How Has Antigone Changed

Antigone, though created in the mentality of a different century, is capable of being modernized and carried out for today’s society. The play takes place in a time with emperors, empresses, and devout belief for the gods, but the main ideas and moral lessons are not limited to the specific time frame. To fit the play to our time, the play can take a similar turn of events such as the movie Snowden, which happened to based off of real events. Of course, the language of the play would be changed to English. Unlike the the original play, the modern one will most likely add extra emphasis on Antigone and her character development. In the modern version, the name and gender of Antigone are capable of changing. The manner in which the play would be modernized could take the form of Snowden, as stated previously. Rather than having an emperor that makes the rules, the modern play would have a president or government official that creates or enforces the laws. Furthermore, instead of having a firm belief in the gods and making sure to always please them, Antigone could simply have a strong sense of what is morally correct, such as knowing that it is not okay for the government to spy on the world. Antigone, just like …show more content…
This self conflict comes about through the universal truths of pride and morality. The play, Antigone, portrays the theme of pride through the decisions Antigone and Creon make. Although Antigone makes choices that the public agrees on with her, she does not obey Creon’s law and decides to bury Polyneices. Creon is also full of pride since he makes his own law, violating the religious law set by the Greek gods. Antigone’s brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, are prideful since they both wage a war, each wanting to take control of the throne, instead of communicating and trying to come to a compromise. Moreover, they put their own desires to control the throne instead of deciding for the better of