Antigone essay
Title: Antigone essay
Category: /Literature/Novels
Details: Words: 778 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Antigone essay
Category: /Literature/Novels
Details: Words: 778 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Would the Real Hero or Heroine Please Stand Up
Throughout the past both Antigone and Creon ,both characters in
Sophocles' Antigone, have been considered heroes/heroines by different
literary scholars. In preparation for this paper I looked up "hero" on
"Dictionary.com". Both hero and heroine have the same meaning with
the latter referring to females and the former referring to males. The
three definitions I determined to be the most relevant are as follows:
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clear hero. While
Creon does show partial characteristics of heroism by being the focus of
the majority of the plot, he is not praised or admired for any of his
characteristics, which become apparent during the play. That honor is
left to the true heroine of the story, Antigone. Through the
consideration of the requirements of heroism Antigone has been shown to
be the uncontested heroine of the story which bears her name.
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