Polynices

Antigone, a Greek tragedy pertaining to the events following the deaths of Eteocles and Polynices, Oedipus’ sons, due to a conflict over power. Upon the death of both children their uncle Creon takes the throne of Thebes for himself and declares Polynices a traitor to the state and withheld his burial rights from him. Antigone choose to disobey Creon’s decree and bury her bother. Sophocles’ play has been a long treasure piece of literature throughout the ages; sparking many papers and debates from

this day. In the play, Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, and his wife Jocasta, is confronted with conflict as both of her brothers had slain each other after Polynices was exiled from Thebes, then marched back to regain his throne. Creon, the now ruler of Thebes, put forth a declaration stating that only Eteocles was to be buried, while Polynices had been barred from burial as he was considered a traitor. During the play, Antigone fights back and forth on her decision of putting the unwritten law of

expected of women by saying, Rather, consider that we were born women, proving we should not fight with men, and that we are ruled by more powerful people and must obey them, even in the more painful things. (62- 66) Although not being able to bury Polynices is painful, they were both born women and therefore have no right to question the laws made by men. In Thebes, men have the power and all who are below them must obey them, or do with serious punishment. Contrary to Ismene’s beliefs, Antigone believes

*What choice do you make when you know the options are wrong in one respect but right in another? In the play Antigone by Sophocles Antigone learns that both of her brothers are dead, Eteocles has been buried, but Creon, the new king banned the burial of Polyneices. Antigone buries her brother anyways and she is caught, Creon locks her away in prison, she kills herself, Out of despair, Haemon and Creon’s wife also commit suicide. Antigone should be regarded as a hero, not a criminal because she

along the way. His choice to remain adamant in his decree prohibiting Polynices from being properly buried largely affects the plot’s actions. Creon manages to extend and enlarge the disaster by sentencing Antigone to death, rejecting Haemon’s wisdom, berating Tiresias’ prophecy, and ignoring the Leader’s advice. The motive for Creon’s change attributes primarily to the expediency of the decision to free Antigone and have Polynices buried, which may have influenced Haemon’s

bury her brother. This is the first work that I have read where a woman has a place and has power. Antigone who is the daughter of Oedipus. She is in a crucial state when she finds out that her brother Polynices has died and he is not rewarded a proper burial. And the worst part I that before Polynices went to war with his brother Eleocles and he asked Antigone to make sure if he died to make sure he is laid to rest peacefully

Antigone discusses the burial of her brother Polyneices with their sister, Ismene. Antigone tries to convince her sister to help her bury Polyneices, but Ismene fears the consequences of being caught. Antigone Page 2, lines 32-36 “But the body of Polynices, who died miserably—/ Why, a city-wide proclamation, rumor has it,/ Forbids anyone to bury him, even to mourn him” (P 2 28-30). Antigone is moved by desire to bury her brother, and chooses to ignore the law Creon has dictated. Antigone is a rare

Creon to their downfalls. The characters’ love is for themselves, which blinded them from seeing the consequences, however, Antigone doesn’t truly have any consequences, only Creon. Antigone wanted the life of the afterlife and had already given Polynices a proper burial, so Creon executing her was only giving her what she wanted. Creon, however, ultimately lost his family when they killed themselves because of his love for his city, he neglected to love his family and lost them, which is why Creon

left by their father. One of the brothers, Polynices, wanted to start a war with the kingdom because he wanted the king status for himself and himself only. The main ruler, at the time, Eteocles and Polynices fought and they both ended up killing each other. Their Uncle Creon, who took position as King after the deaths of the brother decides that only Eteocles will have a proper burial and Polyneices should lay and rot with no burial. Antigone, Polynices and Eteocles sister, thinks that Creon’s decision

The first article I read was “Sophocles’ Antigone and the Self-Isolation of the Tragic Hero” by Elizabeth Bobrick. After reading this article I have gained more information on how Antigone and Creon were similar. For example, in the article the author talks about how Antigone and Creon both isolate themselves from their family. It is also mentioned in the article how both Creon and Antigone accuse each other of being wrong which I find ironic because both characters always believed to be right due