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Antigone or Creon the protagonist in "Antigone", written by Sophocles
Title: Antigone or Creon the protagonist in "Antigone", written by Sophocles
Category: Arts & Humanities / Theater
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Antigone or Creon the protagonist in "Antigone", written by Sophocles
Antigone
Critics have traditionally divided over the question of whether Antigone or Creon is the protagonist in the play, Antigone, by Sophocles. The answer lies in ones interpretation of the play. Is it a play about a woman doomed by the sins of her father,
r is it a play about a king who holds himself more powerful than the gods?
Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus. Oedipus, once the king of Thebes, unwittingly killed …showed first 75 words of 937 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 937 total…action of the play is centered around Creon. While Antigone's basic character remains the same, Creon's character undergoes a profound change. He begins as an a
ogant, proud king, and ends as a broken humble man. Choragos states the theme of the play:
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise (354).
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