Othello vs. Antigone
When a piece of work has a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force, and has a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror, it classifies as a tragedy. The most famous tragedies were written by authors hundreds of years ago. Those works consisted of incredible structure and meaning that allows readers to learn from the characters' mistakes. The tragedies of Antigone and Othello were written with tremendous depth and are structured in such a way that both characters are victims, despite their crimes. The tragedy of Sophocles' Antigone is scaled down in this play to the dimensions of a human drama. After the defeat of the seven princes who attack Thebes, Creon, the new king, forbids the burial of the traitor Polynices. His sister, Antigone, preferring the god's laws to man's, disobeys and is sent to her death by Creon. For this, Creon is punished by Heaven with the suicide of his own wife and son. Creon is not necessarily wrong with his decision, he is simply intoxicated with his new authority. The Chorus, the voice of heaven, condemns Creon for his action. Creon's real problem comes from the fact that Antigone is neither fully right nor wrong. The situati
usceptible to sexual jealousy, which is ignited by Iago, the villain of the play. He kills his beloved and soon after her death, he realizes his mistake and kills himself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The two main characters of the plays can be viewed as either the protagonist or the antagonist. They have both committed crimes but in turn were also the victims. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the former King of Thebes. Her mother, Jocasta, was Creon's sister. She is willing to risk her life in order to bury Polynices, her dead brother, and thereby defying King Creon's edict. She is sentenced to death, but commits suicide by hanging herself. Antigone is judged as immoral for her refusal to live under the law of the state; but she believes her 'unwritten laws' are eternal. Like Socrates and Joan of Arc, she is willing to die for her ideals. Antigone becomes a symbol of courage as she dies safeguarding her values, rather than compromising them. Othello is a black army general in the service of the Duke of Venice. He falls in love with Desdemona, daughter of Brabantio, a Venetian Senator, and marries her in the midst of heavy opposition from her father.
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