Antigone: Barbaric King, Hopeful Princess and Moral Dilemma Antigone is a play that mainly deals with differences among characters that cause life long drawbacks and threatening resolutions. The drama is portrayed through Antigone and Creon's characters who undoubtedly resemble each other. Although they try to be masters of their own fate and eventually succumb to grieving outcomes, they both seem to have the values of a tragic hero. Although, they have their differences, their battle with
Sophocles play titled Antigone, embellishes the opposing conflicts between Antigone who stands for the values of family, and Creon who stands for the values of state. Sophocles explores the depths of Antigone’s morality and the duty based on consequence throughout the play, as well as the practical consequences of Creon who is passionate and close-minded. Although Antigone’s moral decisions appear to be more logical and favorable than Creon’s, a personal argument would be that both characters’
many different moral levels that people have. People use reasoning that can be identified with a particular stage on Kohlberg’s moral development hierarchy. The higher stages of morality are not usually achieved, according to Kohlberg. In a play called Antigone, one character, name Antigone, has a high level of morality. In Antigone, written by Sophocles, he conveys various moral hierarchy stages through character traits, reasoning, and moral development within this character Antigone is portrayed
129). According to Aristotle, moral virtue is a means to an end, happiness. By using Sophocles's Antigone, I will support Aristotle's theory of virtue in which he reasons it to be a state of character between two extremes. A virtue that remains relevant today as it did during Aristotle's era is that of courage. By using Aristotle's account on what represents the virtue of courage, I will demonstrate how it could be applied to the dilemma the characters of Antigone encounter. Even his definition
Sophocles’ play “Antigone” illustrates the conflict between obeying human and divine law. The play opens after Oedipus’ two sons Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other in a civil war for the throne of Thebes. Oedipus’ brother in law Creon then assumes the throne. He dictates that Eteocles shall receive a state funeral and honors, while Polyneices shall be left in the streets to rot away. Creon believes that Polyneices’ body shall be condemned to this because of his civil disobedience and
In the tragedy, Antigone, by Sophocles, one of the great Ancient Greek tragedians, the main character Antigone faces a moral dilemma revolved around her brother’s death. Creon, the ruler of Thebes, declares that Antigone’s brother, Polyneices, is to not receive a proper burial and be left to rot for being a traitor. Creon declares that anyone who attempts to bury Polyneices’s corpse is to be put to death. Polyneices invades Thebes because his brother Eteocles went against their agreement to take
Analyzing the Moral Convictions of the Main Character’s in Sophocles’ Antigone. In the story of Antigone several characters made major and, definitive decisions based on their subjective morals and emotions. In almost every scenario a specific character was given the ultimatum of life or death. To the reader’s surprise, the characters chose death in order to remain consistent to their personal beliefs. I concluded that Sophocles intended for this element to convey that, people who are dogmatic in
continuous support of ones’ morals. Throughout their life, one is ingrained with morals up until the final breath they take. Antigone violates Creon’s edict and fights for the rights of her brother Polyneices and goes against the word of the law. Martin Luther King Junior (MLK) fights against racial inequality and lobbies racial views with acts of civil disobediences. Both Antigone and MLK acted against laws they believed to be unjust. Their own life experiences and the morals they grew up with influenced
tragic events and personal dilemmas which each protagonist must individually face. This paper will mainly focus on the tales of Oedipus and of his daughter Antigone and how they each face a moral crisis when the truth is unveiled. Our protagonists are faced with many challenges along the way which arise due to them wanting to do the right thing. Oedipus wants to uncover the problem that is causing the plague in Thebes but the answers he discovers are fatal. Similar to Antigone whose personal integrity
What is the Moral of the Story? What’s the overall message that Peter J. Ahrensdorf and Thomas L. Pangle are trying to portray to their audience.? Well, after reading the play and being able to analyze the story a little more in depth, I came up with two probable answers. First, I think the author’s trying to describe Antigone as this antagonist, who’s against all odds throughout the play. She’s a young girl who refuses to let anyone tell her what to do. Her self-morals of loyalty and courage