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Passage Analysis: Antigone, Creon and Ismene - Coggle Diagram
Passage Analysis
: Antigone, Creon and Ismene
Gods, Religion and Ritual
Primordial Laws and Beings
Zeus
Death
Heaven
Hell
Conflict between "holy" laws and established human laws
Power struggle
Fundamental laws regarding nature
Conflict between "crime' and belief
Both are fundamentally human constructs
What constructs should be given precedence/priority in society?
Hierarchy/Chain of Command
God is usually placed at the top of the hierarchy
Women
Role of women in patriarchal society
Women are presented as docile and submissive
Antigone is the direct opposite of this
Antigone is defiant and goes against the decree of Creon
Willing to "[choose] death"
Respects and follows more fundamental laws
Ismene is submissive and conforming
Foil Characters
"While I am living, no woman shall have rule." (Creon to Antigone)
"Man" needing to punish women in order to establish (re-establish) power
"Now she would be the man, not I, is she/Defeated me and did not pay for it" (Creon to Antigone/Chorus)
Family
Familial connections and bonds
Familial responsibilities
The role of sacrifice
Familial connection forms the moral compass and incentive to perform the act
Creon's "traitor" vs Antigone's "brother" and "mother and father gave them birth"
"It was a brother, not a slave who died!" (Antigone to Creon)
First and foremost, Polynices is a brother and a human being
Requires equal treatment in death
Death is fundamental to all
Human laws and war regard him as a traitor
Human constructs
Laws, the State and Democracy
Established norms
Norms shift in the play
The idea of burial is regarded as holy and honourable
Much of the conflict in the extract is instigated through contrast
"good" vs "evil"
"enemy" vs "friend"
"love" vs "hatred"