Essay on Sophocles: Family vs. Law

But, Creon is acting selfish and foolish as he says, "Am I to rule this land by other judgment than mine own" (Sophocles 27)? The shameful words Creon speaks are unnatural and stem from his voice of justice. Not only is Creon acting immature, but he is soon to realize he is hurting his family for justice. Creon's extreme demand for justice on Antigone is completely right in his eyes and he has the right to enforce his decree, but his consequence is going to be far worse than Antigone's punishment.

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.

One has the capability to determine from right and wrong and having the determination to stand up for what one believes in, no matter what the price is. In Sophocles’ Antigone, a written dramatic play, Sophocles portrays the theme that at times of one’s life, it is necessary to follow moral law and ignore political law. In the play, a determined and courageous woman named Antigone is loyal to her beloved brother by granting him a proper burial and having to suffer the consequences for revolting. Throughout Antigone, several incidents occurred where the political law was of no importance to the individual. Conflicts between Antigone and Ismene and then with Creon and Antigone are examples of the theme. The theme also ties with the

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.

A tragic play called Antigone; written by Sophocles, who has created a stubborn, hubris, and cursed king; king of Thebes- a man named Creon. He had a son, Haimon, who fell in love, and was engaged to his cousin, Antigone. Antigone was royalty, with characteristics like her father. She was strong-headed, hubris and loyal to her family. Creon’s respect for Antigone vanished, because she buried her brother, Polyneices with pride and love. One of Creon’s law was not to bury Polyneices or even pray for him, and whoever does will be punished. Antigone did not deny her deeds, family or not, Creon, her uncle, still punished her for her crime that she has committed. Creon and Antigone, who are both hubris and stubborn people, who’s plan ended their lives; either in a cruse or a rope around their neck. However the true tragic hero is someone who has

Family is very important and is shown through many ways in society. That family will often be more important than the authority or law. Within the play Antigone, Sophocles shows many situations where the characters are forced to choose between law or family. Throughout Antigone, Sophocles proves his strong devotion to family, even more. Sophocles shows this through the actions of Antigone, Creon and Haimon and the choices that they make throughout the play.

Family is very important and is shown through the many ways in society. That family will often be more important than the authority or law. The tragic Greek play, Antigone written by Sophocles. Within Antigone, Sophocles presents many situations where characters are forced to face their feelings of law or family. Throughout Antigone, Sophocles proves his strong devotion to family, even more. Sophocles presents these through the actions of Antigone, Creon, and Haemon with the choices that they make throughout the play. For instance, Antigone had many chances to obey the law or her own familial bonds. Antigone chooses to obey family, and bury Polynices even though burying breaks Creon's law. Antigone pleads with her sister to help, but when she says no, Antigone responds, “But as for me/ I will bury the brother I love” (Prologue. 192). Antigone was willing to break Creon's authority as a family means much more to her, this presents her as selfless. Along with breaking the law, Antigone also risks execution for that crime. When Antigone learns of her punishment, after Creon discovers, Antigone decides if entombing her brother was worth it. Following Creon's warning, she says, “This death of mine/ is of no importance; but if I had left my brother/ lying in death unburied, I should have suffered. / Now I do not” (Scene II. 208). Antigone shows the courage that even death won't scare her from her goals. Antigone chooses family, when in the face of the capital punishment.

Doing what is right could hurt of a lot of siblings, Antigone is battling whether to do duty or law. Being a somewhat of a family drives one to have responsibilities and duties that are should have been be satisfied. In Sophocles' Greek catastrophe, Antigone, Antigone has the dedication of being given to her family, Polynices. Her tendency and solid will disables her from listening to the force of the state and to neglect some of her family to regard another bit of her gathering. Her dedication prompts the destruction of Creon and herself, in any case her part as a touch of her family does not stay in her determination to do what she recognizes to be correct. It is in this way that she is willing to obliterate herself and Creon to satisfy her

Throughout life you always have your family to share the smiles, the tantrums, the unseen moments, and tears. As we make it through to adulthood, we all secure those special bonds that we have with our family, but obeying the law has been embedded into our minds since a young age so which is more important? The book, Antigone is a greek-mythology tragedy play written by Sophocles about a curse put onto a man named Oedipus where he is destined to kill his father, marry his mother, and bring unfortunates to his city. Antigone, the main character is the result of an incest marriage between Oedipus and his mother Jocasta, the play begins with Antigone attempting to convince her sister to bury her brother, Polyneices’ body, going

In the play Antigone, Sophocles expressed the importance of family and authority by having the death of Polyneices and the new power of king conflict one another. However, family was overall most important to all characters, for it caused extended tragedy throughout the whole play when they lost a member. The comparison with family and authority only refers to Creon, since he was king. Yet he was willing to put down his own power, with everything he tried to build up, after the death of Haimon and Eurydice.

Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone conveys the importance of morality over the rulings of the state through its setting of Ancient Thebes and Antigone’s moral conflict with King Creon’s law. Creon, orders the body

Family, a major theme in life, can be expressed in many ways throughout society. Family can take over the priority of many things including the authority and the law. In the tragic play, Antigone by Sophocles, the author presents ideas where the character has to choose between authority or family. Throughout the play, the author Sophocles introduces a strong theme of family values and the significance of it through the actions of Antigone, Creon, and Haimon. Antigone cherishes his evil brother by burying him after his death.

In Ancient Greece, as the government turns to democracy, an important political debate arises between two crucial topics, authority and family. If a leader, for example, creates a law to restrict his or her people, but a member of the leader’s family breaks the law, he or she must decide where loyalties lie. Sophocles enters this debate in his play Antigone when Antigone, Creon’s son’s fiancée, breaks a heavily enforced but possibly immoral law. Although Sophocles emphasizes the importance of authority, Antigone illustrates that family is held in higher regard, exhibited through Creon’s tragic downfall.

Breaking the law for the sake of love is a popular topic in media and literature today, and has been for years. This theme comes to life in Sophocles’ Antigone, as he illustrates the internal and external struggles of complex characters. The play follows Antigone, a young rebellious girl betrothed to the king’s son. Haemon, prince of Thebes, finds his loyalty caught between his father’s legalistic ways and Antigone’s,  which stem from emotion. In Antigone, Haemon reveals himself as a tragic hero through his struggle between obedience to his father and his love for Antigone. His struggle reveals how obedience to authority must sometimes be broken to initiate change.

Antigone, daughter and sister of Oedipus, believes to live a fated life. When her brother Polyneices is denied a burial by the King of Thebes, Creon, Antigone gets in trouble for following the laws of the gods. Her choices get her sent away and eventually lead to her death. In Sophocles play, Antigone, the characters show clashes between divine law and civil law, with the divine law having a bigger impact in the play.