Antigone

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"ANTIGONE" ANALYZED The play "Antigone" by Sophocles can be admired an analyzed by many different critics. This interesting ancient Greek play can be studied from many different angles. Some critics look into Antigone's incest motives, Creon's behaviorism, Ismene as a victim, multiple purposes of the chorus, and the ethics of the play. This paper will closely examines each one of these concepts. In a recent article in the Explicator, "Sophocles' Antigone", Christopher S. Nassaar suggests …

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…lows us to see the various actors and factors displayed in a unique order. We can now see that Sophocles had quite a number of ideas that were incorporated in a sophisticated manner in this play. Antigone's incest, Creon's behaviorism, Ismene as a victim, multiple purposes of the chorus, and the ethics involved in the play have come forth and brought to our realization the many different aspects of analyzing such a classic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**