Creon, as the ruler of the land, is obligated to carry out social order. He has ordered that the body of Polynices should be left to rot because he was a traitor to the city. Antigone has disobeyed Creon’s orders by digging up her brother’s grave after his proper burial rites were forbidden. She has already buried her parents and brother Eteocles, who died fighting Polynices, and feels obligated to honor her brother’s life. Antigone is also determined to obey the gods, because it is against morality to leave any corpse unburied. She informs Creon that “Death longs for the same rites for all”.…
One of Antigone's flaws is her loyalty to the gods and, on the other hand, her disloyalty to the state. Antigone seems to value religion more than the law. At the beginning, Creon orderes that Polynices, Antigone's brother, must be kept unburied because Creon thinks that he was a traitor. This is offensive to Antigone, and she is willing to do anything to honor the gods and bury her brother, even if it means getting killed for defying Creon's laws.…
Similarly, both women's decision and actions starts their tragic path. Antigone is decided to bury her brother, Polynices, being aware that disobeying will lead to death. While talking to her sister, Ismene, she said "he has no right to keep from my own"60. Antigone believes that as the woman of the family is her responsibility to bury her brother and it's the law of god which should overrule the law of state. She doesn't fear confrontation and admits to Creon that it was her who bury his body at the time of accusation. Antigonie says "give me glory! What greater glory could I win than to give my own brother decent burial?"561 She believed her death was her glory. Her pride and ambitious way to be remembered made her fearless of death.…
In Sophocles' play "Antigone”, the ideas of obeying the law of one’s community and following ones own moral beliefs come into conflict. The plot revolves around two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices having killed each other in an attempted to gain rule and their Uncle Creon gaining power after their deaths. He orders Eteocles given an honorable funeral and Polyneices to be left in the streets to rot. Creon believes that Polyneices' body shall be condemned to this because of his civil disobedience and treachery against the city. However, the dead brothers’ sister, Antigone, believes this unfair to Polyneices and insulting to the Gods.…
The most significant theme in Sophocles’ Antigone is whether or not the law of man conquers divine law. Amidst the play, the newly crowned king Creon proclaims that the body of Polyneices will not receive a proper burial, but instead will be publicly shamed and left to be preyed upon by wild animals. Upset with Creon’s mandate, Antigone mourns the death of both of her brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, and gives Polyneices a proper burial so he can move on to the afterlife.…
Antigone believed that not burying her brother Polyneices and burying her other brother Eteocles due to the command of her uncle Creon was a very wrong thing to do and being the loyal person she was she did not accept this law carried by her Uncle and disobeyed him with the mindset knowing burying her brother Polyneices was the right thing to do know the consequences that came with it.…
She has made a firm decision in burying her brother and no one can tell her otherwise. Antigone’s motivation from beginning to end is the unconditional love and devotion she has for her brother, Polynices. This is what brings her to her final courageous decision in accepting full responsibility for her actions and acknowledging that execution is the penalty for anyone who disobeys the royal decree. Antigone begins to have a conversation with her younger sister, Ismene, explaining how she will go about burying her brother, Polynices. At one point she asks Ismene if she can help her lift the body. Ismene apologizes and replies, no, because she will be going against her uncle King Creon’s orders and is aware that execution is the punishment. Antigone isn’t so pleased with the answer and replies, “Is he not my brother, and yours, whether you like it or not? I shall never desert him, never” (Sophocles 128). In other words, she doesn’t mind dying. She refuses to betray Polyncies and will not leave him…
Antigone is by no means a flawless character. She’s often rash and overdramatic. She is essentially what prompts the main conflict of the play…
Selflessness, and determination are great characteristics to have, but when they are put against each other, problems can arise. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone is trying to bury her brother Polynices after his tragic death, while fighting for the throne. Creon doesn’t want Polynices to be buried because of how he died, fighting for the throne, and killing Eteocles, the rightful king. Creon doesn't think it is just for Polynices to be buried. But Antigone says the gods desire it. Antigone and Creon put each other in tough situations, which creates a theme and advances the plot. Throughout the play Antigone acts as a foil for Creon and her selflessness contrasts with Creon's determination to advance the plot and develop the theme of staying true to your morals.…
Geoffrey Lo E Block 1-6-15 Heroism Antigone is born under great wealth because of her parents and her family. She lives her whole life with no struggles and she is very lucky for that. Although both her parents die, she still has an extremely stable future. She is about to marry her cousin Haemon and still be filthy rich, but, she was not going to let that control her life. When Antigone hears about Creon's law against the burial of her brother Polynices, she knew that someone had to make things just.…
Antigone declares to all that she and she alone perform the burial rites for her brother, Polynices. A debate between civil law and natural law ensues between Creon and Antigone and with both sides unable to reach an agreement. Antigone in disbelief of his disposition in his principals will ask, how can Creon not think the gods do not find his law to be “uncorrupted or pure?” Creon acting as if an authoritative deity supplied him with the power to decide the fate of the dead will respond: “Never. Once an enemy, never a friend, not even after death.” The overall consensus: Antigone continues to uphold the law of the gods and Creon continues to defend his own law. However, Creon the arbitrator of Thebes orders the execution of…
Continuing on, knowing the consequences of her act, she will bury her brother because it is the will of the gods that a family gives its members a proper burial. And because of this, she will face the punishment of death for disobeying Creon’s order. For fighting against Thebes, but Antigone being an honor sister will give him a proper burial knowing what he did. Creon by doing this will let the city know that by unburied Polynices action will show others to think before thinking in betraying their city if anyone had the intention to do it. Also since he's the king, he needs to gain the respect of the people. When at the same time it was…
Antigone’s tests are emotionally straining, rather than physically. For example, Creon refuses Polyneices a proper burial, causing Antigone to decide between following the law or standing up for what’s right. “His own brother, traitor or not, equal in blood,” (line 410-411) shows how Antigone values justice and morals, which is what makes the test so challenging. Antigone responds to these tests by sticking to her morals and accepting the consequence of defying the authority, which is…
Antigone, a teenage girl who some may consider rebellious, decides that she wants to bury her brother; because he is an enemy of the state, she is strongly forbidden not to, and will even risk “…death by stoning publicly” (Sophocles 41). Society denies Antigone the freedom to fulfill her personal and familial obligation, but Antigone strikes back forcefully against the state by burying him anyway. Antigone puts her own freedom before social conventions because she refused to let anyone disgrace her family by not allowing her brother a burial. Antigone absolutely felt that she was right, and she would go to any lengths to secure her freedom – even though death will surely follow her radical decision.…
The emotions is Antigone was always up and down.It sends you through a world of thoughts,imgaes, and feelings.When death comes along some doesn’t know how to feel and what to do.It’s like however you feel about someone is they feel about unless the character they portray is different person.In antigone the relationships towards one another is sometimes not normal.…