What Is Antigone's Death

The first specification for the tragic hero is one of the few that both Antigone and Creon exhibit; both characters are between the extremes of perfect morality and pure villainy. Antigone’s moral neutrality is illustrated through her noble intentions and the unorthodox way she acts upon them. When she is confronted by Creon and demanded to give an explanation for her disobedience, Antigone says, “For me it was not Zeus who made that order. Nor did that Justice who lives with the gods below mark out such laws to hold among mankind” (Sophocles 207 ll. 450-2). Along with love and loyalty to her brother, Antigone is largely motivated by her desire for justice and appeasement of the gods. While her intentions are noble, Antigone’s actions in the

Her determination to honor the deceased led to her eternal rest. The play Antigone by Sophocles is a tragedy about a young woman named Antigone whose brother died in combat and was not permitted to be buried by the king. This leads Antigone to bury her brother and face the wrath of the king’s punishment. After Antigone’s death, fate changes for Creon, the king, when he loses all of his family members for going against the laws of the gods. As the eponymous character of the play Antigone, Antigone breaks Creon’s law by burying her brother and is sentenced to death, even if it were her uncle’s decree. Nevertheless, the character Creon suffers a fate far worse than death for upholding a law he had set up. The role of family ties in Antigone is

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

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.

“You will remember what things I suffer,and at what men's hands,because I would not transgress the laws of heaven.Come:let us wait no longer.” (Antigone)

Until Creon follows the simple burial rites, numerous misfortunes, including the deaths of his loved ones, will occur as a result of his actions. One may think that Creon must challenge the Gods because Antigone challenges his laws; however, fear of the Gods and guilt motivate Antigone to defy Creon. Antigone’s defiance does not lead to the deaths of others because she defies an individual who did not follow the law, while Creon’s disobedience ends in violence.

In Antigone there were some difficult choices that were made. One of them was deciding to bury Polyneices when Creon said not to bury him. But the God’s laws believe that the people’s body should be buried so their souls wouldn't linger the city. King Creon refused to have Polyneices buried, and Antigone sees otherwise. So Antigone takes it upon herself and put a little dirt on his body and Creon didn't like that. Creon asks who put the dirt on the body and he finds out that Antigone done it. Then Antigone tried to get her sister to help her bury him but she didn't want to disobey Uncle King Creon's laws,so she didn't help Antigone.In the ending of the story Antigone ends up killing herself.

Antigone is condemned to die by Creon for her previous action of civil disobedience which was burying her brother. Creon condemns Antigone and enacts injustice, therefore Antigone in order to fight this unjust condemning, she takes her own stand and takes action and kills herself. Antigone would die for what she believes in rather than follow an unjust law that goes unchanged. Antigone says " I go, to join those many of my kinsmen. Who dwell in the mansions of Persephone (Sophocles 150) Antigone is stating in this that now she is going to kill herself and join her fellow countrymen in death. . Antigone commits suicide because she feels that if Creon won't change then the only way for him to see his error and change in the future is for her to kill herself rather than let Creon's unjust sentencing kill her. This act of suicide is Antigone ultimate act of civil disobedience. Antigone takes the ultimate act of defiance and stands up to the tyrannical Creon by killing herself all in order to try and have Creon see the error in his way. Antigone would rather face death and die for what she believes in rather than follow an unjust law. Overall by committing suicide Antigone is sending a message through her death in which she helps will prompt Creon to see his error and change for the

Most critics consider, “ Antigone’s Changed Punishment” to be an interesting article as the author Singh tells the story from two different points of view. The article mentions about how women were treated differently than men, how their punishment changed because they were seen as being weak and what Antigone’s did to change the stereotype. The author also talks about stoning women to death in ancient times. The play Antigone by Sophocles was about burial. In the Antigone, the readers are aware of the fact that Creon was too prideful while he refuses to acknowledge the truth to him by Teiresias. Creon order to leave Polyneices unburied above the ground while to wall up Antigone. Teiresias explains to Creon by saying this “ Ere the chariot of the sun Has rounded… to death, in payment for death – two debts to pay: One for life you have sent to death... one for the dead still lying above the ground unburied, unhonoured, unblest by the gods below.” (8). The explanation Teiresias gave to Creon tells us one thing, which is the amount of respect women, was given

Torie Williams 1-11-16 WR 121 Antigone Questions Antigone is the eldest of the sisters, more stubborn and free. She's a lady and knows what she wants and will do what she wants to do. Ismene is more docile by nature. Young and beautiful, she is the more obedient, and less willful of the two.

As revenge Antigone hangs herself to not suffer a long death, and when her fiance, Creon’s son, finds this out he too kills himself, and when his mom finds this out she too kills herself as well. This turns out being the gods version of justice to the king for disobeying the orders of not giving the brother proper burial and killing Antigone orders. The kings ego led him to believe he was higher than the god’s rules and wants so the god’s decide to take away the thing he loves most, his family as

First of all, Antigone has violent scenes spread throughout the story, causing conflict and a well rounded theme to be displayed. After Antigone buried the rotting body of Polyneices for a proper burial, Creon retorts, claiming that he would string the Sentry up alive to show him he is not to be messed with. “... I’ll string you up alive, and there will be certain ways to make you discover your employer before you die; and the process may teach you a lesson you seem to have missed.” (Scene 1) Showing just one of the many cruel acts put on to teach a lesson, relating to the topic of the argument. In scene 5 the text states, “ She had made a noose of her

Antigone has expressed from the beginning of the play that she does not fear death if it meant that her brother was given a proper burial, which shows that death to her is not a painful or unfortunate thing to experience. “Listen, Ismenê: Creon buried our brother Eteoclês with military honors... I am not afraid of the danger; if it means death, it will not be the worst of deaths ––death without honor” (15-81). Sophocles is telling us that she will gladly give up her life if that meant her brother’s soul was would rest in peace. This is a powerful act of honor because giving up your own life to help another makes that death more impactful. Antigone believes that there is no higher act of righteousness when it comes to following the gods custom, which is the reason why she is willing to break King Creon’s law and face the consequences. Antigone holds a lot of pride and does not let the King have the satisfaction to take her life and instead hangs herself, further proving that death does not scare her. After Antigone commits

Antigone had to fight the power of her Uncle, Creon, who came to power after Antigone’s brother, Polynices, invaded her other brother, Eteocles, to try to take Thebes. They both ended up dying in the fight and when Creon took power, he demanded that Eteocles’ body be buried while Polynices would be left on the battlefield without a proper burial. His rule stated that anyone who moves or buries the body would be stoned to death in front of the whole city. Antigone, being a female in a predominately male society, takes a stand and wants to respect her brother’s soul with a proper burial. She fights the power of Creon and does a ritual for Polynices knowing the punishment she will receive. Antigone begins to “speaking truth to power” when Creon confronts her about performing the ritual for her brother and she tells Creon that what she did was right and she couldn’t live knowing that he wasn’t honored in the correct way. Antigone speaks of her ideals when she says, “nor did I think your proclamations had such strength that, mortal as you are, you could outrun those laws that are the gods’, unwritten and unshakable,” (Sophocles, Lines 453-455). These “Unwritten Laws” are referring to the morals of Antigone and what is considered right of wrong. This brings Antigone’s ideals to light because she creates the idea that everyone has the obligation to fight for the justice of

Throughout the context words of Creon and Antigone contrasts their perspective on their belief. Creon would often decide all the rulings of his country with no hesitant because of his strong pride being a King. On the other hand, Antigone’s strong bond, love for her family, commitment to bury her brother which objects the rule against Creon. In disobedience towards Creon, Antigone says her “...honours for the dead must last much longer than for those up here” (Sophocles, 275), as well as speaking that “there’s nothing shameful in honouring my mother’s children.” (Sophocles, 273). Antigone’s words expresses her love and the