He realized that his father will not listen and commits suicide. .
Tiresias.
Tiresias is a blind messenger, who is guided by a young boy, sent from the Gods. He warns Creon that the Gods are mad at him and tells him that he will suffer. .
Eurydice.
Eurydice is the wife to Creon and mother to Haemon. She is heartbroken over the death of Haemon. She runs off and stabs herself. .
Messenger and Messenger 2.
Messenger tells Eurydice about the suicide that her son has committed. He is proud of the way Creon is handling business. Messenger 2 tells Creon of the suicide that Eurydice has committed. He does not agree with the way Creon is acting.
Sentinel.
The Sentinel is the one who captures Antigone. He is a little afraid of Creon's anger. .
6. Plot Outline.
Basic Situation "Antigone goes to cover Polynices. She gets mad that Creon gave Eteocles a proper burial service and just let Polynices rot on a hillside. Antigone decides to bury Polynices, so she goes and gives him the proper services. .
Complication "The Sentinel catches Antigone. When he tells Creon that the body was buried, Creon demanded to unbury it, Antigone saw what happened and ran over to bury it again. The Sentinel grabs her and takes her to Creon.
Rising Action "Creon's punishment for burying Polynices was to be put to death. Instead Antigone is put in a cave as her punishment. He wants her to die of starvation and depression. Creon wants her to live in the cave with misery. .
Climax "Creon puts Antigone in the cave after she was captured. Antigone did not want to die in misery. She said that her cave was her bridal bed. Antigone used the linen that was in her cave and hung herself. .
Falling Action "Haemon does not agree with the punishment that Creon has given to Antigone. He Confronts Creon and tells him that the city thinks that he is wrong about leaving the body left unburied. Since Antigone and Haemon agreed that they would marry and die together Haemon kills himself in the tomb.
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. ...
