The tale of Antigone, Oedipus and his two sons have already died.
left to battle for the throne of Thebes. In their combat for the throne, the two brothers slaughter.
eachother, leaving Creon to be the ruler of Thebes. With his power, Creon announces that.
Polyneices must be left to decay on the scene of battle; he is the humiliation to any Greek. Antigone,.
daughter of Oedipus, is left hurt and torn between government of family, and in the end, chooses.
family over government. Aside from Creon's judgment with extreme danger to herself, Antigone.
puts herself in great danger to bury the body of Polyneices. Antigone is in fact, a tragic hero,.
characterized by her position as son of Oedipus, and her arrogant and perhaps conceited.
characteristics which will lead to her ultimate, unexpected, tragic ending. At the beginning of her.
tale, Antigone is the child of monarchy, but more obvious then that, daughter of a dreadful tragedy:.
through a dreadful story, her father, Oedipus, was her brother as well, as Oedipus was also married.
to his mother before she killed herself after discovering the truth. Before his death, Oedipus had.
blinded himself, which added more suffering. However, Antigone's own tragedy was still opening.
Through her noble and relentless character, Antigone is firm to the idea of giving her brother a.
rightful burial, in spite of Creon's judgment. .
In the beginning, Antigone requests the help of her sister, Ismene, but just as soon as she.
recognizes the panic that Ismene has, Antigone neglects it ; another example of maybe Antigone's.
tragic break, her own pride. As the play proceeds, she does in fact bury her brother, nevertheless is.
caught by Creon. After achieving the act , she overcomes the support of the people of Thebes with.
her altruistic actions for the behalf of her family. Creon, in spite of the advice .
Tayeh 2.
of several people, including his own son, feels that regardless of the people's opinion, Antigone.
This type of conflict is shown in Antigone an helps present the character traits of the antagonist, Antigone. ... Antigone was also very strong minded. ... Antigone was also very strong willed. ... Antigone chooses to defy this law. ... Antigone believes that Ismene is a coward while Ismene believes that Antigone is foolish. ...
Antigone stands poised at the river separating herself from civil disobedience. ... Antigone's unrepressed emotions give voice to her dissatisfaction with Creon's dictum. ... Antigone's morals render her unable to see her tragic flaw. ... Antigone impels Creon by defying his order, and seals the fate of her life. ... Antigone's convictions bear a burden on her that she is not strong enough to lift. ...
In the play, "Antigone," the main character Antigone goes against all authority in an effort to give her brother, Polynices, a proper burial. ... Antigone has no respect for authority. ... Antigone also claims, "What Creon says is quite irrelevant" ( ln 4). Thus, Antigone does not respect government or Creon as a sovereign. ... "We can't live by Antigone's alone, but if we have no Antigones within us we are spiritually barren" (Cornell). ...
Later in the act, the Sentry enters again, this time with Antigone. ... Creon asks Antigone if this is true. ... Creon aims to justify his decision to let Antigone's dead brother rot. He also wishes to validate his choice to punish Antigone. ... I believe Antigone's act was morally correct. ...
Pride is part of what makes Antigone heroic. ... This is between Antigone and Polyneices. ... Antigone doesn't mind doing anything on her own. ... Antigone has no problem working by her self either. ... I think Creon feels he must defeat Antigone because she is a woman. ...
In Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone is the tragic hero of the play, rather than Creon. ... Sophocles wants us to see Antigone as the tragic figure. ... He can either kill Antigone, or spare her life. ... Antigone is in a different position. ... Antigone chooses wisely in defying the law. ...
However, in the play Antigone, Antigone goes against the beliefs and defies the powerful tradition of male domination. In the play, Antigone's life was filled with pain and sorrow. ... Even after all of this, Antigone had even more pain to deal with. ... Antigone didn't fear death, but instead faced it with great bravery and strength. ... That is why Antigone is such an influential character in the play. ...
The Antigone Essay Through "Antigone", the play, Sophocles lets it be known that family is more important than authority. ... Antigone felt awful that Creon was doing such a wrong thing. ... Antigone took a moral stand and buried Polyneices. ... Antigone was Haemon's true love. Haemon committed suicide once he lost Antigone. ...
Antigone is not from a normal family. Her family feels very strong in what they believe in. Especially Antigone and Creon. Antigone did things that other people wouldn't normally do. Some people wouldn't defy authority to do what they believe is right. Creon did things that people wouldn't do. I thi...
Bigger than her body Antigone was right, yet so was Creon. ... However Antigone defied the king. ... The gods sided with Antigone. ... Creon is protagonist against Antigone, who is the antagonist; at the same time, Antigone is the protagonist with Creon as her antagonist. Antigone's actions were justified by divine law. ...
