Antigone, written by Sophocles, is a tragic play that deals with three main ideas which are: whether Polyneices ought to be given burial rituals, whether someone who buried him in defiance of state ought to be punished and whether Creon’s actions are just or thoughtless. Written around 441 BC, the play is known to have been very controversial at the time, not only because of the plot it presented but rather because the themes it dealt with challenged Ancient Greek ideals. However, not all themes had to be controversial in order to be relevant, as per se Blindness vs Sight. This theme is basically the tension between what is ‘seen’ as the truth (or right) and what is ‘unseen’ (and therefore not right). Sophocles managed to explore this theme in the play through the characters Creon, Antigone and Teiresias, with the latter reflecting sight and the first two mainly representing blindness.
Creon is the characters that displays the most blindness in the cast of …show more content…
The first can be seen when she decides to bury Polyneices against Creon’s decree. She tried to bury her brother as she did not want him to forever wander the underworld, and given the importance burial rituals had in Ancient Greece, it can be said that she was doing it for righteous means. However, it is said she was ‘blind’ as she was blatantly ignoring Creon’s decision and his side of the argument. The quote “There is nothing that you can say that I should wish to hear” shows this. Antigone is clearly determined to bury her brother; she is so blinded by her stubbornness and determination that she refuses to listen to what Creon has to say. “There is nothing that you can say” expresses this message clearly. Also, the tone in which she speaks is a challenging one, which may suggest that she is not afraid of him. She has her mind set on doing something and nothing nor no one will change her
Creon is the characters that displays the most blindness in the cast of …show more content…
The first can be seen when she decides to bury Polyneices against Creon’s decree. She tried to bury her brother as she did not want him to forever wander the underworld, and given the importance burial rituals had in Ancient Greece, it can be said that she was doing it for righteous means. However, it is said she was ‘blind’ as she was blatantly ignoring Creon’s decision and his side of the argument. The quote “There is nothing that you can say that I should wish to hear” shows this. Antigone is clearly determined to bury her brother; she is so blinded by her stubbornness and determination that she refuses to listen to what Creon has to say. “There is nothing that you can say” expresses this message clearly. Also, the tone in which she speaks is a challenging one, which may suggest that she is not afraid of him. She has her mind set on doing something and nothing nor no one will change her