Antigone Essay

Antigone displays who she is as a person through her tone, diction, and through metaphors in the play write. Her brave side is shown, when she comes up with the idea to ignore Creon’s rule to not bury Polyneices, her brother. Polynecies who is thought out to be a trader in Creon’s eyes is not seen that way to Antigone, so she decides to bury him herself. Once it is discovered that Antigone did so, she showed nothing more than confidence in the decision she made, “I deny nothing” she expresses…

another, yet there 's one certain royal family that has the worst problems of them all. In the Greek tragedy called Antigone , written by Sophocles, the new king , Creon and his son, Haemon are in a conflict over how to rule the kingdom. More specifically , they 're fighting what to do with Antigone who defied her uncle, the king, and buried her brother against the law. Creon resents Antigone for disobeying his law and going against him,however on the other hand Haemon believes she should be…

Sophocles, in Antigone, says mankind tends to make poor choices because we are engulfed in arrogance; we are deaf to reason and can’t see the purpose of the gods’ laws. Mankind is gifted; we are allowed to make our own choices. Whether those choices affect our future in a positive or negative way is up to us. Additionally, the choices we make reflect upon us and reveal our characters. For example, Ismene is able to choose her path between assisting in the burial of her brother, Polyneices, or…

Antigone is the tragic hero in this drama story for these reasons. She had way to much pride for herself and what she believes in, she has all her faith in what is right, and she thinks that she is doing the best option. She makes some bad decisions but she is the tragic hero in this story because she is the worst off out of her family. In the first part of the story her brother is killed in battle for picking the wrong side to fight with. So the brother that fought on the right side got…

All around us, the idea of pride seems to influence our poor decisions. Therefore, the claim that the only crime is pride is valid. An example of this is in the play Antigone. Creon feels that he can’t let Antigone live. Not because he despise her or is a malicious person. The issue is that it would diminish his pride since she went against his word, he feels that he must keep his word or his pride will be damaged. He feels that he can’t…

exam by playing the game of “King Says” which I believe has a very close meaning behind the game which relates to our story of Antigone. We had to only do the things that the king says, and if the someone does something that the king did not say, then they will have to die in a dramatic way. Not only is it a good warm up activity, it also helps you learn more about how Antigone felt that she fulfilled her goal when she was finally disobeyed the king and buried her brother Polynices. After that…

Polyneices, brother to Antigone the daughter of Oedipus. The law states that if anyone attempts to honor the body by presenting it with the proper burial rituals, he/she will be sentenced to death. Although age is synonymous with wisdom, Creon’s short rule…

In defending the gods’ laws, Antigone states “I must please those below a longer time than people here” (Line 74). Reinforcing her argument, Antigone attempts to reason with Ismene to join her cause and help in the burial of her disgraced brother. Antigone explains that if she follows Creon, she will suffer longer lasting consequences with the gods than she would following him. Antigone seems to contrast the severity of the consequences by showing how Creon’s execution will only hurt now, yet…

other. This quote can be supported by “Antigone” because the family of Antigone because If Creon does not kill Antigone he will be showing his family’s strength(bond) because he is going against his own word and civil law, that he created, to save the life of his own niece. This quote can be supported by “Antigone” because if Creon does not kill Antigone he will disobey his own law, by not punishing Antigone for Breaking his Civil law. By not stoning Antigone to death he will be showing the…

13 November, 2015 Antigone and Paikea: A Comparison Despite having different cultural backgrounds, people can be very similar to one another. In life, people have choices to be helpful or hurtful to their people. Those who choose to help their people go out of their way to fix issues, and their family. These actions are not only helpful to family but their community as well. In Sophocles’ play Antigone, Antigone, the protagonist, sacrifices herself for a greater cause. Antigone is similar to…