Antigone

Antigone Essay Sophocles’ perplexing play illustrates a heroic journey of the leading protagonist, Antigone. In the play, Antigone suffered through a heartache after she lost her brother Polyneices in war. The ruler, Creon passed a decree that whoever buries Polyneices will die. Family and authority are common themes and misconceptions in the play Antigone. When comparing the essential themes of family and authority, Creon and Ismene characterize the theme of authority, while Antigone and…

lightning.” In Sophocles’ Antigone, the protagonist, Antigone, is both the instrument and the victim of the divine lightning. The suffering imposed upon Antigone by Creon allows her to discover the importance of democracy. She becomes both the spark that ignites the electricity of social change and the martyr who dies for the flame she kindled. Through dialogue that displays expressions of civil disobedience, idealism, and martyrhood caused by Creon’s tyranny, Antigone reveals her role as a…

In Sophocles’ play “Antigone,” a conflict grows between Antigone and Creon. A conflict between Creon and Antigone emerges when Antigone is caught by a sentry and is brought to Creon, with Creon saying, “And you Antigone.” The conflict emerges with Creon stating “And yet you dared to defy the law.” and Antigone retorting “I dared. It was not God’s proclamation. That final justice that rules the world below makes no such laws.” (pg 733; line 56) This shows the start of the conflict because Creon…

Is it wrong for the king to punish people who do not obey the law? What if those people are relatives? In 440 B.C, almost every country was a monarchy, which means the king was a lawmaker of the country and people must obey the law. The king should be a person who is strict to the law and people can rely on. Creon is qualified to be a great king; he strictly follows the law, but unfortunately he is too obsessed with the law until the point that he has no compromise and mercy. The…

Antigone and Fahrenheit 451- How Women Start the Fire In traditional literature, women tend to play the supporting role, often the best friend or love interest. The few women who play an essential part in the story are often defined by their romantic endeavors rather than their power and influence over others. However, in Antigone and Fahrenheit 451 women are the match that starts the fire, crucial for the action of the novels to occur. Clarisse McClellan from Fahrenheit 451 introduces…

to ancient Greeks but in the play Antigone by Sophocles, the reader sees that too much pride can prove to be a fatal flaw. At the start of the play, both Antigone and Creon seem to be morally justified in their quests. Antigone simply wants to bury her brother, who had died in battle, but Creon demands that nobody touch the body because he had died fighting against Thebes. When Creon finds out Antigone buried the body, he punished her severely. But once Antigone gains the will of the people to…

was just. In Antigone and with Rosa Parks, they did not let fear control their actions, they made it their responsibility to stand up for what they believed in. Rosa Parks and Antigone are similar and diverse in different ways. The two of them both disregarded the rules to accomplish what they believed was right. Though, they do contrast with their actions, Parks had a better ending than Antigone, she helped many Americans gain a voice to speak up for what they believed in. Antigone did have a…

In Sophocles Antigone, the reader is forced to ask her/himself a few different questions that would help to answer some of the problems in the story. These questions the reader would ask are who is responsible for what happens in the end of the story of Antigone? The next question is, could any tragedy in the story be avoided if any characters would have acted differently? Lastly do any of the characters share similar characteristics? These questions would help the reader determine who was right…

The most significant theme in Sophocles’ Antigone is whether or not human law conquers the divine law. The chorus sums up both sides of the argument best when they say, “When the laws are kept, how proudly his city stands! When the laws are broken, what of his city then?” (lines 297-298). The divine law, or “Law of God” express the moral or ethical beliefs or actions that embody God’s will and is more eternal. On the contrary, human law, or “Law of Man”, chronicles a set of rules of behavior…

been a recurring issue throughout mankind. In the play Antigone by Sophocles man’s and god's laws also reappears throughout the story. The two types of laws are very different, god’s law depends on faith and man's law can be set by a democracy or a monarchy. Whether one believes in god’s law or man’s these laws keep civil order and peace, but that does not mean that these laws cannot create moral conflict every now and then. In the play Antigone written by Sophocles, the author demonstrates…