Antigone

“Creon: Not even death can make a foe a friend. Antigone: My nature is for mutal love, not hate. Creon: Die then, and love the dead if thou must, No woman shall be the master while I live.” (522-524) Antigone’s words, actions, and ideas contrast with Creon’s character very much because they both of conflicting opinions towards each other's beliefs. Overall, without Antigone, the story probably would not have been as interesting because Creon’s character wouldn’t have impacted the story as much.…

Greek play Antigone by Sophocles, both Antigone and Creon had distinct conflicting Values.Antigone the sister to the slain brothers Polynices and Eteocle proves that family is more important to her, and she is willing to go to any length to honor her family even if it would cost her own life. Although King Creon values family, he chose authority over family by, ignoring the warnings of Teiresias, declared that the body of Polynices must not be buried and also stood his ground to punish Antigone.…

Sentry compares Antigone to a mother bird coming back to her nest seeing her baby bird gone and crying. I feel that this is a sad comparison, and Antigone are hopeless and vulnerable. Antigone reasons for burying Polyneices are gods law is beyond men laws, and that since she is a mortal, she will die anyway so she rather die to bury her brother than live in suffering. Antigone's tone shows that she have determination and strong reasons for why she chose to bury Polyneices, her brother. Creon…

Each of the stories demonstrated tragedy and persistence. In the book Antigone, Antigone showed great bravado and persistence, because she went beyond the rules that were given to the town to bury Polynices. She knew that by doing this her life would be in danger, but she never backed down. Antigone was portrayed as a strong and persistent woman. Antigone had to be stronger because during this time women had no say or power, in the end she ended up dying for what she believed in while defying…

As I read the play of Antigone by Sophocles, I wondered many things, but I wondered why Antigone is the "hero" of this tragedy? What is so heroic about her act, insight and principle throughout this story? While thinking about these things of Antigone I began to wonder why Sophocles made Antigone the role of being the hero, why not someone else, such as Creon? We learn and hear of Creon throughout this story, and though the reader sees him as the opposite of Antigone, I felt that there was much…

Sophocles’ Antigone is known as one of the greatest pieces of fiction of all time. Before that accolade is brushed off as a relic of an ancient age, one must truly think of what that means. To be one the greatest anything of all time, something must achieve unheralded greatness with its existence. The drama accomplishes this requirement easily through its key themes and the execution of those themes. Divinity opposing authority, the contrasting classical values of the polis and the oikos,…

The writer of Antigone was talking with excitement and his beaming face bore witness of that. “You said coincidental, could you be more explicit?” I asked him with the impression that he had been interrupted. “The name Antigone”, he continued with smile, “carries in itself the whole message of the play. Let us go back to Anne Carson. She translated the name from Greek into English as “against birth” or “instead of been born”. “Against birth” or “instead of been born” is another way for me to…

this and it happened to be Creon's niece her named was Antigone she was also the sister of Eteocles and Polyneices. Antigone knew one of her…

Creon the king of Thebes, is known to be the tragic hero in the play of Antigone. Creon, being known to treating everybody equally and expecting everyone to follow his rules, makes him a strong and powerful leader. Creon attempts to lean away from anarchy by setting these rules for his nation. The play does in fact agree with Creon's thoughts and reasoning of making these strict laws. Creon being the leader he is, would enchant himself with power and reliability by his citizens from looking…

situation. Sophocles’ story of Antigone, daughter and sister of Oedipus, shows Antigone as a rebellious character who believes her religion and morals over her government’s demands. Following a great battle both Eteocles and Polynices, brothers of Antigone, die and Eteocles receives a proper military burial and honouring but Polyneices is deemed a traitor and is left to rot in the fields and in turn being denied an afterlife. Finding this to be ridiculous and horrible, Antigone proceeds to bury…