Antigone’s Optimistic Heroism
Being created by Sophocles in 452, his tragedy “Antigone” inspired a lot of writers, poets, and sculptures to reflect social issues and sing of characters depicted by Sophocles in their works. Antigone, the leading character of the cognominal tragedy, has become a symbol of idealism and optimistic hero... read more
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Sophocles’s Antigone is the story of an admirable civil disobedient who represents democratic or dissident principle by heroically resisting the overreaching sovereign power of her authoritarian uncle. Antigone buries her brother, although it is prohibited, and is sentenced to death for her dissidence.
Antigone’s responsibility to ... read more
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