Antigone is a tragedy, written by Sophocles.
It is the third of the three Theban plays but was the first written, chronologically. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends . The play circumscribes various characters but Antigone is the one who is some way or the other connected to all the characters of the play. The most probable theme of the play is secular laws v divine law. Thus the conflict between secular law and divine law is best enumerated by her. Talking about the character of Antigone she reveals the identity of a dauntless lady who defies Creon’s decree despite the consequences she may face, in order to honor her deceased brother. INTRODUCTION
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In Antigone, the hubris of Creon is revealed. In disallowing the populace of Thebes from covering Polyneices, Creon is basically setting him on the level of alternate aggressors —the foreign Argives. For Creon, the way that Polyneices has assaulted the city adequately renounces his citizenship and makes him a nonnative As characterized by this announcement, citizenship is in light of devotion. It is revoked when Polyneices commits what in Creon's eyes amounts to treason. When pitted against Antigone's view, this understanding of citizenship creates a new axis of conflict. Antigone does not deny that Polyneices has double-crossed the state, she just goes about as though this double-crossing does not deny him of the association that he would have generally had with the city. Thus Polyneices should be given all rights of proper …show more content…
Because both Antigone and Creon have their own ideas of what is "right" and "wrong", it is harder to judge them then one might think. This is to say that one should not make assumptions about what is truly right or wrong, unless the answer to that is apparently clear. Antigone believed that the actions taken by her were taken for the right reason, they adhere to the law of the Gods. In opposition to that, Creon believes that the actions he had taken were in fact the right ones, because he believed that Polyneices was a traitor to the kingdom, and that anyone who should give him a proper burial should be punished along with him as a traitor. So, consequently the actions that were taken by the both of them individually were the right ones, in their own minds at least. However, in the end, it is the god's will that triumphs over man's will, as it always does. Unfortunately, man was too arrogant to realize this until he was ruined by his own blindness. Only then did he truly
It is the third of the three Theban plays but was the first written, chronologically. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends . The play circumscribes various characters but Antigone is the one who is some way or the other connected to all the characters of the play. The most probable theme of the play is secular laws v divine law. Thus the conflict between secular law and divine law is best enumerated by her. Talking about the character of Antigone she reveals the identity of a dauntless lady who defies Creon’s decree despite the consequences she may face, in order to honor her deceased brother. INTRODUCTION
In the beginning …show more content…
In Antigone, the hubris of Creon is revealed. In disallowing the populace of Thebes from covering Polyneices, Creon is basically setting him on the level of alternate aggressors —the foreign Argives. For Creon, the way that Polyneices has assaulted the city adequately renounces his citizenship and makes him a nonnative As characterized by this announcement, citizenship is in light of devotion. It is revoked when Polyneices commits what in Creon's eyes amounts to treason. When pitted against Antigone's view, this understanding of citizenship creates a new axis of conflict. Antigone does not deny that Polyneices has double-crossed the state, she just goes about as though this double-crossing does not deny him of the association that he would have generally had with the city. Thus Polyneices should be given all rights of proper …show more content…
Because both Antigone and Creon have their own ideas of what is "right" and "wrong", it is harder to judge them then one might think. This is to say that one should not make assumptions about what is truly right or wrong, unless the answer to that is apparently clear. Antigone believed that the actions taken by her were taken for the right reason, they adhere to the law of the Gods. In opposition to that, Creon believes that the actions he had taken were in fact the right ones, because he believed that Polyneices was a traitor to the kingdom, and that anyone who should give him a proper burial should be punished along with him as a traitor. So, consequently the actions that were taken by the both of them individually were the right ones, in their own minds at least. However, in the end, it is the god's will that triumphs over man's will, as it always does. Unfortunately, man was too arrogant to realize this until he was ruined by his own blindness. Only then did he truly