Antigone

In the play Antigone by Sophocles the protagonist, Creon, discovers that Antigone is going against his word and attempts to follow the Laws of the Gods. Told in third person point-of-view, the author supports his theme by describing the setting of a strict ruling city, establishing the central conflict of Antigone disobeying the Laws of Man. This affects the work as a whole because the author’s purpose is to portray Creon as a tragic hero in order to advise the audience the transformation Creon…

as shown in Antigone and in history. Even in stories it shows that power will lead to negative effects if one person is given too much. In the book Antigone, there is a king named Creon. Creon had become king due to both the people in line for king dying in a battle for the throne. He claimed the throne because of his relation to the throne and the gods. When becoming king he declared that the former descendant of the previous king, Polyneices, was to never be buried. Antigone had…

right for her family? These are some of the challenges that Antigone, the tragic hero in Sophocles play Antigone, faces. She is torn between the decision of doing the right thing to bury her brother Polyneices or be a good citizen and follow the law and not bury him. Antigone, being stubborn as she is, does the right thing and buries her brother. By her doing that, it shows that she has an enormous amount of courage and bravery. Antigone is also the tragic hero of the play. She is the…

mediation is the glue that holds together the morality of Antigone in Sophocles play of the same name, but the divine law of life is not as territorial as Creon’s man-made interventions. The central conflict of Antigone is between this moral divide of man or god and which one accounts for society. From the conflict analysis presented by Professor Francisco J. Gonzalez, Walter Kaufmann’s defense of the essential Greek tragedy in the case of Antigone provides a clearer perspective that both are…

Sophocles composes "Antigone", a tragic play that presents to us a conflict between human laws and the laws of the gods. Antigone, the tragic hero, blatantly opposes against the tyranny of the new king, Creon. As a result, Antigone shows her true nature of being hard-headed but admired virtue of fighting for one's own justice and belief. Although Sophocles' characters in Antigone all exhibit strong determination, Antigone is the embodiment of "unshakable will power" through her fidelity to…

The Potential Leader of Theban Antigone is a Greek trilogy tragedy, written by Sophocles with a theme of moral; conflict in state law and divine law. Polynices and Eteocles were two brothers in war for the right to rule Theban, but both slain by each other’s hands. The death of Polynices and Eteocles lead to their uncle to be next in line to the throne. One of his first decisions is for Eteocles receive an honorable burial and Polynices is to be left for the dogs. Creon’s hubris leads to his…

Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles that was produced in 441 B.C. This play was the breakthrough for Sophocles during this influence in the Greek culture. Antigone can be described to be a play about the loyalty towards family and the political agenda. The play is about the death of Oedipus who the King of Thebes had two sons and two daughter. Oedipus’ sons Eteocles and Polynices agreed that one their father had died they would take the throne to one year to the next. (CITE). However, Eteocles…

Sophocles’ Antigone raises the argument that it is better to honor the laws of a god rather than adhere to the laws of man. This debate arises through the actions of Antigone, who by disobeying Kreon’s edict to not bury Polynieces, believes that she honors the gods by burying her fallen brother. This conflict causes the audience to ponder which of the two characters deserves their sympathy since both suffer serve losses by the end of the tragedy. However, Antigone earns the sympathy of the…

Similar to Antigone by Sophocles, officer Ervin and Antigone both believed that some of the civil laws their civilizations have are unjust and should be reconsidered. Antigone's love for her brother, Haemon's anger at his father, and Creon’s Pride are all examples of how acting on emotion and not fully thinking about one's actions can cause many negative affects. Antigens love for polyneices causes many problems for not only herself but also for others. “Take this hand of mine to bury the…

The tragedy, Antigone, also relates to what Sophocles wrote. Near the end of the tragedy Antigone, Teiresias explained that many of Creon's actions created dreadful consequences, Creon finally accepted his actions as misguided. Creon tries his hardest to go back and make what he did right again. He went back and gave Polyneices a proper burial, then he went to let Antigone out, only to find his son there; hugging the dead girl’s body. Next, Haemon, Creon’s son, who should marry Antigone, kills…