Antigone Character Analysis

The Summary Is About Antigone Who Lost Her Brother Who Died In The War And She Wants To GIve Him The Right Burial For Her Brother. Antigone Loves Her Brother And Wants To Let The People Know That. She Lost Her Father In The War, Her Mom Hung Her Herself, And Now She Lost Her Brother Like Her Father In The War.

Creon says “Eteocles who died as a man is to be buried with full military honors, his brother Polynecies is to have no burial, no man is to touch or say a prayer for him. He shall lie on the plain unburied so the birds and dogs can do as they want. ”His niece (sister of both the brothers) decides he should be buried and Creon can kill her if he needed, she did not care. Creon decided to put her in a hole to starve to death for breaking his law. So it makes Creon the tragic hero because he was too late to save Antigone, she hanged herself, his son found out so he stabbed himself, and Creon’s wife found out about the son so, she also killed herself. Just to think he could’ve saved everyone he loved.

Antigone calls Ismene “traitor to your family. ”(Sophocles 190). This proves that Antigone places importance on family values and respects her religion, while her sister Ismene, follows gender roles and community laws. As this conversation continues, Ismene stresses that Creon's laws are too powerful, so this task is very dangerous. In response Antigone states “Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way!”

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" by Martin Luther King Jr. So while reading the Greek play of "Antigone" by Sophocles. In every book or play there is always that one character that you feel very connected with. There were many characters in the play that I have connected with, but the one that I thought I connected the most with was Antigone.

In Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone and her sister Ismenes’s two very conflicting personalities lead to a disagreement over how their brother Polyneices should be buried. While they both believe that their brother should have a proper burial, they disagree on what to do about the lack of the burial. Antigone attempts to convince Ismene to help her break the law to give Polyneices a proper burial. However, Ismene feels that they are not in a position to make a difference. She states, “We are only women, we cannot fight with men, Antigone!”

The characters Creon and Antigone, from Sophocles’ Antigone, act as cautionary figures for the audience as they warn against the intense belief in and dedication to a single perspective, as doing so leads to a certain lack of malleability that is detrimental to maintaining a fully functioning society. The onlookers of this play, the Athenian people, come to naturally notice the benefits of remaining within the middle ground between beliefs such as those that Creon and Antigone stood for. The unfortunate events that follow these characters actions accentuate the need for balance between the two components that influence societal laws; these elements become understood as the heavenly or divine laws of the gods, and the written or state laws

If you want to determine a person’s real character, give them authority and power. Fear and violence are truly powerful feelings that can change a person forever. People in power positions abuse their power by creating fear and violence in their community.

Antigone begins with Antigone asking Ismene to help her, bury their brother Polynecies. Since Antigone told Ismene Creon had put in a law that no one could bury him or they would suffer consequences. This thought frightened Ismene and refused to help her sister. Antigone went anyways even if it was against the law. She sprinkled some dust on his body before anyone could see her so she went home. When the sentry fund out someone had buried the corps he had to go tell Creon what had happened. Creon automatically got furious and told the sentry next time you come back you better know who buried the him or your head is on the chopping block.

First, it can be seen that Ismene feels truly committed to her sister, only refusing to join in burying Polyneices because she is truly fearful of Creon’s law. In the latter part of the scene, when Antigone has been turned over to Creon, Ismene establishes a sense of dutiful obligation to her, stating “What further service can I do you now?” (Line 552). If Ismene felt ambivalent about the situation, there would be no reason for her to offer to do anything for Antigone, as she had been earlier rejected by her sister, who had stated “you wouldn’t please me as a partner” (Line 70). The other possibility in viewing Ismene is that she is actually selfish in attempting to cling to Antigone. A striking line stated by her is “Sister, I pray, don’t fence me out from honor, from death with you, and honor done the dead” (Lines 544-545); even though she had earlier merely wanted Antigone to stay safe with her, Ismene now ventures into the world of pride, taking the perspective that if Antigone takes the fall for his action, it strips her of what perceived honor she believes she could be able to grasp. Antigone responds by ordering her sister not to follow her in death, to which Ismene reacts passively to, stating “At least I was not silent. You were warned” (Line 556). This quote can be

In contrary Ismene is docile and someone who follow the laws at all costs. She said, “we are women” stating a woman’s position in society and obligated to obey by the law. She doesn’t agree with her sister Antigone, since is prohibiting for women to have a voice during those times. Ismene believe that women should never violate the laws of man who were guide by the gods. Antigone will carry out the forbidden burial alone, nevertheless she seeks futilely the complicity of her sister Ismene. Ismene without endorsing the established power by King Creon, discreetly folds to it, became a passive collaborator of the system implemented by him.

Being compared to a person can be a compliment or a shameful moment. It’s all about how you personally see the being. In Sophocles play, Antigone, I caught myself comparing my personal attributes to Antigone's. I will analyze Antigone and I in these three categories; simple appearance, bold personality, and interesting childhood life that resemble each other in an extraordinary way.

As individuals we grow, we magnify our knowledge, augment to our experiences, learn from our mistakes, heed the advice of others and mature into someone we can be proud of. As children, we look to others older than us to pave the way for us and educate us about life. Nevertheless, when we reach the state of adulthood, we should be able to give advice and take advice just as easy. As the years go by not only do we age, we get wiser. Being wise means being able to make a sound decision by incorporating experience, knowledge, and good judgment. One cannot be wise and arrogant. This essay explores the tragic downfall of the characters in the play Antigone, by Sophocles as a result of their inability to rely on their wisdom and their determination to remind arrogantly.

Antigone’s sister Ismene is a docile, mild tempered rule follower. In many ways, she is what the ideal women might look to a Greek man of their time. However, as mentioned earlier she is a foil-a character who was created to highlight her contrast to Antigone. It’s even fair to assume this is the sole reason she was included in this play because she is only necessary for scenes with her sister. In a monologue in response to Antigone’s plans to bury Polyneices, Ismene says, “Remember we are women, we’re not born to contend with men. Then too we’re underlings, ruled by much stronger hands, so we submit in this, and things still worse,”

and set of values. She dies with pride and no regret for she died because she acted doing what

Antigone was set on burying her brother, but for Ismene, even though Polyneices was her blood brother, she still could not step outside her womanly role proclaiming, “Since force constrains me,/ that I shall yield in this to the authorities./ Extravagant action is not sensible” (76-78). Her fear of men kept her from giving her own family member a burial and leaving her only living relative out to dry as she ventured to what would be the start to her own death. When trying her best to tell her sister not to go she mentions, “I will not put dishonor on them, but/ to act in defiance of the citizenry,/ my nature does not give me means for that” (90-93). Not only did she not want to make strife with men, but also go against her city. Greeks were very much loyal to their individual city states, and everyone worked together to preserve their individual rights within that city state. Ismene knew that Antigone and her were no longer the royal family, and to keep both them safe they must obey the city. Their own brother went against the city, and he, now, laid naked in the sun for the birds to pick at. Ismene, finally, comes to her senses no longer acting in silence, but questioning Creon, “Will you kill your son’s wife to be?” (623). This was her last attempt at saving her sister’s life, yet it was too late Creon’s mind was made up. Her fear was in the right place, but it held her back from