Self Sacrifice In Antigone

The fact the she is ignorant to the risks of burying her brother, reflects the age of Antigone. She is ignorant and essentially scarifies her own life to bury her brothers. Her resistance in the male dominated world expresses another example of her age. Although her sister admits that women does not have power in the male dominated world, she refuses what her sister says and starts arguing that her actions were reasonable since she remained t loyal to her family. In fact, she is a emotional woman, which is typical for a young person. Additionally, young people are idealistic, which is also shown in the act of burying her brothers. She does not think that she has anything to lose. However, she still has a fiancé and a mother-in-law that care …show more content…
Antigone, however, defies his command and decides to sneak onto their graves and bury them, although she is aware of the consequences. Generally, if a person does not obey a command from the king that means that the person will be punished, by deah penalty. In this case, Antigone is a family member, but she is aware of the risks and when she gets caught, she asked for the punishment as a regular person at that time. Her punishment is not only because she has committed a crime, but also because she is a woman. At that time, women had no influence on anything, and they were only there to please the man, and to take care of the family and the house. If a woman does not act in the way she is asked to, she would be considered as nothing. Additionally, it seems to be the case that Creon has lost his power and strength to control his empire. Even his crew is not listening to his commands, so by executing Antigone, it would send a signal to the rest of the empire that he has courage to do whatever it requires to protect the citizens within the empire and thereby put all feelings aside when it comes to a person who has damaged the empire and has not followed his