Antigone’s name could be interpreted as “against birth” or in modern terms a mistake that should have never been born. Antigone’s very existence is painful because she knows that she was a product of her father's sin. I think she wants to die to atone for her parents sin and she wants some attention with that, first she pushes ismene away telling her she is too cowardly to bury her brother, second she doesn’t seem afraid of her impending doom and appears to want to anger creon. And finally Antigone doesn't care about her fiance, possibly because he is her cousin or because he is the son of the one she despises so much.
The text says, “I should not want you even if you were to ask to come”(line 53). Antigone says with confidence that she doesn’t
The text says, “I should not want you even if you were to ask to come”(line 53). Antigone says with confidence that she doesn’t