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
1) Antigone Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, is the main character and the tragic hero in the play by Sophocles. In the beginning Antigone displays a strong attitude that proves how fearless she is to achieve her goals of giving her brother Polyneices the proper burial he deserves. To be able to bury polyneices against the king Creon's decree Antigone is required to break the law. However, she states “I am not afraid of the danger; if it means death”(80) which represents how Antigone is not
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
conflict in Antigone between King Creon and Antigone is an interesting one. It comes down to the question of whether or not Antigone was just in defying the state’s power. Creon ordered that anyone who moves or tries to bury the body of the “traitor” Polynices shall be put to death. Antigone the sister of Polynices breaks Creon’s law and buries her brother. When brought before Creon, Antigone openly admits that she has defied his law but says that what she has done was not wrong. Antigone claims that
they were not treated equally with men. In the Greek tragedy Antigone, a young women named Antigone takes on the role of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character in a dramatic misfortune who experiences a major downfall resulting from a flaw. Antigone is the tragic hero of Sophocles’ Antigone because of her fierce, stubborn devotion to her family, her display of hubris, and her tragic downfall which leads her to her death. Antigone is always loyal to her brother, Polynices, and her family, putting
Sophocles’ Antigone the Antigone is portrayed to the reader as a sort of radical character, unable to bend to the law set upon her by the King of Thebes. Though this may at first be believably seen as truth it is an over simplified version of what happened. She was forced to choose between breaking the laws set upon the people of Thebes and breaking Divine law. Antigone acted with reason weighing all of her options and assessing which would be a decision she could stand behind. Had Antigone been a man
believe in or do you show respect to those who rule over you. Antigone is an extremely hard headed, stubborn woman that fears no one above her and will stop at nothing to accomplish what she believes is right. Ismene, on the other hand, is quite the opposite. She believes that you should respect the people over you whether you like their ruling or not and if you have to break the law then do so quietly. Antigone has decided to go against the law of the king and burry her bother, for most that would seem
Sophocles' Oedipus the king and Antigone both underline the concept of hubris and how it could lead to one’s downfall. In Oedipus, the king, a plague has reached Thebes and Oedipus is determined to end it, and finds out from Tiresias that Oedipus himself is the plague and has completed the prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother even though he tried to run away from that cruel fate. Oedipus cannot believe his situation and blames Creon and Tiresias for colluding against him, his disillusion
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
Looking at Antigone and Dallas together makes it clear that compromising values impacts and intervenes between families, but allows one to gain power expeditiously. Thus, we should realize that ethical values are important to society, and without ethics modern civilization could not function properly. While the backgrounds of these two characters differ, Creon and J.R. Ewing are indistinguishable. There is a thin line between confidence and arrogance, I find that arrogance is fairly common among