Antigone Character Analysis

As the tragedy concludes, the chorus issues its final words: "Pray for no more at all. For what is destined for us, men mortal, there is no escape," demonstrating how justice remains impartial to the prejudice of men; those who make imprudent judgments will ultimately suffer from the consequences of their actions. In Sophocles' Antigone, these prejudices notably surface in the form of paternalism as demonstrated through Creon's government, highlighting the importance of gender roles throughout the play. Therefore, analyzing the motif of gender roles and its effect on the definition of justice through the perspectives of Ismene, Antigone, and Creon enables the audience to understand how Sophocles' macroscopic analogy to humanity's

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Antigone by Sophocles shows the brave actions of a character who stands by their beliefs and chooses to do what they think is right. In the story Antigone, King Creon declares that Polyneices, Antigone’s brother, will not be buried because of his treacherous acts. Loving her brother, respecting God’s law, and justice cause Antigone to oppose the king, Creon, and bury her brother Polyneices.

Antigone was a Greek tragedy that ended in Antigone’s death along with her brother’s. In the beginning of the of the tragedy we learn of her brother’s death “Creon buried our brother Eteocles with military honors, gave him a soldier’s funeral, and it was right that he should; but Polyneices, they fought as bravely and died as miserably, they say that Creon has sworn No one shall bury him,” (LN 15-20). King Creon’s decision for not giving Polyneices a proper burial is because he was a traitor. However, that was Antigone’s brother and she felt besides Polyneices actions, he still deserved a burial. Antigone has lost her parents and just has her sister Ismene left so, despite the order handed down by Creon, Antigone feels that it’s still appropriate to give her brother a proper burial.

Some of the times the Chorus speaks in this drama, it seems to side with Creon and the established power of Thebes. The Chorus's first speech (117–179) describes the thwarted pride of the invading enemy: The God Zeus hates bravado and bragging. Yet this encomium to the victory of Thebes through Zeus has a cunningly critical edge. The Chorus's focus on pride and the fall of the prideful comments underhandedly on the willfulness seen in Antigone and will see in Creon. In Creon's first speech, where he assumes the “Now here I am, holding all authority and the throne, in virtue of kinship with the dead” and reiterates his decree against the traitor Polynices (191-192). In lines 308-309 the Chorus says to Creon “My lord: I wonder, could this be God’s doing? This is the thought that keeps on haunting me. The Chorus is questioning Creon if it could be the doing of God who buried Polynices, Creon replies; “Stop, before your words fill even me with rage that you should be exposed as a fool, and you so old. For what you say is surely insupportable when you say the gods took forethought for this corpse” (310-313).

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.

In the story, Antigone by Sophocle is a Greek tragedy whose characters misfortunes lead to their final deaths. This play is about a royal family’s cured and King Creon’s selfish ways. Antigone is a young royal lady who fights for her beliefs and defies the king’s ruling by burying her dead brother. In the end, to the king’s dismay, finds that all his loved ones, dead. Creon and Antigone differ from each other by how Antigone is loyal, beliefs, and consideration.

The character of antigone is multidimensional, her complex set of traits and motives can make it hard to determine what her true intentions are. That being said, in this passage we can clearly see that she attributes her actions to a love for family. This strength shows a weakness in Creon and his army. Regardless how strong, or how monumental they seem, antigone uses wit and dedication to bypass them and do right by her family. The fear creon incites winds up benefiting antigone in her efforts to honor her family and reveal Creon's flaws. The author uses word choice and imagery to show where Antigone's loyalty lies, and to expose Creon's ego.

“Zeus did not announce those laws to me. And justice living with the gods below sent no such laws for men. I did not think anything which you proclaimed strong enough to let a mortal override the gods and their unwritten and unchanging laws.” (lines 508-513) Antigone’s character contrasts with Creon’s character causing the two to have conflicts. These conflicts bring out anger, disrespect, and unreasonableness in Creon’s character.

Throughout the play Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone does not have one main motivation, but rather a blend of many. As Antigone’s three most evident motives are doing the right thing, flouting Creon’s authority, and expressing her overall anger at life, the first and the last are most important. In this play, the combination of Antigone’s emotions toward her grave past and her obligation to her brother, regarding the gods, fuses together to be the incentive for her actions, regardless of Creon. Challenging Creon is almost a side effect, a medium through which Antigone can achieve her goals.

“I think I was born strong-willed. That’s not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do,” Joan Jett, American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and occasional actress. This quote could be used to describe the main character in the story “Antigone.” This story highlights the true highlight of Antigone’s life. Through out this tragic story, we learn about the true meaning of family and love. Within this story we learn about both strong-minded Antigone and her uncle, Creon. Although this pair of niece and uncle is alike with blood, they share many differences when it comes down to their personalities. Antigone and Creon both have different motives

In the play, “Antigone” there is many different characters with distinct differences. For example, the main character, Antigone is very impulsive and she speaks her mind. Her sister, very opposite from her, is very sensitive and does not stand up for herself. Then you have Creon, who is rude, disrespectful, and selfish. The character I am most like is Ismene, Antigone’s sister.

"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.

“For me your judgements and the ways you act on them are good - I shall follow them.” (lines 720-722) Haemon initially believes his father’s judgments are for good reason so he says he will follow them, staying loyal to his father’s leadership. Loyalty is a big part of the play Antigone. Rather it's being loyal to King Creon’s rule, staying loyal to God's beliefs, or being loyal to the City of Thebes, each character has the trait of loyalty. Haemon’s final disregard of loyalty by choice of words and actions highlight Creon’s unreasonableness, anger, and disrespect, causing his father Creon to develop as a tragic hero.