Sophocles composes "Antigone", a tragic play that presents to us a conflict between human laws and the laws of the gods. Antigone, the tragic hero, blatantly opposes against the tyranny of the new king, Creon. As a result, Antigone shows her true nature of being hard-headed but admired virtue of fighting for one's own justice and belief.
Although Sophocles' characters in Antigone all exhibit strong determination, Antigone is the embodiment of "unshakable will power" through her fidelity to tradition and religion. Arguably, Creon also portrays strong will power but not to a substantial degree as Antigone. He remains fixated on his ideals of righteousness but in the end yields to his wrongdoings. Unwilling "To risk everything for stubborn pride...I
Although Sophocles' characters in Antigone all exhibit strong determination, Antigone is the embodiment of "unshakable will power" through her fidelity to tradition and religion. Arguably, Creon also portrays strong will power but not to a substantial degree as Antigone. He remains fixated on his ideals of righteousness but in the end yields to his wrongdoings. Unwilling "To risk everything for stubborn pride...I