Friday, October 23, 2015

Antigone theme: Discuss the balance between free will and fate.

Discuss the balance between free will and fate. To what extent do people control their own destinies? Why does this matter?


  • Line 1223 - Free will vs fate ; reversal of better choices didn't effect the his fate 
  • Line  1026 - Creon fate 
  • Line  626 -  Antigone free will 
  • Line  59 - starts at free will and then into fate 
  • Line 932 - changes mind between if it fate or free will 
  • Line 1011 - deciding its fate 
  • Line  482 - accepted fate 
  • Line 232 - had the choice to choose their fate 
  • Line 124 - wanting to reverse fate 
  • Line 1132 - shows that reversal is an option to make it better 
  • Line 962 - blind free will, bad choices make them walk into unfortunate  fate 
  • Line  695 - If you disobey the gods, they are going to mess with your fate
  • Line  701 - Creon says that no one will be able to stop him
  • Line 1124 - Creon swears to the gods he will not bury a traitor
  • Line 1133 - Creon has the free will to change his ways, but he is too stubborn to do what may be right in accordance with the gods
  • Line 1166 - Creon  denies the role of the gods and fate
  • Line 499 - Antigone knows that the gods will determine your fate, no matter what you do
  • Line 433 - Antigone was fated to be found from her choice of free will
  • Line 543 - Discusses Antigone's stubborn free will, Creon denies the gods' role in his life once again
  • Fate gives you a choice of free will, but whatever decision you make will affect your fate
  • Line 1449 - Creon calls on the gods', initially denied their role in his life, but now he is calling on their fate
  • Line 826 - Haemon foreshadowing Creon's desertion, aka his fate

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