Character Motivation In Sophocles 'Antigone'

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FINAL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT
Introduction
General introductory statement: In literary works, character motivation is often used by the author to emphasize the major flaw the characters embrace.
Introduce story and author: In the play Antigone, Sophocles incorporates several different characters who choose between their own reason and emotion.
Introduce arguments: This is evidently motivated through the character's natural desire for love, fear and power.
Thesis: Sophocles bases the story around characters who struggle to balance reason and emotion, inevitably leading to their determination to self- destruct even when given the opportunity to succeed. Body Paragraph #1
Introductory sentence: Sophocles includes various circumstances where characters are motivated by love when it comes to reacting to any societal expectations.
Point 1: When faced …show more content…
She is so driven by the love that she has for her dead brother, that she forgets about her responsibility to her remaining family members as a fiance and as a sister. She not only causes her chance to get killed, but hurts the people around her by doing so.
Point 2: Creon refuses to consider his family members’ emotions, and uses his love for power as a reason behind his arguments.
Proof 2: He infuriates Antigone by claiming that "no woman, while [he] live[s], shall order [him]." (Sophocles 20)
Comment 2: Creon simply focuses on his love for power, and ignores the emotional attachment that comes with being in a family. Instead, he focuses on the power males are expected to have over the female population. He is self destructive as he pushes away the people around him. Not only this, he dismisses any chance to stop the people around him from hurting themselves.
Point 3: Upon seeing the conflict between Antigone and Creon, Ismene reacts reasonably, inspired by the love she has for her

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