Antigone

Antigone begins to argue that Polyneices is her brother and that she won’t be forced to betray him by not burying him (45). What really makes her determined is the moral obligation she feels that “the gods hold dear” as well as what she believes will allow her to become a martyr, having “a noble death/And lie…, a dear sister with a dear brother” (72-73). Moreover, Antigone even calls what she’s doing “a crime of reverence;” a fitting phrase seeing that she is going against her polis and hurios and

The Characters of Antigone and Creon in Antigone by Sophocles Antigone is story of divine retribution and human imperfectness. In this tragedy a powerful king, Creon is brought down by the Gods because of his contempt against their divine laws and true justice is shown to triumph at the end. Creon makes the mistake of putting his personal views over and above the divine laws and fails in the eyes of the Gods. He makes the mistake of testing the Gods' power and the

The Ancient Greeks believed so fully not only in the existence of their Gods but in their Gods tendency to play an active role in mortal life that this belief percolated into the narratives of their art. In Antigone, the chorus personifies Death in the first stasimon and places it in opposition with man in order to foreshadow Creon’s tragic downfall. The Chorus uses the First Stasimon to boast the magnificence of man, declaring “many wonders, many terrors,/But none more wonderful than the human race/Or

possess many noble qualities, but it is Antigone from Sophocles’ Antigone, who truly epitomizes nobility. Her level of nobility, as shown through her loyalty towards her family and the gods, is much greater than that the nobility displayed by other characters in The Three Theban Plays. Antigone is placed in a tough situation when her uncle, creates a law that bans the burial of traitors of the state, which is directed towards her brother Polyneices. Antigone, trying to demonstrate her disapproval

In the play Antigone by Sophocles the play is about Antigone getting punished for honoring her family. Therefore, the tragic hero of the play is Antigone because of her pride and defiance. First my reason for choosing Antigone as the tragic hero is because of her pride. Antigone’s sense of pride helped her constantly try to give her brother a proper burial. According to Page 2, Antigone States “ I will go and heap a mound of earth over my brother”(70-71). She argues that she will bury her brother

The narration of "Antigone" back in 500 B.C. by Sophocles; Antigone, the main character, has a similar life mirroring mine. In Antigone, Antigone sails through dilemmas with her family, all to end it in death. Antigone and I relate in this way because of family, our makeup, and daily tasks that revolve around family conjunctures. In this report, I will deeply affirm and describe how our lives companion with each other. Besides being royalty, Antigone and I have had similar family conundrums. We

human behavior. In Antigone, the third play in Sophocles’ trilogy, the idea of love and how it is expressed can be analyzed by the reader. Haimon’s behavior throughout the play such as his acts to defend Antigone begin to express his love for her; he continues to express this love as the play progresses, with his body language towards her, his attempt to murder his father, and his own suicide which leads to the conclusion that Haimon does love Antigone. Haimon’s acts to defend Antigone and shield her

and wrong things to do. Antigone, in “Antigone” is set on honroing her dead brother even if it means going against her uncle Creon, resulting in a classic father or fatherly figure daughter conflict. In Sophocles’ play “Antigone”, the combination of Antigone’s stubborn loyalty and her uncle Creon’s hubris result in the main conflict, while also demonstrating that stubornness and pride lead to destruction. To begin, conflict between Antigone and Creon arises when Antigone blatantly disobeys her uncle’s

of drama and tragedy, Antigone can be used to relate to current conflicts. One such conflict is that between Haemon and his father Creon. Haemon looks up to Creon with honor and pride, but as conflict arises, that relation is disassociated and new feelings grow. The first conversation between them is what initiates the downfall of their bond. While it seems that Creon is the most important person in Haemon’s life, Antigone is in fact the one that has won Haemon over. Antigone, written by the Athenian

In the play Antigone, there is a question concerning whether it is moral or immoral to do something that will result in death if there is a good enough reason. There are many opinions on this topic. For example, Antigone believes it is moral, because she decides to risk her life in order to bury her brother. Creon, on the other hand, believes it is immoral. He doesn’t want people doing stuff that will break his rules. Sophocles agrees with Antigone that it is morally correct. Antigone tells her sister