haemon, Creon's son and Antigone's betrothed, states how the people of Thebes feel. “On every side I hear voices of pity for this poor girl doomed to the cruelest death…for an honorable action-burying a brother who was killed in battle…has she not rather earned a crown of gold” (
Antigone, as a character, is extremely strong-willed and loyal to her faith. Creon is similarly loyal, but rather to his homeland, the city of Thebes, instead of the gods. Both characters are dedicated to a fault, a certain stubbornness that effectively blinds them from the repercussions of their actions. Preceding the story, Antigone has been left to deal with the burden of her parents’ and both her brothers’ deaths. Merely a young child, intense grief is to be expected; however, Antigone’s emotional state is portrayed as frivolous when it leads her to directly disobey Creon’s orders. She buries her brother Polynices because of her obedience to family and to the gods, claiming to follow “the gods’ unfailing, unwritten laws” (Sophocles 456-457). CONTINUE
Summing up, Antigone decides to express her discontent with what she considers to be the unethical new regime of King Creon by burying her brother's body. By taking this bold step, Antigone shows the strength that an individual’s actions hold in a democracy. Creon, with his stubborn attitude, shows how a democracy where peoples’ voices are not heard can be dysfunctional, and that laws should be made by taking other people into confidence and not on an individual basis. In the end, Antigone resolves to sacrifice her own life in the service of a greater justice. It is this kind of formidable resolve that changes the course of history, and that is something that we can respect equally in the 5th century B.C. and the 21st century A.D.
Medea is often very demanding in getting what it is that she wants; Antigone, will do what she need to do in order to get what she wants. With Antigone she is defies the law of a king to uphold the law of her spiritual belief. In the middle of the night she lives the house and sneaks into a field to bury her dead brother. Medea killed many people, including her own sons and a princess, in order to only spite her unlawful and cheating husband. The two women are like alligators, waiting motionless for the right time to strike. In the case of Medea, swift, violent strikes. And with Antigone, a cool collected precise one. These women are always determined to get what they want.
Antigone and her family have suffered many things. It all began with her father Oedipus. Oedipus has a very confused life. He ends up killing his father, the king of Thebes, while he believes his father is someone else. He ends up as the king of Thebes and married to his mother, Jocasta. He dose this all while believing that his parents are dead. He finally ends up finding all this out; he blinds himself and is banished from Thebes. This is where Antigone's two brothers come in, Eteocles and Polynices. They end up fighting for the throne. Eteocles wins and banishes Polynices from Thebes. Polynices, however, is not done. He goes to Argos and recruits an army to take Thebes. The plan backfires though and Eteocles and Polynices end up killing each other, and the army is driven off. With no male heir to the throne, Creon, Oedipus' brother, takes the throne. This may be a lot for one person to handle, but Antigone's grief has just begun.
Countrymen, your decision on Antigone will determine the future of our great city. It is up to you to decide the moral battle waging within our walls. Will you side with Creon and risk the virtue of Thebes itself and our children? Or, will you take the harder path and defy the sovereign in order to uphold the city's integrity? Freeing Antigone is a key step in overcoming Theban intemperance and wrath. By crossing this hurdle, we are paving the way for eudaimonia.
Antigone utilizes her moral foundations, her religious roots, and the events of her past to form a sophisticated argument. Despite being unable to convince Creon to reverse her punishment, Antigone is able to convince the people of Thebes that she was right in her actions. After Antigone’s death, and the deaths of several others, Creon reflects on this monologue and realizes the honest truth behind Antigone’s actions and words.
Antigone was a selfless person with pride as a strong characteristic of her personality. She possibly had feelings of loneliness and anger from the way society has looked upon her family from their past. It took a strong willed person who has no fear of the repercussions to stand up to a king as she did. To make everything all the worst she stood up to a king who was her Uncle and she being a female back in those time, standing up and speaking out for herself was not heard of.
Early in the play, Antigone felt dying for her brother was a noble action. Death to her was not an ending, but a new beginning in a better place. Antigone’s family had been cursed for ages; death was something that followed at their heels. The people of Thebes would always look at her with suspicious eyes. Her father, Oedipus, had caused these looks to be placed on her family forever. Then her brothers killed one another on the same day; her life in Thebes was not good. With such a bad life in Thebes, an honorable death must have looked very appealing to Antigone.
In the beginning, the author introduced Antigone and her sister, Ismene, and their argument about their recently deceased brother. The argument involved Antigone wanting to bury her brother and Ismene encouraging her to obey the King's orders. Antigone ignored her sister's advice and chose to disobey the King by burying her brother. The King learned of Antigone's actions and sentenced her to death. After listening to his people he lessened her sentence to spend the rest of her life in an isolated cave. With the advice of a trusted prophet, he once again changes his perspective and decides to set Antigone free. However, he arrived at the cave and was shocked to see that Antigone had hanged herself. The situation caused chaos among the people in Thebes.
When told she will be killed Antigone asks, “Anyone who lives a life of sorrow as I do, how could they not count it a blessing to die”(Sophocles 474-476). Antigone’s acceptance and consideration of death shows that she is responsible, and that she takes the blame for her foolish actions. Although some may see her acceptance as strange King Creon sees it as stubborn when all he wants is for her to be afraid. Antigone feels like the only person who cares about her and her family’s well being, but she is mistaken because Ismene feels the same way. Knowing what Ismene will do to Antigone she warns her sister when she says, “You have a heart for chilling matters”(Sophocles 89). The daring and fearless soul of Antigone frightens her loved ones. People respect Antigone because of her trustworthiness, and her sister can prove her love to her because of it. Her confidence and her love for others reconceived the role of women in society, and granted her with admiration from all people who are voiceless and
Antigone’s own excessive pride drives her to her defeat. Her arrogance and strive for self-importance blinds her to the consequences of her actions. Ismene, Antigone’s sister, rejects to take part in the crime leaving Antigone all on her own. Ismeme declares “why rush to extremes? Its madness, madness” (Sophocles 80). Ismene fails to comprehend the logic behind her siste...