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Antigone Summary

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The author of the playwright Antigone was Sophocles.
The play Antigone was about an honorable lady named Antigone who defies the law against King Creon, her uncle. Antigone’s brothers both died in the war of Thebes. The brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, both kill each other from the opposing sides in the war. King Creon gives Eteocles a proper burial because he fought on his side of the war, but refuses to bury Polyneices for being a traitor. Antigone was furious with this edict King Creon created.
She decides to bury him herself and unfortunately gets caught. She is captured and locked away in prison. A blind prophet visits Creon to warn him that it is best to spare her, not knowing that she was already punished. Antigone kills herself

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