Family Values In Antigone

Creon’s immorality, which stems from his arrogance, causes a negative effect on his family because he puts civil law above family law. As a result of his demands to punish those who try to honor the fallen Polynices, Creon immorally destroys his ties to his family. Sophocles first suggests this when Creon sentences Antigone to death with little hesitation because he believes he was betrayed and must prove a point. In the play Antigone, Sophocles states “Since I caught her, alone of all entire people, in open rebellion, I will not make myself a liar to the city, but kill her” (Sophocles 666-669). To illustrate that Creon cares more for his public

In Antigone, Sophocles introduces the struggle between loyalty to civil law versus familial loyalty and divine law, which is a central conflict in the play. Antigone has a firm belief in upholding family values and honoring the gods and deceased by burying her brother. In contrast, Creon wants to do what is best for the city which is, in his opinion, forbidding the burial of Polynices. Both Antigone and Creon believe that their point of view is more important, and neither is willing to change perspective, causing the chain of destructive events in the plot. Loyalty causes the deadly dispute between Antigone and Creon because of their conflicting perspectives about precedence.

Family and authority are common themes and misconceptions in the play Antigone. When comparing the essential themes of family and authority, Creon and Ismene characterize the theme of authority, while Antigone and Haemon value family.In the play Antigone, The protagonist Antigone defends her rights to have a proper burial ceremony for her brother Polyneices who was killed in war. Creon uses his authoritative power and puts a curse on whoever buries Polyneices, will perish. Antigone proves that authority from Creon cannot stop the reckless love and concern for her family.

Antigone’s motivation is love for her family- she puts it above all else. In fact, she is willing to sacrifice her life to defend that love. Antigone goes to great lengths to bury her deceased brother, who according to an edict issued by King Creon, died in dishonor, consequently making it illegal for anyone to bury his body. Through her actions to comply with her motivations, it is revealed that Antigone’s actions are also fueled by her strong beliefs that, first, the gods’ laws

In Antigone written by Sophocles and translated by David R. Slavitt, Antigone decides to risk her own life to be able to bury her brother in a respectful way in which she thinks is right. Antigone had an enthusiastic determination about it, approached it without regret, and also choose her destiny and her sisters. Her father’s fate was a big affect on if she was going to precede with burying her brother or to no give him the respect like the rest of the surrounding community. Even though Antigone risked her whole life and her entire future she made the right decision by burying her brother and sticking to her own judgment.

In the play Antigone, written by Greek playwright Sophocles, loyalty to family seems to be a recurring theme. We first see it when Antigone defies King Creon's order to keep her brother, Polynices, unburied as a punishment for his betrayal of their country Thebes. We also see how Antigone's sister, Ismene, accepts partial blame for the burial (even though she refused to actually do it) in an affectionate, loyal act. Creon is also family (their father's brother), but he, however, betrays this family trust and loyalty when he sentences Antigone to death for disobeying his law. There are, however, repercussions for this death sentence, that prove that there are two central tragic heroes in this play. She is

For most people family is the most important thing in their life. But what if you had to choose between honoring your family and obeying the law? What would you do? In the play Antigone by Sophocles, a woman named Antigone is faced with a very difficult decision. If she decides to honor her dead brother she may be persecuted and put to death but if she leaves her brother’s body to decay without performing a ritual he will have a terrible afterlife. Antigone decides that family always comes first and perform the forbidden ritual on her brother. She is eventually prosecuted for her actions and later on kills herself. Personally, I agree with Antigone. To a certain extent, family should come first. In my opinion, family is almost always more important than authority. But, according to the play, it depends. Based on the results of everyone's actions I think that the play believes family is more important than authority. Creon punishes Antigone for choosing family over authority and as a result the members of his family all die.

Sophocles symbolizes family over authority by using Antigone and Creon to conflict each other's core beliefs, showing that Antigone is willing to die to honor the love for her family, while Creon is willing to kill to honor and enforce his own authority at any cost. As we see in the story, when Antigone's brothers die, she chooses to bury Polyneices even though she knows this will cost her her life. In the play when Antigone tells her sister what she’s going to do, ismene says, ”But think of the danger! Think what Creon will do! ANTIGONE: Creon is not enough to stand in my way” This shows Antigone represents family for the great lengths she will go to to honor her brother. By contrast, Sophocles paints Creon to symbolize authority through murder of his own bloodline. In the play he plans to kill Antigone for choosing her love for her brother over his rule, and so he plans out her execution although she is family to Creon. The Choragos asks Creon “Do you really intend to steal this girl from your son?,” which then he responds by saying “No; Death will do that for me.” Which shows the reader that Creon is unsympathetic to who Antigone is in relation to him. He disregards the importance of family to uphold his authoritative values. By the end of the play the author has shown us Creon has come to realize his ways have cost him his family, and he regrets his decisions.

In Sophocles play, Antigone, loyalty and to whom it is owed is a prominent theme. The characters show loyalty throughout the play through disobedient acts. Antigone shows her loyalty to her family by breaking the law to bury her brother Polyneices. Haemon shows his loyalty to Antigone by speaking against what his father tells him and eventually killing himself because of his fiance's death. Creon displays his loyalty to the state over family by choosing to treat Polyneices as a traitor as well as arrest Antigone and condemning her to death.

Like Creon, Antigone also never falters in standing up for what she believes in. Although Creon fights for stubborn pride, Antigone is trying to promote what is right and shows her higher reverence for God’s law rather than for Creon’s laws. In the eyes of the townspeople, Chorus, Choragos, and Haimon, Antigone is sacrificing herself to give her brother Polyneices the rightful honors due to the dead. Many side with this brave, honorable girl because she would rather suffer persecution and even death rather than give into Creon’s illogical demands. In the play, the chorus says about her, “You have made your choice, Your death is the doing of your conscious hand”. Antigone knew of the consequences before she acted and in doing so she chose her fate. At the time, she pleaded her sister Ismene to help her bury Polyneices but was rejected. Despite being alone in trying to rebel and perhaps she may have been afraid, Antigone goes out of her way and puts her life on the line to bring her brother respect.

Most people would say they would do anything for their family, even if it means going against the law. Antigone, revolved around the question which is more important, family or authority. Sophocles, the writer, made it clear that family was more important than authority. Sophocles used the relationship of Antigone and Ismene and Creon and his son Haimon to show the importance of family.

Sophocles symbolizes family over authority by using Antigone and Creon to conflict each other's core beliefs, showing that Antigone is willing to die to honor the love for her family, while Creon is willing to kill to honor and enforce his own authority at any cost. As the reader see in the story, when Antigone's brothers die, she chooses to bury Polyneices even though she knows this will cost her her life. In the play when Antigone tells her sister what she’s going to do, Ismene tells her it’s dangerous. Antigone responds, “Creon is not enough to stand in my way” (Prologue. 15). This shows Antigone represents

Ah, the good fortune of kings, [l]icensed to say and do whatever they please!” (Sophocles 398-402). This quote illustrates how Antigone believes her moral law transcends the importance of Creon’s law. When Antigone bluntly admits her crime, she proves to Creon that her defiance was justified in that she made no error in burying her brother. Thus, she is willing to be incarcerated to prove to the people of Thebes that Creon is an ineffective ruler.

In life people have to make difficult choioes between family and authority. Decisions nro hard to make. Family is vory important, for example if a family member in dying then you might go ngainst the authority of the police and speed to if it the emergency room, Authority is important but overall came down to it which one come first in the play sophodes dearty believes that family is most Antigone.S important. think in the play Antigone. Sophodes dearly believe that family is most important because in the play antigone, antigone want to bury her brother. hard a This was a very decision for because he life was on the line. creon stated that anybody who bury will be stoned to polymeices death. Antigone went against the king order to give her

Antigone is a very well-developed story that incorporates family structures and conflicts within the text. In this story, tensions seem to rise all because of the arguments within the family. The entire plot of the story can be summarized by the arguments within the family and these arguments sets up the tragic moments of the text. Antigone focuses on the choices of what each family member chooses to follow and how the consequences relates to the choices made. Because of the personalities between the two of the characters are, Creon and Antigone, they set up the main conflicts in the story. They have similar very similar personalities. So, how are the family structures and conflict set up in the story?