Antigone

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…

play, Antigone by tragedian Sophocles, the main character, Antigone, rebels against the king to do what is right. Though Antigone’s actions were good-hearted, she caused a terrible unforeseen tragedy. Antigone buried her brother, though it was explicitly prohibited by king Creon, knowing it would mean her death. She did this to give her brother the burial he deserved and to fulfill the natural law of the gods. “Our own brothers’ burial! (Creon) forbids anyone to bury him” (26, 34). Antigone is…

capable of great mental of physical suffering and possesses many excellent character qualities. Despite the great character, the hero has a hamartia, or one fatal flaw that led to his or her downfall. By this standard of Greek philosopher Aristotle, Antigone is considered a tragic hero. Antigone’s father was Oedipus, King of Thebes. She was next in line for the throne; however, Creon, her uncle and great-uncle, took power after the death of Oedipus. This is her high standing, royally speaking.…

In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the main conflict is between Antigone and Creon. While Creon is a representation of the civil law of the act by the human in society, Antigone is a brave heroin who is resistance to the civil law and has chosen a death with a strong belief in the laws of gods. To control the law of the state which made by man is man, so it is extremely limited. This is the time when the conscience and morality works. The reason of conflict between Creon and Antigone is about…

In this play of Antigone, characters are given choices to respond by emotion of oneself or the law. In Antigone there was two brothers Polynices and Eteocles. Eteocles and Polynices were suppose to share the throne of their deceased father but Eteocles wanted it all for himself so Polynices challenged him to a duel. They both ended up dying and they left Polynices to rot. The ruler, Creon, is Antigone's uncle. In Antigone it's against the law to bury Polyneices because Creon says Eteocles has…

hospitable to all, regardless of their appearance. In the fifth-century B.C, one of the worst thing that you can do is not bury a person, it was believed that an unburied person would not find rest. In order for Antigone to be the tragic hero, she must be a good upstanding person. That is why Antigone feels like its her duty to bury the body of her own brother, Polynices. Antigone’s effort to bring honor to her family by giving Polynices a decent burial represents her morals, she has to rely on…

In Sophocles’s Antigone the central conflict revolves around the question of whether Polyneices should be buried or not. Antigone, Polyneices’s sister, believes in divine law and wants the body to be buried. However, the king, Creon, believes in human law and orders for the body not to be buried. Although Ancient tradition demands that the body to be buried, Creon believes that these customs must be forgone for the good of the state. He transgresses from the domain of the divine, believing he is…

Sophocles, through one of his greatest tragedies Antigone, touches on several timeless ideals in society, and how the lack of one and excess of another can result in dire ramifications. It follows the story of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, a rebellious young woman who decides to give Polynices, her brother, proper burial rites after a battle, in defiance of the law decreed by Creon, the King. One of the topics that the Greek dramatist touches on is powerlessness and the resulting lack of choice…

influence his father's plan. While in comparison, Creon the King is full of emotions: confusion, rage, power hungry, quick aggressive decisions. This frame of mind prevents Creon from making civil decisions, he chooses to ignore Haemons plea to not kill Antigone and only strengthens an ignorant view. The gods have sat by quietly…

the relationship between knowledge and power in Antigone shows us that we cannot have it all, because we are just human. Ever since the former King of Thebes, Oedipus, lost everything in the pursuit of knowledge, his two sons killed each other and the new king, Creon, his uncle/brother-in-law, decided to only give an honor one of them with a burial and subsequently bans anyone from honoring the other. One of Oedipus’s surviving daughters, Antigone, takes issue with that, and defies Creon's order…