Polynices

like they cant do anything themselves and he tries to kill his own sister over power. Antigone stood up for her dead brother who died in battle with his brother over who had to rule on the throne. Creon ended up killing his own brother in battle ( polynices ) and Antigone went and buried her brother who had been dead on the battlefield she went and covered up her brother just enough for his soul to be put to rest. Creon her brother got mad because he sought out that his brother was a traitor for his

the play, Antigone, the idea of fate and free will is revealed in the play when Antigone decides to defy Creon’s rule of forbidding the burial of Polynices, brother to Antigone. Free will is revealed in the beginning of the novel in a certain way. Free will occurs when Antigone decides to go against King Creon’s law of burying her brother, Polynices, and then buries her brother despite knowing of the consequences. By committing this so-called crime, Antigone was buried alive in a tomb where she

antithesis of humility and piety; he replaces Eteocles as ruler in Thebes: “I now possess the throne and all its powers, by nearness of kinship to the dead.” Creon explains to the elderly Thebans of the chorus the rationale behind the new edict regarding Polynices, which stipulates: “. . .it hath been proclaimed to our people that none shall grace him with sepulture or lament, but leave him unburied, a corpse for birds and dogs to eat, a ghastly sight of shame.” No sooner has the edict been promulgated than

throughout the conflict and its overall outcome repeatedly bring to light the different kinds of laws at war, which entails a deeper meaning to the laws mentioned within the play as a whole. The scene takes place after the war between Eteocles and Polynices fight for the throne of Thebes, resulting in the death of both brothers in the midst of battle. In the absence of a leader for Thebes, Creon rises as the new king and decides to establish laws to bring peace throughout the kingdom of Thebes. Ironically

approach towards being king changes slightly when he goes as far as taking Oedipus’s daughters hostage for his own personal gain. Finally, in Sophocles’s last play, Antigone, Creon’s character undergoes a drastic transformation. After Oedipus’s sons Polynices and Eteocles die and Creon

on themselves but Antigone defies against her gender norm to create justice for her brother. Sophocles juxtaposes Ismene and Antigones different points of view on the role of women in society. When Antigone tells Ismene about her plans to burry Polynices, Ismene blows a gasket knowing that disobeying Creons law will result in a severe punishment . Ismene believes that “women are the underlings, ruled by stronger hands” (76) and” not contend[ing] with men” (76) because she knows that men will always

was not a forgiving man. Forgiveness was forbidden by Okonkwo; there was only consequences. Family was to always stay together, but Polynices did not think so. Polynices turned against Thebes and fought against his brother, Eteocles. After the battle, Creon gave Eteocles an honorable burial and banned the burial of Polynices. Antigone, one of the sisters of Polynices and Eteocles, was enraged when she heard Creon's proclamation of her brother's banishment of an honorable burial; A proclamation

Creon’s countless hamartia(s) is his downfall throughout the entirety of the play. In the very beginning of the play when both brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, are dead, Creon says that anyone who tries to bury Polynices will not do so unharmed. He does not care that Polynices was the son of Oedipus, a brother, or even a person; Creon only saw Polynices as a traitor and Antigone as a traitor as well for trying to give her brother a proper burial. Creon never got off of his high horse to ever put himself

her fate. She did not fear darkness because she knew it was coming, so her persona represented such. In the beginning, Antigone and her sister, Ismene, were arguing over the burial. Ismene did not want any involvement since Creon forbidden it, as Polynices created destruction in Thebes. She said, “I shall yield in this to the authorities.” (183) Antigone was resentful because she knew the Gods believed in burial of the dead. Thus, she sealed her destiny to die by her determination to bury him. She

implies a twofold dramatic situation, known to be twofold by the audience in spite of the fatal delusion of a character. . . . 7).   The twofold situation in Antigone involves the audience’s knowledge of what happens between Antigone and Polynices prior to the time of the drama, when the brother requests that the sister assure his corpse of burial at the time of his death, mindful of the penalty to be paid if the body remained unburied. Also it involves, as Watling describes: “listening to