Antigone And Creon Message Analysis

Sophocles message in the story is that you should try and be yourself even if others do not believe in your ideas ,but it is important to stay inside the law if they are correct laws and to follow them. He also tries to show the two different sides of order those who follow and those who don't.Those traits are expressed by two important characters in the story named Antigone and Creon.

Antigone is the first character which believes in overriding the system being the system implanted in the city. She directs herself and does not let others tell her what to do. “No one will ever convict me for a traitor.” -Antigone (Sophocles 57) This shows her strong confidence in herself and her beliefs.She obeys her own laws and she is willing to receive punishments for it. Antigone is the character used to show the message that it is ok to be yourself even when there's consequences. The conflict is her trying to follow her beliefs and bury her brother,but the problem is that the law says he is a traitor and …show more content…
The message is that you should be free to make your own choices and be diverse. If you wanna follow the rules than follow them if you don't than don't but be ready to receive the punishments for it. As said in this quote by Thomas Jefferson “The spirit of resistance to Government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.” This quote supports my claim about keeping that power to stay true to yourself even if others don't support the same ideas because he expresses that it is important to keep the hope of resistance alive. Expressed in Antigone the character she keeps that resistance alive against Creon. Overall the I think that the intended message of Sophocles is to be yourself and believe in what you can do and there will always be others telling you you can't do that but it is important to keep that resistance