The story of Antigone is a tragic tale of the downfall of power and bad decisions.
Opposing oppinions of Antigone and Creon fueled a power struggle based on .
Natural laws vs. the laws of man causing a downward spiral of events indused by .
pride and the fear of changing their past actions and the outcome of the future.
Antigone, a stong willed fighter, believed that by burying her brother she .
would atone for how his body was treated after his death. One could say that .
Antigone was against the law of man and only believed in the natural laws of the .
universe and Gods, but in contrary Antigone was not disobeying the laws of man .
or obeying the laws of Gods, she was merely acting in what she thought was the .
right thing to do. Antigone would not have buried any body that was left to decay .
uncovered she merely did it because it was her own brother. Antigone knew her .
actions where wrong and against the law of the King, but she was also ready to .
face the consiquences for her actions. As any human would, Antigone did not .
want to die or suffer and she believed she should not have to. She had .
convinsed herself that she was right and that she was dying for a just cause, but .
in reality she was not right at all. She had blatently broken a rule of the land and .
deserved to be punished,as would any other person who would have done the .
same. We can relate the situation of Antigone to present day problems. Even if .
we feel it is right to break a law or commit a crime, and even if we have a moral .
reason to, we can not or we will have to face the consiquences of the laws we .
have inplace today. Antigone is portrayed sympathetically in the play, but at the .
root of all of the drama comes her one action that she chose to do and by .
performing that pivital act of disobeying the law and burying her brother she .
tragically changed her future and the future of others. .
Creon, a prideful ruler, stood for what he thought was right and the fact .
This type of conflict is shown in Antigone an helps present the character traits of the antagonist, Antigone. ... Antigone was also very strong minded. ... Antigone was also very strong willed. ... Antigone chooses to defy this law. ... Antigone believes that Ismene is a coward while Ismene believes that Antigone is foolish. ...
Antigone stands poised at the river separating herself from civil disobedience. ... Antigone's unrepressed emotions give voice to her dissatisfaction with Creon's dictum. ... Antigone's morals render her unable to see her tragic flaw. ... Antigone impels Creon by defying his order, and seals the fate of her life. ... Antigone's convictions bear a burden on her that she is not strong enough to lift. ...
In the play, "Antigone," the main character Antigone goes against all authority in an effort to give her brother, Polynices, a proper burial. ... Antigone has no respect for authority. ... Antigone also claims, "What Creon says is quite irrelevant" ( ln 4). Thus, Antigone does not respect government or Creon as a sovereign. ... "We can't live by Antigone's alone, but if we have no Antigones within us we are spiritually barren" (Cornell). ...
Later in the act, the Sentry enters again, this time with Antigone. ... Creon asks Antigone if this is true. ... Creon aims to justify his decision to let Antigone's dead brother rot. He also wishes to validate his choice to punish Antigone. ... I believe Antigone's act was morally correct. ...
Pride is part of what makes Antigone heroic. ... This is between Antigone and Polyneices. ... Antigone doesn't mind doing anything on her own. ... Antigone has no problem working by her self either. ... I think Creon feels he must defeat Antigone because she is a woman. ...
In Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone is the tragic hero of the play, rather than Creon. ... Sophocles wants us to see Antigone as the tragic figure. ... He can either kill Antigone, or spare her life. ... Antigone is in a different position. ... Antigone chooses wisely in defying the law. ...
However, in the play Antigone, Antigone goes against the beliefs and defies the powerful tradition of male domination. In the play, Antigone's life was filled with pain and sorrow. ... Even after all of this, Antigone had even more pain to deal with. ... Antigone didn't fear death, but instead faced it with great bravery and strength. ... That is why Antigone is such an influential character in the play. ...
The Antigone Essay Through "Antigone", the play, Sophocles lets it be known that family is more important than authority. ... Antigone felt awful that Creon was doing such a wrong thing. ... Antigone took a moral stand and buried Polyneices. ... Antigone was Haemon's true love. Haemon committed suicide once he lost Antigone. ...
Antigone is not from a normal family. Her family feels very strong in what they believe in. Especially Antigone and Creon. Antigone did things that other people wouldn't normally do. Some people wouldn't defy authority to do what they believe is right. Creon did things that people wouldn't do. I thi...
Bigger than her body Antigone was right, yet so was Creon. ... However Antigone defied the king. ... The gods sided with Antigone. ... Creon is protagonist against Antigone, who is the antagonist; at the same time, Antigone is the protagonist with Creon as her antagonist. Antigone's actions were justified by divine law. ...
