Polynices

even though she was against Antigone’s idea of burying polynices but now she is supporting her and she doesn’t want her to die. “Oh, forgive me Antigone. I’ve come back . I’ll go with you know.”(Antigone ,line 34 , page 59) Here she is trying to ask forgiveness from her sister because she wasn’t their when Antigone needed help in burying polynices. “Creon ! If you kill her, you’ll have to kill me, too. I was with her. I helped her bury Polynices.” In this she is risking her life into death and she

moral should be determined by either human law or divine law. The play “Antigone”, by Sophocles, shows the complexity of this certain concept of morality. Antigone must determine whether she should defy King Creon’s law in order to bury her brother, Polynices, or reject her own religious beliefs in order to maintain in the King’s good graces. At the same time, King Creon also has to determine what is right and wrong; he must decide if he should imprison and give the death sentence to Antigone for defying

The consequence Antigone’s rebellion had upon Creon’s kingdom was physically negligible, but her message was diffused through the land. All she wanted was peace for her brother, while Polynices was never buried. She was put to death, later committing suicide, along with Haemon and Queen Eurydice. The physical outcome of her struggle against the tyrant were only royal deaths, with Creon attending a “Privy Council” (60) meeting right after

men.”   The guard exits with the intention of saving his own skin by never reappearing before Creon. But shortly thereafter he again approaches Creon with the startling news that the guilty party has been apprehended in the act of burying Polynices’ corpse: “I have come, though 'tis in breach of my sworn oath, bringing this maid; who was taken showing grace to the dead.” The guard’s recounting of the actions of Antigone develop her character into all of its fullness as a most sentimental and

men.” The guard exits with the intention of saving his own skin by never reappearing before Creon. But shortly thereafter he again approaches Creon with the startling news that the guilty party has been apprehended in the act of burying Polynices’ corpse: “I have come, though 'tis in breach of my sworn oath, bringing this maid; who was taken showing grace to the dead.” The guard’s recounting of the actions of Antigone develop her character into all of its fullness as a most sentimental and

flaw is hamartia, or error in judgement. This error drives him to refuse Polynices his burial rights and to sentence Antigone to death. As king, Creon believes no one can tell him what he should or should not do, but he ignores the fact that not even a king has power against the gods. Creon lives only by the laws of the city, while Antigone, and the rest of Thebes live by the more powerful laws of the gods. Leaving Polynices to be eaten by dogs and vultures is not only disrespectful, it is a crime

Antigone’s Law: A Critique of Patriarchal Power Structures   The heroine Antigone sacrifices her life to defy the patriarchal society in which she is imprisoned. By confronting and resisting Creon’s authoritarian rule, Antigone empowers the oppressed people of Thebes. On the surface, her motives seem clear; she defies civil law in favor of a higher moral law. Antigone declares she acts out of a sense of honor and obedience to the gods, however her words and actions reveal additional motives

quick-tempered and excessively angry can misdirect judgment. After he orders Antigone to solitary confinement, Creon pauses, and then he immediately jumps to conclusions and throws in a death sentence for Ismene for supposedly assisting with the burial of Polynices: “[Antigone] should not escape / Full punishment - she, and her sister

her beliefs that god's law overrules man's law, she goes against him by burying the body of her deceased brother, Polynices. In spite of the fact that Antigone knew the consequences that had the power to threaten her life, she still decided to honor her brother’s memory and satisfy the gods. When being captured by the guards she had not deny the fact that she was indeed burying Polynices, in fact she stated that she did and took the consequence, even though her life was at risk. To her burying her

strong government. Du Gao Idealism: The Root of Antigone’s Downfall in Sophocles’ Antigone Sophocles’ Antigone centers around a familial feud that develops between Antigone and Creon when Antigone decides to bury her brother and Creon’s niece, Polynices. While Antigone believes that it is her religious and familial duty to bury her brother, Creon objects, citing the Theban civil war which took place right before the events of the play. Adhering to Greek literary tradition, Sophocles ultimately seeks