Was Antigone Honorable

Antigone and her four siblings have a lot of honor and disgrace. For example, Antigone was honorable by wanting to bury her brother even though it was a rule not to, it lead her to a lot of trouble and punishments. Meanwhile, Antigone did act disgracefully by disobeying a law that Creon had wrote, which stated no one should be able to bury Polyneices. The fact that she had broken a law made Creon furious, and angry about how she disobeyed his law and the way she acted. Her punishment was to be left alone in a cave with nothing, which made her commit suicide. At the end the people of Thebes all agreed that Antigone did the right thing, but it was too late. These are examples that show how Antigone was honorable and disgraceful at the sametime. …show more content…
For example, Eteocles was honorable by fighting for his country. His way of protecting his country made Creon very proud, and also made him an honor to everyone. On the other hand, Eteocles was also acting disgracefully by fighting with his brother, Polyneices, about who would get the throne of Thebes. Eteocles’ fight with Polyneices made him end up killing his brother. Because Eteocles protecting his country, Creon burried him with honor, and gave him an army like funeral. These are examples that show how Eteocles was honorable and how he was disgraceful too.

Polyneices and his four sibling have a lot of honor and disgrace. For example, Polyneices was honorable because he was buried by his sister, Antigone, but was being disgraceful by fighting his country. Instead of Polyneices protecting his country he fought it with his own army, which made him a traitor to Creon. Polyneices is also being disgraceful because he fought his own brother to death about who would get the throne of Thebes. These are some examples that show the actions of Polyneices while being honorable and