brave Antigone
This week we had just started to learn about the play by Sophocles Antigone. After reading the script, once again I felt that these playwrights were really amazing. Lots of words of wisdom and truth are told through the characters in the play. The protagonist Antigone, was a brave and faithful girl who dared to go against the man’s law due to her love towards the death and also her obedience towards God’s law.Unlike Antigone, the sister Ismene was fearful towards the law set by Creon. I think that this is true even in the real world as there are people who are like Antigone or Ismene.
Then we learnt about Tiresias, who is a Theban seer. According to the Greek Mythology Link, “Tiresias was blinded by the gods because, as some say, he disclosed their secrets to mortal men”. This is very true in the play as he gives fearful prophecies and practical advice to Creon. His prophecy does make Creon to change his sentence for Antigone but it is just too late. His fate of loosing both his son and wife is already set and cannot be changed.
posted by halmoni @ 1/17/2006 03:16:00 AM
1 Comments:
I agree with Miss Evelyn Bong that Antigone is a courageous and faithful towards her Gods. By honouring her brother, she has given pleasure to her own and also to the death. In contrast to his sister, Ismene is fearful and she plays to be practical of her situation.
Here, I also would like to add that Tiresias, though physically blind, but he is the seer. He has been given prophecies by his Gods and becomes the representator of Gods. On the other hand, Creon is also blind. But, he is morally blind. Power of being the King of Thebes and his arrogance have blinded him into disobeying Divine's law. In the end,Creon has fallen from his position and he has learnt his lesson that "The crown of happiness is to be wise,Honor the gods, and the gods' edicts prize"
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