Antigone Chorus Essay

She buried the body?! Where is it, where’s the body and who did it? Antigone has two brothers, one named Polyneices, and the other, Eteocles. They both fought for different sides when it came to the Theban war. When they fought in the battle, both of them died, and Creon being their uncle and also the King, he decided that since Polyneices didn’t fight for the same side as the King, that he should not be buried or honored. Antigone thought otherwise, and buried the body anyways, no matter what the

When expressed differently in movie form, Sophocles’ plays Antigone and Oedipus Rex share differences and similarities. Both capture the ancient tragedies each in its own style, with modern and traditional elements. Retold by Jean Anouilh and produced in 1972, the film Antigone tells of the acts of the original Greek play in a modern manner. Inversely, the 1957 film Oedipus Rex clings to the William Butler Yeats adaptation true to the famed ancient play. The two contrast in physical appearance as

Sophocles' Antigone is set in the bad after-effects of the death of Oedipus' sons Eteocles and Polyneices by each other's hands. They fought for the kingdom of Thebes, which is now ruled by Creon, their uncle. Creon thinks about/believes Polyneices 'an enemy of the state' (in Taylor's translation) and so forbids burial of his body, a legal statement which Antigone, their sister, refuses to accept. The most important part of the play is this strong (and scary) fight/disagreement of wills between Creon

Antigone – Strong and Powerful or Spoiled and Stubborn? Of the tragic figures in Antigone, Creon is the most obviously evil because his motives are self-serving and his fate the worst. As the play begins, we learn that Antigone has defied Creon's royal decree by performing sacred burial rites for her exiled brother, Polyneices. Polyneices has been declared an enemy of the state by Creon. The sentence for anyone attempting to bury him is death by stoning. Creon has become King of Thebes by

The play Antigone by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles tells the story of a woman who believes in divine law over mortal law, even at the cost of death. It starts off with Antigone deciding to bury her brother, a known traitor, despite the laws created by Creon, the king of Thebes, which state that anyone who would do such a thing would be put to death. She then goes on to be arrested for her actions and argues with Creon that their gods' law was more powerful than his, making her actions seem

The first article I read was “Sophocles’ Antigone and the Self-Isolation of the Tragic Hero” by Elizabeth Bobrick. After reading this article I have gained more information on how Antigone and Creon were similar. For example, in the article the author talks about how Antigone and Creon both isolate themselves from their family. It is also mentioned in the article how both Creon and Antigone accuse each other of being wrong which I find ironic because both characters always believed to be right due

The play, Antigone, has a moral lesson that having pride and defying the rights of other people attracts punishment and humiliation. In the play, Antigone, the daughter of King Oedipus, is the main protagonist. Her brothers, Eteocles and Polynieces are destined to share the throne. However, they end up in disagreement when one of them refuses to allow the other an opportunity to lead. In the long run, both of them are killed and Cleon becomes the king. Upon taking power, King Cleon opposed the burial

befalls from ignorance and suspicion. In Burial of Thebes, a version of by Seamus Heaney, Antigone goes against the civil law, and follows her heart. She goes out of her way to give her bother, Polyneices, a proper burial after a war in their homeland of Thebes. The king, Creon prohibits the burial since Polyneices was seen as an enemy. Creon is in a quest for absolute power accuses the Sentry of greed, Antigone and Ismene of lust for power, and his last son, Haimon, of being a fool in love. However

At first glance of this passage, Antigone, a strong woman of tradition, seems suddenly sad, lonely and defeated but when looked at closely she actually believes her future is determined by fate, not by her actions. She took all the steps necessary to get to this moment by disobeying the law, making a fool of Kreon, yet never shows any sign of weakness or regret. It’s odd that she now grieves over the things “no longer lawful” for her to see and experience. Is she really “unwept, unfriended, unaccompanied

When Haemon comes to talk to his father Creon, he suggests that his father should not have Antigone killed because of her actions. While he does not wish to disrespect his father, Haemon does so in the process of trying to safeguard his father's reputation with the people of Thebes. One if the very firs things that Haemon says to his father is that the people of Thebes are afraid to say something that may or may not anger the king and thus face the consequences. However, Haemon acts as a middle