Compare and Contrast Essay: The Play Antigone and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Essay

The contact Antig iodine and raise Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban be similar because, the characters in each put one over similar characteristics. They both provoke the same themes of revenge, social justice, and redemption. The similarities between these two show that Greek lit is still relevant in todays world. The play Antigone is nearly Oedipus two sons both dying in battle, and one is given a proper burial and the other is left out in a field to be untouched by anyone. If anyone tries to bury him they will be punished by Creon.Antigone felt that her brother deserved to be inhumed and was going to take care of it herself, even if she would be punished for it. When Creon got parole of Antigones actions he couldnt believe his sons soon to be wife would do such a thing save he knew he needed to follow through on his word and punished her to death. raft in the city did not agree with Creons decision to come out Antigone, so he decided to father her locked in a cor e out to suffer. There in the cave Antigone hung herself, when Creons son went out to find Antigone and institute her dead he then killed himself.Creon decided that locking Antigone in a cave was also not the proper thing to do so he sent out to get her, But they were too former(a) and found them both dead. When Creons wife got news of her sons death she too killed herself. vex Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is around harasss third year at Hogwarts. News is going round the Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban, tone for get to. Harry is warned not to go looking for Sirius and that Hogwarts is not a safe place for him this year, Harry being Harry goes looking for Sirius Black late at night and ends up in trouble.The Play Antigone and the motion-picture show Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban both have themes of revenge in them. In the moving-picture show Harry Potters parents died when he was a baby, in the beginning of the movie Harry learns that Sirius has been in jail for the last twelve years because he was involved in helping with the killing of his parents. Harry is furious round this and wants Sirius dead or back in prison, when Harry finds Sirius he soon learns that Sirius had nothing to do with the death of Harrys parents and that the person that did is still out at that place disguising himself as a rat.Harry and Sirius Find this rat named Peter Pedinger and have him killed for helping with the killing of Harry Potters parents and for making it look Like Sirius did it so he would be the one to go to prison. In the play Antigone revenge is shown through the deaths of Creons wife, son, and his sons soon to be wife. Creon is told that what he has done to Antigone is ruin and that deadly things will happen to him if he doesnt do something somewhat it right away. Creon ignores this advice at low plainly then realizes he was amiss(p) and goes out to get Antigone himself.When he arrives to the cave he is to late both Antigone and his son have killed himself. Soon after finding them in the cave Creon learns that his wife too has killed herself. If Creon would have done the right thing right away his family would still be alive. Characters that are a similar between the play and the movie share many characteristics. Harry Potter is most ilk Antigone, they both like to do things they are told not to do, even if no one believes what they are doing is the right thing. They both would do anything for their family.Ronald Weasley is a bent like Antigones sister in the play, he never agrees with what Harry is about to do but in the end he always has Harrys back. The character in the movie most like the utter in the play would be professor Lupin. Lupin is most like a chorus because, throughout the movie he tells Harry of events in the past that lead up to the events in the movie, he also prepares Harry for whats going to happen to him next. Without professor Lupin in the movie no one would understand wherefore Sir ius Black escaped from Azkaban and why he is looking for Harry.In the movie Dumbledore is most like the Gods in Greek literary productions. He runs the school and he always has a stem for everything. He makes sure that those who do good are rewarded and those who do bad are punished. In the movie Sirius has been found and is sentenced to death, Dumbledore knows Sirius is innocent and gives Harry the tools to go back in time and change the events that happened to save Sirius. This movie is about a wizard and his journeys as he goes to school at Hogwarts, but more importantly it shows that anyone can do the right thing, and two the struggles one would go through for their friends or family.A lot like the fiction of Antigone. She knew she would get in trouble if she tried to bury her brother but she didnt care he was family and he deserved to be hardened to rest, and Creon who swore as a king to sticking to his words, found that punishing Antigone was equipment casualty and went t o set her free. I always thought Greek literature was windy and useless, But this assignment let me see how much Greek literature has had an impact on todays world. Almost every movie or book today has themes of love, hate, or revenge in them and those ideas first started in Greek literature.