(you need a better opening sentence) One way to interpret the trait of loyalty are the feelings of devoted attachment and affection towards another. These interpretations in particular are the initial causes of many different and confrontational situations within the two versions of Antigone. The strength of true loyalty is a very powerful driving force that in many cases, promote a one-track mindset and is able to compel a person to follow through with an action no matter what the consequences are. An example of this can be seen through the actions and remarks of Antigone, Haemon, as well as Creon.
In both the Sophocles version of Antigone as well as the John Anouilh, Antigone’s loyalty and honour in which she possesses towards her brother, …show more content…
Within the original version of Antigone, the relationship of Haemon and Antigone mentioned only by supplementary characters as the reader is not privy to any interaction between the two. However, in this specific play Creon says that he no longer wants Haemon to marry Antigone given the fact that she has blatantly disregarded the laws that he had put forth. “This girl’s an enemy; away with her, and let her go find a mate in Hades” (Sophocles 144). Haemon’s reaction to Creon’s views of Antigone demonstrates how strong the loyalty within this relationship and how although not having Creon’s blessing Haemon decides to stick with Antigone and eventually dies beside her rather than lose …show more content…
Due to this increase of loyalty and the apparent care Creon can be perceived to be more of an empathetic and understanding person, this is most apparent within the conversation with Antigone “Now listen to me…you will go straight to your room. When you get there, you will go to bed. You will say that you are not well and you have not been out since yesterday… And I will dispose of those three men” (Anouilh 42). By giving voice to this way out Creon demonstrated his loyalty towards Antigone as well as an unwillingness to go through with what the law requires of him.
Through analyzation of both books, the instances in which loyalty is the driving strength behind major decisions within Antigone it is obvious that the amount of loyalty that is displayed towards others and by others within your life is a necessity even if you are not aware that you have it. When comparing the Sophocles version of Antigone to the Anouilh version we can see that no matter how someone is portrayed loyalty can become a driving factor is a person’s life as well as being the factor that ends
In both the Sophocles version of Antigone as well as the John Anouilh, Antigone’s loyalty and honour in which she possesses towards her brother, …show more content…
Within the original version of Antigone, the relationship of Haemon and Antigone mentioned only by supplementary characters as the reader is not privy to any interaction between the two. However, in this specific play Creon says that he no longer wants Haemon to marry Antigone given the fact that she has blatantly disregarded the laws that he had put forth. “This girl’s an enemy; away with her, and let her go find a mate in Hades” (Sophocles 144). Haemon’s reaction to Creon’s views of Antigone demonstrates how strong the loyalty within this relationship and how although not having Creon’s blessing Haemon decides to stick with Antigone and eventually dies beside her rather than lose …show more content…
Due to this increase of loyalty and the apparent care Creon can be perceived to be more of an empathetic and understanding person, this is most apparent within the conversation with Antigone “Now listen to me…you will go straight to your room. When you get there, you will go to bed. You will say that you are not well and you have not been out since yesterday… And I will dispose of those three men” (Anouilh 42). By giving voice to this way out Creon demonstrated his loyalty towards Antigone as well as an unwillingness to go through with what the law requires of him.
Through analyzation of both books, the instances in which loyalty is the driving strength behind major decisions within Antigone it is obvious that the amount of loyalty that is displayed towards others and by others within your life is a necessity even if you are not aware that you have it. When comparing the Sophocles version of Antigone to the Anouilh version we can see that no matter how someone is portrayed loyalty can become a driving factor is a person’s life as well as being the factor that ends