or wrong, or what they may benefit from this action. In the short story Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone goes against King Kreon’s word and buries her brother despite the possibility of being put to death. Throughout the story, Sophocles conveys moral hierarchy stages through character traits, reasoning, and moral development within the character Kreon. To begin with, King Kreon is greatly affected by the law. When Antigone goes against his orders he has to choose looking weak to his kingdom or killing
The major conflict between Antigone and Ismene is their different perspectives on burying their brother, Polyneices. Their clash of personalities is first introduced in the prologue. Antigone has a very strong personality which is rare for a woman to possess in a male dominated time. Ismene, however is a typical common woman who obeys the laws. Antigone believes Polyneices, her brother, deserves to be bury and mourn for (Prologue. 31). In spite of that, Ismene disagrees with her and value laws before
Antigone – our brave, unrelenting, tragic heroine – tethered to the filial duties towards her brother, even if it means going against the authority of King Creon, her own uncle; she brings on about her death. Not only is she afraid to die but she rather, welcomes it. She feels it as her duty to give a proper burial to her brother who, according to the belief of the ancient Greeks, wouldn’t be able to cross over to the other side of life and wouldn’t be able to attain peace, if left unburied for
Originally published in 441 B.C., the play Antigone by Sophocles is one of the best known tragedies in literature. Antigone is a tale about a girl, named Antigone, that is faced with deciding between societal law or the law of the gods. She breaks societal law in reverence for the law of the gods. This illegal activity of burying her brother,Polyneices, causes the king, Creon, to order for her death. Creon’s son, Haimon, ends up falling in love with Antigone. When Antigone dies Haimon commits suicide, which
Sophocles wrote Antigone which is a play about a king and his niece. In Antigone the character are already doomed from the incest of Antigone’s father, Oedipus, and his mother. The two main characters are Antigone (protagonist) and Creon (antagonist), whose tragic flaws impact the end of the play. Antigone's tragic flaw is loyalty while Creon's tragic flaw is pride. Sophocles utilizes the three ironies for the development of characters such as Antigone and Creon, the utilization of the irony show
Historical Analysis of Antigone by Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was first performed in a theatre in Paris, 1944. During this time, Europe was still in the midst of fighting World War II and Hitler’s Nazi-regime had already defeated and occupied France. This shift in governmental power caused dissension among the citizens of France; the population was split between those who supported France’s collaboration with Germany and those who opposed it (“1944”). As the dramatist of the play Antigone, Jean
achievement in male-dominated fields such as science and politics. However, gender roles and the defiance thereof has played a major role in not only history, but also in literature. Gender roles in literary works such as Macbeth, Brave New World, and Antigone serve to both drive the plot and influence the decisions made by
public stoning (Morwood, 40). However, he violates his own law as he changes the punishment to “a living entombment” (Morwood, 40). Furthermore, when his son, Haimon, confronts his decision, Kreon violates his law again and orders his men to drag Antigone and slaughter her in front of his son (819-821). Thus, Kreon lacks an objective judgment and does not act