Antigone And Creon Analysis

Antigone takes place just after a war between Antigone’s two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices. Eteocles fought on the side of Thebes whereas Polynices resembled an invader. Afterwards, Eteocles is buried and seen as honorable. However, Polynices is denied a proper burial because he is considered a traitor to Thebes. In this play, Sophocles uses Antigone and Creon as foils by characterizing Antigone as a martyr and Creon as a tyrant to urge the reader to realize that one’s own morals are more significant than the decrees of any government.

The Summary Is About Antigone Who Lost Her Brother Who Died In The War And She Wants To GIve Him The Right Burial For Her Brother. Antigone Loves Her Brother And Wants To Let The People Know That. She Lost Her Father In The War, Her Mom Hung Her Herself, And Now She Lost Her Brother Like Her Father In The War.

In Antigone, two brothers shared the king status which was 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 is unfair and takes upon herself to give Polyneices a proper burial. When their other sister Ismene finds out, she is stuck between helping her sister bury their brother and following Creon’s demands. Ismene and Antigone are very different people; Antigone is brave while Ismene is tip-top. Two conflicting forces are Ismene's loyalty to her sister and abiding by the laws set out by Creon.

Antigone buries her brother Polynices’s corpse, against the decree of Creon, the ruler. She has several excuses she uses to justify her actions. First, she argues that Creon is unjust and she should not obey him. Second, she says that the gods are not defied by her actions, since she believes Creon is not accurately interpreting their wishes. Third, she believes that regardless of his political standing, her brother deserves a proper burial. Lastly, she says that she must try to bury Polynices, because it is in her nature to act according to love and not to bear grudges.

Antigone and Creon adhere to different value systems, Antigone’s religiously rooted values versus Creon’s politically centered life. Creon displayed the very legalist perspective of classical leaders, the belief that following through with civil law and enforcing strict punishments would maintain a prosperous society. Polynices, the unburied brother of Antigone, fought against Thebes which made him undeserving of a grave. Creon, being closed minded towards anarchists, lashed out before he could foresee the end result. ”Anarchy!- show me a greater crime in all the earth!” (751-52). After watching the fall of Oedipus’ power, Creon endorses and insists upon strict laws to prevent anyone like Antigone to speak out against him. Antigone’s actions

Creon says “Eteocles who died as a man is to be buried with full military honors, his brother Polynecies is to have no burial, no man is to touch or say a prayer for him. He shall lie on the plain unburied so the birds and dogs can do as they want. ”His niece (sister of both the brothers) decides he should be buried and Creon can kill her if he needed, she did not care. Creon decided to put her in a hole to starve to death for breaking his law. So it makes Creon the tragic hero because he was too late to save Antigone, she hanged herself, his son found out so he stabbed himself, and Creon’s wife found out about the son so, she also killed herself. Just to think he could’ve saved everyone he loved.

such as Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Poseidon, and Ares, or following the man-made law by that of King Creon. Throughout the scenes of the play, Sophocles makes use of the Choragus to push the beliefs of the gods onto the citizens of Thebes. Sophocles does this in order to make the play directly apply to Ancient Greece, and to provide cultural insight. When Antigone makes the decision to bury her brother, Polynices, she is going against the man-made law of Creon and following the religious beliefs of the Gods. To summarize Sophocles’ Antigone, a tragedy, would include the introduction of Antigone's two brothers, Eteocles, and Polynices, who came into rule of Thebes after Oedipus, their father's death, both brothers received a prophecy predicting the two will

“I think I was born strong-willed. That’s not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do,” Joan Jett, American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and occasional actress. This quote could be used to describe the main character in the story “Antigone.” This story highlights the true highlight of Antigone’s life. Through out this tragic story, we learn about the true meaning of family and love. Within this story we learn about both strong-minded Antigone and her uncle, Creon. Although this pair of niece and uncle is alike with blood, they share many differences when it comes down to their personalities. Antigone and Creon both have different motives

The Laws of Tradition are more important than The Laws of the state. Antigone has a choice to break the law of her religion or break the law of Creon. Her religion would say that it is against the law to not bury polyneices but it would be against Creon’s law to bury polyneices. The laws of the gods are more important to Antigone than the laws of Creon. Antigone wants Ismene to go with her to bury their brother, but Ismene doesn’t want to Creon to kill her.

Creon, Antigone's uncle, acquired the throne after the brothers Polyneices and Eteocles killed one another in a battle against each other. In the disastrous play Antigone written by Sophicles, Creon now king leads Thebes through recovery from the vicious war. As part of his first order of king Creon ruled that Polyneices was not be buried but to decay on the agony of death and that Eteocles be buried in honor. To respect Polyneices death Antigone sneaks into the house where Polyneices body is and covers it in dirt which goes against what Creon had ordered. Creon later finds about this and then the whole matter uncoils within itself. Antigone is put in in jail and a proper burial is put in place for Polyneices.

In Antigone, Antigone and her sister Ismene return to Thebes in an attempt to reconcile their brothers—Eteocles, who was defending the city and his crown, and Polyneices, who was attacking Thebes. However, both brothers were killed, and their uncle Creon became the king. He forbade burial is the corpse of Polyneices, declaring him a traitor. Antigone, moved by love for her brother and convinced that the command went against the law of the gods, she buried Polyneices secretly. Antigone lines 72-74 “And if I have to die for this pure crime,/ I am content, for I shall rest beside him;/ His love will answer mine”. It was Antigone’s fate to die after burying her brother. It also was her fate to be Oedipus’ daughter/sister.

One way this theme was developed was through character emotion. When Creon made the law that no one could give polynices a proper burial and that if someone was caught in the act they were to be killed. Creon create this law because Polynices fought for the other side Argos and killed a lot of thebes soldier. This made Antigone mad because he is her brother by blood. She tell Ismene her sister ¨He is my brother and deny it as you will your brother too. No one will convict me for a traitor.¨ She is annoyed that the law will convicted her for burying her brother but then she is more annoyed that her sister is not willing to give in and help bury a brother by blood because he fought for the Argos. Antigone goes to the point when she yells at her

In Antigone, Creon’s mind is pulled in two opposite directions: His hubris, and, in contrast, his human duty to the gods. His decision to not follow the gods’ decrees and the consequences of that decision are used by Sophocles to remind the audience to stand with the gods.

Polynice was the king, but he was replaced by Creon and he order that Polynices will not be properly buried. This order makes Antigone very upset, so she decided to bury her brother herself. Antigone is then caught and is sent to king Creon for her action. Antigone believed that Creon is not doing the right thing even though he is the king and has the right to make the laws that he wants. Antigone was then

In Antigone, King Creon’s pride prevents him from considering his citizens’ opinions, causing him to lose respect. Creon announces that Polyneices is a traitor, therefore he shall not be buried. Burial allows access to the after life. It is not in Creon’s power to make this decision, but he does anyway, forbidding Polyneices’s arrival to Hades. When the guards of Thebes, called Sentries, find Polyneices buried, Creon declares that whoever went against his law shall face a harsh execution. To Creon’s surprise, the culprit was Polyneices’s sister, Antigone, who happens to be Creon’s son, Haimon’s fiancé Even though Haimon loves Antigone and she was only trying to do the right thing by staying loyal to her family and the gods, Creon is too