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Antigone Symbolism
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Antigone Symbolism
A discussion of the use of symbolism and metaphor in "Antigone".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages) |
4 sources |
MLA | 2004
Paper Summary:
This paper presents a discussion of the use of symbolism, images and metaphor in Sophocles drama "Antigone", and how they function in the action of the play. It looks at the plot and characters and how Antigone's initial disobedience sets the drama into motion.From the Paper:
"Antigone's manifest action is fairly straightforward but uncommonly strong conflicts and ideas are embedded in the action and embodied by the characters. King Creon's niece Antigone daughter of Oedipus disobeys a direct royal order against performing a burial of her brother dishonored in the horrific late siege of Thebes. When she is found out she defies Creon who condemns her to a slow death in a sealed cave. Challenged in turn by his son Haemon who was betrothed to Antigone and the irksome soothsayer Tieresias who reminds Creon that ..."More papers on Antigone Symbolism:
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Antigone Symbolism (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 09, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Antigone-Symbolism/73258
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"Antigone Symbolism" 15 January 2012. Web. 09 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Antigone-Symbolism/73258>
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