Antigone Vs Kreon Character Analysis

Antigone is a tragic drama written by Sophocles. Antigone shows how the clash between the moral obligation of one person and the pride of another person can produce catastrophic results. Though Antigone is a classic and ancient play, some of its themes are still relevant in today’s society. For instance, Antigone demonstrates how impulsive decisions can cause severe damage to an individual and the people around him. This theme is still pertinent in today’s society. Over the years, there has been a debate over which character to sympathize with the most at the end of the play. Should it be Kreon or Antigone? In my opinion, Antigone should be sympathized more with than Kreon because she was fulfilling her moral obligations and abiding the will of the Greek Gods. Kreon should not be sympathized more than Antigone because he suffered due to his own irresponsible and impulsive actions. Antigone should be sympathized more with than Kreon because she suffered for her righteous actions. Antigone performed …show more content…
Through Antigone, Sophocles excellently uses the characters of Antigone and Kreon to display the different facades of human nature. Sophocles brilliantly uses the character of Kreon and Antigone to show the internal conflicts that occurs within people. For instance, Kreon had an internal conflict that involved his ego and responsibility towards his family. Meanwhile, Antigone had an internal conflict between her morals and loyalty to her uncle. Every day, people make thousands of decisions that affect them and the people around them. Antigone teaches how decisions and choices should be made after considering the positive and negative consequences of them. Antigone leads its audience to question themselves whether it is wise to die with dignity or live a life with a guilty conscience. After analyzing all aspects, dying for a good cause with dignity is better than living a life with a guilty