Disrespect For Women In Antigone

Antigone is a play written by Sophocles and is about a young girl named Antigone who struggles with written laws of her city, Thebes. Her uncle is King Creon and sentences her to death because she decided to bury her brother, Polynices, after it was declared that he deserved no burial. Antigone's sister, Ismene, was too afraid to go along with her. Antigone's fiancé, (who is also

     Finally, Creon is a dynamic character. He undergoes changes in emotion throughout the work. He realizes his mistakes when Tiresias forecasts the future. Thus, Creon attempts to correct himself by releasing Antigone. But he is too late. He is forced to live, knowing that three people are dead as a result of his actions. This punishment is worse than death. Although Creon’s self-righteousness and inflexibility did not change until the end of the play, his motivations traveled from patriotic ones to personal ones. This created a major portion of the

When Creon passes his law, it is used to protect Thebes from being betrayed again. But Creon betrays the gods’ law and does not bury Polyneices, his nephew. As a result Tiresias, a blind prophet approaches Creon and says that if Polyneices, that “before you have surrendered / one of your born flesh and blood, / a corpse for a corpse given in return”(1183-1185). Shortly afterward, Creon realizes that his authority has overstepped into his family and now will go honor his family, by going against his own law. But little did Creon know things were not going to be that simple. When Creon and Haemon arrive at Antigone’s tomb, they are greeted with a hanged Antigone. As a result Haemon lunges at his father and kills himself after he misses. Creon’s authority led to his son ending his own life because he saw the woman of his dreams, hang lifelessly due to his father's action. Creon realizes that Tiresias was correct about the prophecy, but it was too late. Shortly afterwards, Creon finds out his wife, Eurydice, had also killed herself because of her son’s recent suicide. This would lead Creon alone without any family members except his own law to comfort him. He then realizes that “the guilt is all [his]” and he must repent (1442). Creon’s authority led to him being alone without any other family members to comfort him,and also lifetime of guilt

Why Can’t Creon Be A Good King But, Instead Being A Tragic Hero With A Weakness Of Caring About His Son Marrying Antigone Who Is A She-Devil Not Obeying The Law.

In the Greek tragedy Antigone, Sophocles writes that Creon has risen to power after the fall of Oedipus and has initiated new laws. When he is first introduced, Creon is represented as a strong leader who will not accept defiance, saying “...now I hold sole power and the throne…” (173-174). Sophocles wrote him at this part of the play as being an extreme leader through his actions, saying “...in this city he [Polyneices] shall be neither buried nor mourned…” (207-280) and declaring the necessity of who should do what. Additionally, Creon uses many statements regarding obedience

Antigone is willing to risk it all to stand by the law of the gods and what is right. Creon's stubbornness is clear when his old friend and prophet Teirsesias. Tells him to free Antigone. Creon stubbornly refuses and remarks to the old wise man, "Bribes are baser then any baseness" (Sophocles page #). Creon does not even listen to Teirsesias, who made him king in the first place. He is so stubborn that he refuses to listen claiming that Teirsesias had been corrupted by money and so his pride hampers his good judgment. He is so concentrated on everyone being corrupted that he does not even listen to common sense. His son, Haimon tries to come tell him that he should not sentence Antigone to death. His son siding with her outrages Creon. He tells

In the ancient epic, men believed they were superior to women, and they perceived women are inferior to men. In the story of Antigone, Antigone, is a woman who goes against King Creon. In the beginning of the story, Antigone asks her sister Ismene to bury their brother together, but Ismene says, “You want to bury him? Break the law” (749). And “Remember, we’re women. How can we fight men. They’re stronger. We must accept these things - and worse to come” (Antigone, 749). Ismene does not want to against the law, and she does not want to against the king and the authority. In Ismene’s mind, women can’t against men, and men are superior to women. When Creon finds out someone had buried the body that he did not allow to, he says, “What man would

Gender Roles and Pride in Antigone Throughout Greek Mythology, pride and hubris has been loathed by the gods, such that they deem it punishable. In Antigone, the trait of pride is apparent through the character Creon, who is the ruler of Thebes. Creon’s begins to misuse his power as he creates a law because he believes it is his right as ruler. Creon declares that the body of Eteocles will be buried, while the corpse of Polyneices is left out to rot; anyone who attempts to honor his body with a burial will be stoned to death. This action is a display of punishable pride because no human should ever create a law that is equivalent to or greater to those of the Gods as they conflict with each other.

In the Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone, it is commonly assumed that the major flaw of Creon, the tragic hero, is his inability to handle being disobeyed. He is believed to be rash and unable to simply dole out punishment. However, at the beginning of the play, when Creon first learns someone has disobeyed his orders to leave Polynices unburied, he is very rational is demanding to know who has disobeyed him. Like many men in power, Creon considers other men disobeying him to be common, and he has no difficulty validating the feelings of other men and treating them as purposeful individuals when he punishes them. Creon is representative of many men, in that his true weaknesses are revealed when he is faced with a woman who does not agree with him.

Creon began as a heroic figure but the certain events showed a scary side of him. Creon was the ruler of Thebes after Oedipus was a refuge, and he wanted his power to be efficient. He made a proclamation saying Polyneices was not to be buried. Since Creon believed Polyneices was a traitor. Antigone believed this was extremely selfish and she did not think it was appropriate to let her brother die without a proper burial. Word comes to Creon from the Sentry that someone did the unspeakable and buried Polyneices. Creon orders the sentry to discover who did this, he eventually returns and tells him it was Antigone. Creon thought he was lying and blamed the Sentry for being paid to lie. This was the same exact treatment Creon received from Oedipus. This event made Creon outrageous, he did not want to allow someone going against him. “Who is the man here, she or I, if if this crime goes unpunished?(209)” , he felt that would decrease his power to the people and he wished to be strong and do just. Creon was stubborn, he did not want to be proved wrong. He abused his power believing he could go against the gods when not allowing a burial for Polyneices. “They are dead. The living are guilty of their death(238)” Creon was too late to free Antigone. She killed herself because she believed she was doing the right thing, her

Creon begins with asking Haemon if he is distressed for sentencing Antigone, Haemon’s future wife, to death because of her violation towards his law. Haemon answers that he is still fond of him despite this proclamation, and Creon expresses that he is glad that he has an obedient son. Creon also states that Haemon should forget about Antigone and to make sure this woman does not outplay them and make them look imperfect. Haemon states that everyone thinks Creon is acting very unjust toward Antigone and view Antigone as a hero because of her going with moral law rather than Creon’s law. Haemon then states that Creon should loosen his hold of Antigone, for he is alone in thinking Antigone should die. Creon responds that he shall not take advice from someone so young and accuses Haemon of being on Antigone’s side. Due to this, Creon declares that he is going to summon Antigone so Haemon can watch her die, but Haemon announces that he will not and leaves. The Chorus and Creon then being to talk, with Creon stating that he shall no longer kill Ismene but rather lock her in a cave and slowly starve her so that she will understand her wrong in letting Antigone go against the law. The Chorus ends the scene by conversing how no one can escape love and how love can turn anyone wicked in the

Gender inequality is still common today for women as it was in the 1900s when they weren't allowed to vote. Although today’s women have gained more rights but they still face pay inequality compared to men. Antigone is a fictional story which the author conveys a message of the mistreatment of women had to faced in ancient Greece. The play of Antigone is written by Sophocles who spoke of a young girl named Antigone who disobeyed her uncle’s wishes for burying her dead traitorous brother. She gave up her life with her righteous and courageous actions for her brother. The play talked about a woman’s place in society where they are powerless against those who have high authority, where they are nothing but men’s properties and are treated

In Sophocles’ Antigone, gender roles is a major theme throughout the play. The play was written during the ancient Greece era, around 442 B.C. As stated in “Roles of Men and Women in Ancient Greece”, during these days, men were dominant and held all the power, so women were automatically treated as less. Antigone and Creon portray the conflicting sides between male and female, and Ismene and Haemon foils into Antigone and Creon’s actions. Antigone, Ismene, Creon, and Haemon each show differences in behavior due to their sex versus the actions each character chooses to take. Antigone tells Ismene about her plans to bury their brother, Polynices, which is going against Creon’s orders. Antigone and Ismene have contrasting perspectives on the idea of morality vs. law. Ismene argues that they shouldn’t interfere with man’s law. This did not stop Antigone and after she made her decision, she was compared to a man for standing up for her beliefs and was ordered to death so that Creon could prove his masculinity. Haemon takes up for Antigone by saying that rather than being punished, she should be honored for taking the actions that she took. The problem with him taking up for Antigone comes into play because he is first going against his father, Creon, as well as taking the side of a woman over the side of a man. Sophocles accurately shows how much power women and men hold by using these characters to symbolize the differences within their gender roles and how power impacts the

Antigone starts the play with the idea of going against men’s rule over women, and later takes her plan into action, leading to the death of Creon authority due to his inability to be flexible.

The play “ Antigone” by Sophocles is about a young woman wanting to bury her brother and she was sentenced to death. She was sentenced to death because the king had made a law that no one is aloud to bury him, and she decided to do it anyway because it was her brother and it was a respectful thing to bury him and not just let him rot and get picked over by animals. At the end of the story her fiancé ends up killing himself so he can be with Antigone in the after life. After Antigone and the son were dead the mother found out and committed suicide. There are three main themes presented in the play “Antigone,” which are femininity, power, and pride.