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Antigone (civil disobedience//morality//gender roles//indv vs state)

“I will bury him; it is noble for me to die doing this”

Antigone defines her identity through moral duty not law

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Lit devices -

• foreshadowing (her death is predicted in this quote)

• Defiant diction (“Nobel, “die”, “bury” emphasize her challenging nature towards creon

Antigone - (moral philosophy//family loyalty//ethics)

“I was born to join in love, not hate”

Antigone frames her rebellion as act of love, not defiance

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lit devices

• antithesis (love vs hate highlights her moral stance)

• Characterization (reveals Antigone guiding philosophy)

Oedipus Rex - (fate vs free will//identity//tragic flaw)

“I must know the truth”

Oedipus desire for truth drives the entire tragedy

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lit devices

• power motif (reinforces theme of state vs individual)

• Hubris (creons overconfidence in his authority)

oedipus Rex (identity//blindness (metaphorically)

“I am the child of fortune”

Oedipus misunderstands his origins - vry dramatic irony

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lit devices

• irony (he is acc child of curse lol)

• Identity motif (misunderstanding motif throughout Oedipus)

Oedipus Rex - (sight vs blindness, truth)

“You with your precious eyes, you’re blind to the corruption of your life” - Tiresias

Tiresias exposes Oedipus metaphorical blindness

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lit devices

• Irony and paradox ( blind prophet sees more clearly than Oedipus the sighted king)

• Metaphor (“blind” as ignorance)

• Foreshadowing (Oedipus blindness later)

SOS- (freedom, power, identity)

“You can’t own a human being” - Pilat

Pilat rejects Macon jr’s negative worldview and symbolizes liberation

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Lit devices

• Characterization (Pilates character as a spiritual being)

SOS- (flight symbolism, identity, transformation)

“If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it”

Novels central metaphor for freedom and self discovery

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lit devices

• motif of flight (air as freedom, identity, transcendence)

• Symbolism (flight is liberation)