Our Hands Are Not Clean
In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the main conflict is between Antigone and Creon. While Creon is a representation of the civil law of the act by the human in society, Antigone is a brave heroin who is resistance to the civil law and has chosen a death with a strong belief in the laws of gods. To control the law of the state which made by man is man, so it is extremely limited. This is the time when the conscience and morality works.
The reason of conflict between Creon and Antigone is about the burial of Antigone’s brother, Polyneices. In other words, one relates to the individual's conscience and morality, the other symbolizes the beliefs and strict laws governing the country. The key fact that should not be missed is that the conscience and morality came down from generation to generation, have …show more content…
It is Creon’s son, Haimon. He criticizes calmly, but in an acid tone how his father rules the state. He defends the morality of Antigone’s behavior. He convinces his father in the capacity of Thebes citizen, not the fiancé of Antigone. He claims that it is right to follow the universal opinion than the opinion of a dictator. That is to say, he means God's laws, not a civil law. At last, he kills himself because he disappointed at his father of a foolish, because Haimon values nothing else, but the love towards to family: “Nothing is closer to me than your happiness” (Scene 3, 70). Antigone’s sister, Ismene is a representative figure for expressing of how all the citizens feel about the civil law. She shows that she is terrified of disobeying the Creon’s order and tries to stop Antigone from her imprudence. However, she wants to be with her sister, Antigone in her last moment. People keep the law because they are often afraid of a ruler of the society or what it might cost them when they break the man made law. However, the laws of gods which includes the love to family and morality always win that
In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the main conflict is between Antigone and Creon. While Creon is a representation of the civil law of the act by the human in society, Antigone is a brave heroin who is resistance to the civil law and has chosen a death with a strong belief in the laws of gods. To control the law of the state which made by man is man, so it is extremely limited. This is the time when the conscience and morality works.
The reason of conflict between Creon and Antigone is about the burial of Antigone’s brother, Polyneices. In other words, one relates to the individual's conscience and morality, the other symbolizes the beliefs and strict laws governing the country. The key fact that should not be missed is that the conscience and morality came down from generation to generation, have …show more content…
It is Creon’s son, Haimon. He criticizes calmly, but in an acid tone how his father rules the state. He defends the morality of Antigone’s behavior. He convinces his father in the capacity of Thebes citizen, not the fiancé of Antigone. He claims that it is right to follow the universal opinion than the opinion of a dictator. That is to say, he means God's laws, not a civil law. At last, he kills himself because he disappointed at his father of a foolish, because Haimon values nothing else, but the love towards to family: “Nothing is closer to me than your happiness” (Scene 3, 70). Antigone’s sister, Ismene is a representative figure for expressing of how all the citizens feel about the civil law. She shows that she is terrified of disobeying the Creon’s order and tries to stop Antigone from her imprudence. However, she wants to be with her sister, Antigone in her last moment. People keep the law because they are often afraid of a ruler of the society or what it might cost them when they break the man made law. However, the laws of gods which includes the love to family and morality always win that