In just about any story, there stars several different types of people. In almost any historical story, men rule, women obey. In any Greek drama, the beings above all are the gods. Within such a diverse group of people, even if men ruled, everyone is still bound by certain limits. It is up to the person themselves to find their way around these limits without bypassing a certain point beyond repair. Antigone, written by Sophocles, features two key people: Antigone and Creon. This drama lays out a basic format where there is a hero who has a flaw which leads to their downfall-- that being Antigone. Set after the great battle for the royal throne, both Polyneices and Eteocles die in the battle, leaving Creon king. The first edict Creon makes
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First and foremost, she is shown to be a devoted person. “Look up! You live! And I died long ago, when I gave my life to serve the dead.” (216.) In saying this line, Antigone expresses how she knows her death is coming at her for what she does. Nevertheless, she finds justifying her dead brother more important than her own life. She believes Polyneices deserves to be buried because not only is it beyond Creon to interfere with the gods’ work, but it is in his justice to be buried. From the beginning, Creon does not have the power to make such an edict when it is Hades’ job to rule the dead. By not allowing any to mourn nor bury him, it is stripping his rights as the dead. Moreover, Polyneices did not do much wrong aside from trying to get his rights to the throne, as he is promised. Originally, he and Eteocles promised they would share the throne but once Eteocles got ahold of power, he is not willing to share it with Polyneices. And once again, Polyneices wants to find his justice to get his royal right as the son of the previous King. With Antigone’s loyalty to her dead brother, she is willing to sacrifice her own life. A rare type of dedication and almost selfless of her to be so devoted for others rather than herself. But for others, her death is not to be taken lightly in their good …show more content…
Antigone is just about as dedicated as any dedicated person is; she is so “headlong driven by the capricious gusts of her own will.” (232.) However, the Chorus makes the statement that although Antigone is doing something for justice, she should have known because the King has so much power, his words are law. They also say she leads herself into Hades’ Gate by will, that all that occurs now is a result of her actions. She is merely owning up to her flaw of trying to defy the King with her stubborn yet loyal heart. Antigone goes to a point where she decides she is definitely right, therefore, she does not listen to others. In doing so, she becomes blind to what occurs around her. It is almost as if Antigone’s thoughts are clouded because she is so set on this idea of “honoring.” Antigone is stubborn and devoted she cannot see what is beyond herself and her ideals. In spite of the townsmen acknowledgement of her justice and heroic intentions for her brother, it cannot be argued she is, as Ismene puts it, “a wonderful fool.” (195.) And she is, a fool to have been so unyielding for Justice and Loyalty
First and foremost, she is shown to be a devoted person. “Look up! You live! And I died long ago, when I gave my life to serve the dead.” (216.) In saying this line, Antigone expresses how she knows her death is coming at her for what she does. Nevertheless, she finds justifying her dead brother more important than her own life. She believes Polyneices deserves to be buried because not only is it beyond Creon to interfere with the gods’ work, but it is in his justice to be buried. From the beginning, Creon does not have the power to make such an edict when it is Hades’ job to rule the dead. By not allowing any to mourn nor bury him, it is stripping his rights as the dead. Moreover, Polyneices did not do much wrong aside from trying to get his rights to the throne, as he is promised. Originally, he and Eteocles promised they would share the throne but once Eteocles got ahold of power, he is not willing to share it with Polyneices. And once again, Polyneices wants to find his justice to get his royal right as the son of the previous King. With Antigone’s loyalty to her dead brother, she is willing to sacrifice her own life. A rare type of dedication and almost selfless of her to be so devoted for others rather than herself. But for others, her death is not to be taken lightly in their good …show more content…
Antigone is just about as dedicated as any dedicated person is; she is so “headlong driven by the capricious gusts of her own will.” (232.) However, the Chorus makes the statement that although Antigone is doing something for justice, she should have known because the King has so much power, his words are law. They also say she leads herself into Hades’ Gate by will, that all that occurs now is a result of her actions. She is merely owning up to her flaw of trying to defy the King with her stubborn yet loyal heart. Antigone goes to a point where she decides she is definitely right, therefore, she does not listen to others. In doing so, she becomes blind to what occurs around her. It is almost as if Antigone’s thoughts are clouded because she is so set on this idea of “honoring.” Antigone is stubborn and devoted she cannot see what is beyond herself and her ideals. In spite of the townsmen acknowledgement of her justice and heroic intentions for her brother, it cannot be argued she is, as Ismene puts it, “a wonderful fool.” (195.) And she is, a fool to have been so unyielding for Justice and Loyalty