Antigone Recasting By Xiangyu Zhong Jacob Fredrickson

Hamlet -Antigone Ø The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by. William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in the. Kingdom of Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, firstly for murdering the old King Hamlet and secondly for then succeeding to the throne and marrying Gertrude (the King Hamlet's widow and mother of Prince Hamlet).

Hamlet Ø The play vividly portrays real and feigned madness – from overwhelming grief to seething rage – and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. Ø Hamlet stands up for his country, fights with the betrayer. Just like Antigone, stands up to bury her brother.

Antigone Ø Antigone determines that unburying her brotheru is unjust, immoral and against the laws of the gods, and is determined to bury her brother regardless of Creon's law. She attempts to persuade her sister Ismene to join her, but fails. Antigone buries her brother by herself; eventually Creon's guards discover this and capture her.

Antigone Ø Antigone is brought before Creon, where she declares that she knew Creon's law but chose to break it, expounding upon the superiority of 'divine law' to that made by man. She defies his arguments, provoking his wrath and punishment. Ø Sophocles' Antigone ends in disaster, with Antigone hanging herself after being walled up, and Creon's son Haemon (or Haimon), who loved Antigone, killing himself after finding her body.

Muammar Gaddafi -King Creon Ø Gaddafi’s problem lies in the gap between his dreams of leadership that make him wish to be as Gamal Abdel Nasser and his abilities as a political leader. Gaddafi’s character formed the Libyan orientations and regime. Thus, he refused the idea that anyone would compete with him for fame to the extent that he may be hostile towards any leader who might be more famous than him.

Gaddafi Ø Gaddafi’s personal characteristics in addition to other factors made him rule individually regardless realizing real achievements such as the participation of the masses or freedom of expression. Consequently, Gaddafi was never held accountable for his policy, and this weakened the state. Gaddafi spent all the oil revenues on his revolutionary policy towards Arab unity as he sees himself as Nasser’s only heir, however, he failed.

Gaddafi Ø And his failure was due to holding that unity should be started by political merging before establishing a solid economic cooperation ground among Arabs. And this led to the emergence of hostilities with Libya’s neighbouring countries. In turn, this led him to rely heavily on excessive coercion against anyone who may oppose his policies.

King Creon Ø In Antigone, King Creon gives Eteocles a full and honorable burial, but orders (under penalty of death) that Polynices' corpse be left to rot on the battlefield as punishment for his treason. This (the state of non-burial) was considered a frightening and terrible prospect in the culture of ancient Greece. Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who is betrothed to Creon's son, Haemon, defies him by burying her brother, and is condemned to be entombed alive as punishment.

Ø Creon finally relents after advice from the chorus leader, after Tiresias tells him to bury the body. However, when Creon arrives at the tomb where she was to be interred, Antigone has already hung herself rather than be buried alive. His son, Haemon, threatens him and tries to kill him but ends up taking his own life. When Creon's wife, Eurydice, is informed of Haemon's death she takes her own life out of grief and with her last breath curses Creon. In the play's final scene Creon blames himself for all the tragedies.

Robinson Crusoe -Haimon Ø Robinson Crusoe is a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. He is pride, strong, and brave. He stands up for himself to survive under the wild environment. Ø Like Haimon, who was brave and pride, speaked out to his father for Antigone.

Haimon Ø Haimon is betrothed to Antigone. He must choose between his father (whom he has always followed) and his lover Antigone. He chooses the morally right side of Antigone's but cannot separate himself from either because of the strong ties of family and love. He commits suicide because of his helpless situation, which also leads his mother to commit suicide.

Oracle -Terisias Ø The Oracle aids the human resistance in freeing humanity from the oppression of the Machines. According to Morpheus, the Oracle has been in the service of the resistance "since the beginning. " Ø The Oracle gives predictions and insight to Zion operatives who choose to hear her. The one prediction she relays to the resistance of Zion is that of the Prophecy, where the war will end when The One returns to end the hold of the Matrix.

Tiresias Ø In Sophocles’ Antigone, he tried to warn Oedipus of the rashness of that king's inquiries about his parents; he predicted that the sacrifice of Menoeceus, son of Creon, would permit the forces of Eteocles to repulse the army of the Seven Against Thebes. Ø sometimes, like the oracles, he would receive visions; other times he would listen for the songs of birds, or ask for a description of visions and pictures appearing within the smoke of burnt offerings, and so interpret them.

Lady Montague -Eurydice Ø Montague's wife is the matriarch of the house of Montague, and the mother of Romeo and aunt of Benvolio. She appears twice within the play: in act one, scene one she first restrains Montague from entering the quarrel himself, and later speaks with Benvolio about the same quarrel. She returns with her husband the Prince in act three, scene one to see what the trouble is, and is there informed of Romeo's banishment.

Lady Montague Ø She dies of grief offstage soon after (mentioned in act five). She is very protective of her son Romeo and is very happy when Benvolio tells her that Romeo was not involved in the brawl that happened between the Capulets and Montagues. When Romeo was banished his mother was heartbroken and then she died. As with Capulet's wife, calling her "Lady Montague" is a later invention not supported by the earliest texts.

Eurydice Ø Eurydice is Haimon’s mother, King Creon’s wife, Antigone’s future mother-in-law. She kills herself after she knows Haimon is suicided, just like Lady Montigue, dies after her son’s death.

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