Polynices

Both Creon of Sophocles’ Antigone and Achilles of Homer’s The Iliad end up allowing the body of their enemy a proper burial. During the time following the death of Hector, Achilles is in a position very similar to that which Creon deals with in Antigone. Both men show similar flaws, and face similar struggles. The difference between the two men is only subtly discernible until the telling moment when each man is faced with pressure to change his stance on the fate of the fallen warrior. Each man’s

Civil law should promote, and not infringe upon, human rights. Creon decrees that Polynices may not receive a proper burial because he was a traitor. Polynices’ god- approved burial right is being infringed upon. Creon made a quick decision concerning the fate of Polynices based on his anger, not reason. Antigone believes that Creon’s decree is unjust and chooses to follow the will of the gods by burying Polynices (her brother).

Levels of conflict between Antigone and Creon Introduction Antigone is an ancient Greek play of classic literature. The play deals with Antigone brother’s burial Polynices in rebelliousness of the decree of Creon and the nation. Creon is the ruler who dominates Thebes, and there were tragic consequences for public defiance from Antigone. Antigone brothers had different principles from Creon, and personal feelings elevated the disagreement. Creon was angry due to Antigone breaking the rules. The

one of the nephews, gave him an “honorable burial” while Polynices, another one of his nephews, did not even get a proper burial, therefore leaving Antigone, sister of Eteocles and Polynices, to go against Creon’s law which forbade anyone to even show the smallest amount of pity towards Polynices and try to give him any sort of burial. While she did not bury her brother, Creon did find out that Antigone happened to throw dirt on Polynices, which was a form of showing respect to him. Creon then took

suffering. By doing this she is doing Antigone is practicing her free will and doing as she pleases and not what she is supposed to be doing. She disregards the law inputted by her uncle and ruler Creon, who wants to have the body of her brother Polynices displayed to the public instead of having it buried. This defiance caused civil disobedience, in her book “On Civil Disobedience, Jurisprudence, Feminism and the Law in the Antigone of Sophocles and Anouilh” Susan Tiefenbrun writes “Antigone, one

Republic, which was his version of Utopia. Aristotle’s Poetics described what he thought were major characteristics of a tragedy and tragic hero. In Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone, Antigone’s two brothers Eteocles and and Polynices have been killed in battle. Creon has ruled that Polynices not be given a proper burial because he thinks he is a traitor. Antigone disobeys his wishes and buries him, so Creon orders that she be put to death, even though she is engaged to his son, Haemon. In this play, both

war which left to one other person to be kind. Creon, Oedipus’ step-brother. Once Creon became king he wanted the people to view how traitors are treated. Antigone’s brother, Polynices and Eteocles, went to war and both died. Eteocles, fighting for the city of Thebes, was given a proper burial. On the other hand, Polynices, who was fighting against Thebes, was left unburied and to be eaten by wolves at the battlefield. This event leads to both sisters, Antigone and Ismene, exhibit their strengths

The Necessity of the Human Spirit Throughout the years, many conflicts have arisen in which only the human spirit could guide humanity towards triumph. The majority of these conflicts derive from a person, group of people, or idea attempting to suppress man’s freedom. This proposal is displayed in the works The Moon Is Down, Antigone, and Invictus. In John Steinbeck’s The Moon Is Down, the people of a town are struggling under the dictatorship of their invaders, whereas in Antigone, one person is

Sophocles, similar events had happened to the main character, Antigone. Creon, the king of Thebes, had ordered for no one to mourn over the death of Polynices, son of Oedipus (the former king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother), there was to be no type of burial or prayers for him. If anyone was to try and touch the body of Polynices there was to be sentenced to death. Antigone played a bigger role than Creon in that she defied the law and started the whole play’s chain of

a theme that drives the story forward, pride is said to be the primary and most powerful theme in Antigone. The first example of pride in Antigone involves Oedipus' sons, Eteocles and Polynices, who were too prideful because they did not agree about what was best for the city of Thebes. Both Eteocles and Polynices wanted the power to rule, and rather than agreeing on what was best for the city, the two brothers fought over the kingship. The two brothers continued to fight until they had both killed