In the play, Antigone, the conflict arises when King Creon decrees that Polynices is not to receive burial rights, because Polynices decided to rebel and war against the kingdom of Thebes’ (Fitts, Fitzgerald, and Sophocles 196). However, Antigone, Polynices’ sister believes that she has the moral right to give her brother a proper burial and so defies Creon. The play examines and attempts to answer the question: When is it appropriate to choose the morally correct option over the legally correct
reminded Sophocles’’ Antigone. In the play, Creon is the King of Thebes and two royal family members, Eteocles and Polyneices, were slain in a battle for the throne. Eteocles was honored as a hero for defending Thebes and he was given a proper burial. But his brother, Polyneices, was labeled as a traitor. Creon made a law declaring that Polyneices was not allowed to have a burial, and that anyone who attempted to bury him was to be executed. This declaration went against the law that the gods had set
prison,” and “if the injustice (of the government’s laws) requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine (to the government’s unjust laws).” In a world where justice is not served, people stand up and fight for it. The law itself sometimes does not give justice where it’s due. This is when the law is broken. The Antigone was right to disobey Creon’s unjust law to not bury Polyneices. She had strong beliefs behind
In “Antigone”, Sophocles has pointed out a major issue, which is the topic of discussion of this play - the concept of divine law versus that of human law. By divine law, he signifies the laws that are made by God himself, while men on earth makes the human laws. There should be no doubt that the pride of men leads them to complete arrogance. It is a trait, which is harshly despised by God’s with no room for mercy. In this play, Sophocles goes on to show that a man’s law can never be equal or above
moral behavior. In the play "Antigone" by Sophocles, Antigone battles between her moral obligations to the gods and her obligations of the government. She is willing to be punished in order to do what she feels is the right thing to do. A small number of people will actually follow through with actions like Antigone has. "Antigone" a play by Sophocles argues that moral authority is the responsibility of the individual and this can be at odds
locked away in a cave, only to take her fate into her own hands by hanging herself. This is the fate of Antigone, the niece of the king of Thebes in the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. How she arrives at this tragic ending is result of one of the most commonly said words in the English language: “No”. Even though this one word is just a single syllable, its implications and causes in Antigone give the play its source of conflict. The fact the play is still relevant today suggests that the stubbornness
playwright Antigone the heroes are both equally justified in their actions and the reader is open to take other sides. However, through the conflicting ideals in the story there is an issue that comes to light that is similar to the modern day feminist. Antigone, in the play can be perceived as an early version of a feminist, although she is more inclined to view herself as a follower of the God’s. So, what is it that sparks Antigone to become this early feminist? The playwright of Antigone tells the
The play Antigone written by Sophocles shows a sense of civil disobedience because the main character Antigone refuses to obey the civil laws, and wants to follow her God’s laws. The term civil disobedience basically means refusing to obey or follow laws. In this play it shows how Antigone did not want to follow Creon’s laws because she knew it was unfair, and therefore decided to make uncompromising decisions that cost her life entirely by going against the king. Civil disobedience basically allows
fifth century BC expressed this opinion about women. In the Greek play Antigone, written by Sophocles in 441 BC, the daughter of Oedipus, the king of Thebes, Antigone, is condemned by King Creon, for illegally performing a proper burial for her deceased brother, Polyneices, whose body has been left in the battlefield, without the help of even her sister, Ismene. Antigone tries to fulfill the law of the god’s, by breaking the law of men, and ends up killing herself after being sent to die, causing Creon
In Antigone, written by Sophocles is a play about two brothers who kill each other and one, Eteocles, would be buried as a hero to the city of Thebes and the other, Polynices, will not be buried because he was considered a traitor. One sister of Eteocles and Polynices, Antigone, has to choose between God’s rule or the king, Creon’s rule. Antigone decides to go against her uncle, the king Creon, and bury Polynices because she believes that religion and family is greater than government. Throughout