Antigone

hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future” (Kapoor). In the play Antigone the protagonist displays courage despite the unjust upheld laws in her time. From the start, Antigone has an idea of what she’s trying to accomplish. The thing she doesn’t know herself, is whether she will be victorious or not. Right off the bat, tension is established through the conflict between Antigone and her sister, Ismene. “Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way” (1.36). In any city…

Antigone In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the main character, Antigone, disobeys the orders of the king, Creon. Out of loyalty, she attempts to bury her brother, Polyneices, because Creon has declared that he will be left in the fields with no honorable services. Throughout the play, Antigone follows her moral beliefs in order to show her loyalty to her family and the gods, while appealing to other characters’ emotions. Antigone creates a moral argument with Ismene trying to convince her to be…

Antigone by Sophocles, is a Greek tragedy that has a unified plot. The plot is a controlling structure that drives the story as it develops throughout the sequence of events from beginning to end. A good plot does not overshadow the other elements, however its’ own elements are nothing short of notable. Antigone’s plot action along with other plot elements successfully drive its storyline along as the characters respond to the conflict presented. Firstly, a unified plot contains a beginning,…

Antigone, the protagonist and namesake of the play by Sophocles, is a courageous and ambitious character for unapologetically breaking laws of the city to do what she sees is right. Both of Antigone's brothers Eteocles and Polyneices have died in a war against each other, but only Eteocles is given a proper burial by the King. Antigone believes a burial is essential for someone to find peace after death, so she is reasonably upset. She decides that if no one else will do it, she will bury…

past. Antigone in my opinion is the tragic hero due to the fact of listening to her heart and not her leader. In Greek Mythology there are plenty of heros suchs as Hurclules. But Antigone on the other hand doesn’t need great feats of strength. She is really stubborn according to what Ismene was leading us to believe, Antigone did just about about anything to honor her deceased brother, and Antigone and Ismene are two serperate characters on what they believe and how that do things. Antigone…

In the innovative and fascinating play Antigone , Sophocles highlights the significance of the character Ismene who is minor yet influential and impactful : “Those whom we least expect can have the greatest imprint as to who we become” Ismene , who only appears twice throughout the play has great importance , affects action, and the development of other characters as well. Although Ismene briefly appears it is evident that her fear of breaking the law , and hesitant determination to rise to the…

t the center of any successful society are laws that are not only respected but followed by the population. There is no exception in Thebes, where Antigone takes place as well as in the United States where Dr. Martin Luther King led the civil rights movement. However, there is a problem when the government puts into place unjust and immoral laws that the population must follow or they face extreme consequences such as death. These individuals within their countries should not break every law…

In Sophocles play, Antigone, Creon’s choices demonstrate his qualities of a poor leader, choices that lead to the downfall of others. Creon’s first decision to prohibit anyone from burying the dead body of Polyneices causes conflict with his niece, Antigone. Antigone does not deny that she buried her brother and tells Creon,”It was not God’s proclamation. That final justice that rules the world below makes no such laws”. She tells Creon that his law was not a wise one, one that no god would…

Antigone and her four siblings have a lot of honor and disgrace. For example, Antigone was honorable by wanting to bury her brother even though it was a rule not to, it lead her to a lot of trouble and punishments. Meanwhile, Antigone did act disgracefully by disobeying a law that Creon had wrote, which stated no one should be able to bury Polyneices. The fact that she had broken a law made Creon furious, and angry about how she disobeyed his law and the way she acted. Her punishment was to be…

In the play Antigone by Sophocles, there are many greek values present in the play however, the virtue of family prominent throughout the story line. In greek culture family is very valuable. Family is a bond held together by love and trust and loyalty that can never be broken. Throughout the play this love is expressed in many ways.. In the play Haimon, Polyneices and Antigone display the love and trust accompanied with family. In the text Sophocles writes, “But I must bury him; and if I must…