Antigone tells the story of a brave girl's struggle to do what is right and the trials she had overcome to accomplish them. The point she wanted to accomplish is that her brother Polyneices deserves a propel burial beneath the earth than to be left out to rot and be eaten by birds and other earthly creatures. Once she accomplished this King Creon wants to kill her because she went against his word which is a mighty crime. Once the king's mind is changed about killing her Antigone had already taken her own life, and lying with her dead is her love who is also the king's son. Creon telling himself, "I have been rash and foolish" (Exo.146), doesn't even know how to handle the whole situation, and pities himself. Throughout the play helping to understand it better is the chorus. Almost at the beginning and end of each scene there is either the chorus giving information on something such as a character's background or Choragos, who is the leader of the Chorus, assisting the King on something. Throughout the entire play the chorus serves many roles such as the narrator, framing the play with a prologue and epilogue, and appearing at key moments to comment on the play's action. The chorus is a major part in this play to help understand it better.
Starting the play off the chorus begins to give narrative background on the characters and the events that come into play. It starts off giving a setting of the war that has taken place and that it is a glorious day. Next the chorus tells about Polyneices and the battle he and his men are coming from. It should be a beautiful morning of victory but instead the soldiers "Found shock of death in the dusty joy of battle" (Strophe 2.32). The two deaths the chorus tells are the deaths of Eteocles and his brother Polyneices. These two brothers killed each other the chorus explains, and the soldiers are in awe. Another character the chorus tells of is King Creon.
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. ...
