Antigone Essay
"The tragic collision of right against right" this is the German philosopher Hegels statement regarding the play Antigone. Antigone is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles and translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. The play is about a royal family that consists of four siblings, two of which fight for control of the kingdom (Eteocles and Polynices), both brothers are killed and their uncle Creon becomes the ruler of Thebes. Creon is very angry and sentences Antigone to death. In the end Creon changes his mind after Teiresias predicts bad things for his future and runs to release Antigone but he is too late. Creon realizes that his stubbornness has led to his family's ruin. The Chorus ends the play by offering the final message "There is no happiness where there is no …show more content…
Hegel may believe that King Creon has the right as a ruler to state what he believes and make it law. Hegel understands that Antigone on the other hand believes that every member of her family deserves a proper burial. The author introduces Antigone by showing her conversing with her sister “And now you can prove what you are; a true sister, or a traitor to your family… You must decide whether you will help me or not… Ismene, I am going to bury him... Will you come?... Creon is not enough to stand in my way” ( ). Antigone wants to defy Creon's law in order to honor her brother. Creon in turn asks Antigone whether she knows that she broke his law "Tell me, tell me briefly. Had you heard my proclamation touching this matter?... And yet you dared defy the law." ( ). Antigone knows she broke the law and even asks to be killed after she is confronted. Hegel's statement is true about both characters doing what they believe is morally correct in their opinion. Both sides are equally justified by the way they depict the word
"The tragic collision of right against right" this is the German philosopher Hegels statement regarding the play Antigone. Antigone is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles and translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. The play is about a royal family that consists of four siblings, two of which fight for control of the kingdom (Eteocles and Polynices), both brothers are killed and their uncle Creon becomes the ruler of Thebes. Creon is very angry and sentences Antigone to death. In the end Creon changes his mind after Teiresias predicts bad things for his future and runs to release Antigone but he is too late. Creon realizes that his stubbornness has led to his family's ruin. The Chorus ends the play by offering the final message "There is no happiness where there is no …show more content…
Hegel may believe that King Creon has the right as a ruler to state what he believes and make it law. Hegel understands that Antigone on the other hand believes that every member of her family deserves a proper burial. The author introduces Antigone by showing her conversing with her sister “And now you can prove what you are; a true sister, or a traitor to your family… You must decide whether you will help me or not… Ismene, I am going to bury him... Will you come?... Creon is not enough to stand in my way” ( ). Antigone wants to defy Creon's law in order to honor her brother. Creon in turn asks Antigone whether she knows that she broke his law "Tell me, tell me briefly. Had you heard my proclamation touching this matter?... And yet you dared defy the law." ( ). Antigone knows she broke the law and even asks to be killed after she is confronted. Hegel's statement is true about both characters doing what they believe is morally correct in their opinion. Both sides are equally justified by the way they depict the word