Antigone

Dramatic Tragedy Antigone is a play that demonstrates the religious duties coming before civic duties. Antigone decided it was best to follow her moral obligation to bury her brother Polyneices rather that follow Creon's decree and she was right to do so. Antigone and Creon are on two different sides of the spectrum when it comes to religious and civic duties. Sophocles sided with Antigone and so did a specific reader. With that said let’s explore the possibilities. Antigone beleived that she…

Lord Acton once said, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. In Antigone by Sophocles, power plays a huge role. Creon is a ruler who has gone mad with newfound power and authority. How much power is too much, quote about power. The play Antigone focuses on the royal family of Thebes. Antigone, Creon’s niece, disagrees with Creon’s laws since the Gods are against corpses not being buried, and decides to do things her own way. She sets out to bury her brother, but…

In the play, Antigone by the well-known Greek playwright, Sophocles uses various different methods of helping the reader understand the point of the play or meaning behind the play. Sophocles uses various characters such as Creon, Antigone, Haemon, Eurydice, and the Seer, Tiresias to develop his point. In addition, the plot Sophocles uses also enables the reader to be able to figure out the meaning. However, it also suggests Sophocles’ view on the plot of Antigone. Furthermore, through diction…

The Greek Tragedy, “Antigone”, is a dramatic, intense story that ends in a catastrophic way. This tragedy is about a young woman named Antigone who wants to bury her brother who was left dead on the battlefield. Ismene, Antigone’s sister, does not support this idea and decides not to help her complete this task. Antigone buries her brother, knowing it is against the law to King Creon, and when he hears about this he strongly argues against it. King Creon sentences Antigone to death; however, she…

The intricacy of the character of Antigone is well developed through the course of the play by Sophocles. Being a lead role in the play, Sophocles evidently intended for her character to be perhaps one of the most difficult to understand. Antigone plays a more masculine role, the laws of the city are being defied by her and no one seems to acknowledge the laws of the gods, which she feels, should be acknowledged more. Her temperament is the same in terms of her rebelliousness against Creon…

The Tragedy of Antigone Family: how far would a person go to stay loyal to them? Would she do anything for them such as break the law or go as far to risk her own life? Or, would she not care and only focus on that helping them would get her in trouble? Would losing her life be worth her burying her brother? In the story Antigone the main character Antigone probably thought about these things as she was making very important decisions. The most important decision that Antigone made was choosing…

“How does the conflict between individual free will and the state comment on the historical and social context of Antigone?” The Greek tragedy of Antigone was written in 441B.C and encompasses important themes that were relevant to that time, such as the patriarchal setting of the society, the role of women and the conflict between individual free will and the state. Antigone follows the traditional form of a tragedy and it focuses on the protagonist with a fatal flaw that eventually leads to…

Antigone is the story wrote by the author Sophocles who did great work in the Golden age of Greek theater. The story “Antigone”s theme is the one fate of royal family in the city-state Thebe. After Oedipus died, his two children fought for his throne and they both died. Priority reason, Creon took the throne of the king. He made the death penalty law to do not let Polyneikes, who attacked the Thebe, be buried. The daughter of Oedipus, Antigone, she strenuously opposed the law and after the…

In Sophocles' Antigone, gender biases are quite prevalent. Sophocles used the conflict between Kreon and Antigone to demonstrate this. Kreon would not listen to Antigone simple for the reason that she was a women, and the community viewed Antigone as rebellious for the same reason. However if she were a man, she would have been seen as strong-willed and standing up for what she believed in. Also, Sophocles used Antigone's sister, Ismene, as a portrayal of how women should behave in society.…

Ismene and Antigone both believed differently on the proper course of action following their brother’s death and the order against his burial. Both of their brothers died when they simultaneously killed each other- however king Kreon only allowed Eteokles to be buried honorably while Polyneices would not be buried. This is because Polyneices invaded Thebes with the hope of taking the throne from his brother. This act caused Kreon to consider him an enemy and criminal who deserved no respect or…