Antigone Conflict Essay

At the start of Sophocles’ Antigone, a conflict arises between Antigone and Creon revealing a complex and suspenseful plot full of intense action. As a result of this conflict, Antigone ends up breaking Creon’s laws in order to fulfill her personal moral obligation, thus creating tension in the land of Thebes. Due to both Creon and Antigone’s actions, not only it causes the death of Ismene, Haemon, and Antigone but also leaves Creon to mourn alone for the loss of his family. Even though the intent

Haemon is a character that conflicts directly with King Creon and contributes to King Creon becoming a tragic hero. King Creon is Haemon’s father and Antigone is his fiancee. In an emotional conversation with his father, Haemon defends the proper essence of Antigone's actions while cautioning his father that the people of Thebes agree with her dedication to bury Polyneices. He and his father part in anger, as he simply asks his father to do what's right for Thebes, and his father firmly pursues the

Stephen Moyer, a film actor, once said, “Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are”. This quote relates to the conflict between Antigone and Creon by showing the way these two characters act. In the Greek tragedy, Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone acts as a character foil to show Creon’s flaws that contribute to Creon’s development as a tragic hero. This is showed by the way Antigone acts around Creon. Antigone reveals Creon to be very paranoid about

something or someone with full intent, however Love in Antigone, a tragic play, written by Sophocles reciprocates this idea in a completely new way. A theme that Sophocles writes throughout Antigone could possibly be the idea of loyalty to the city versus family, and he often grazes upon the origin on many of the themes, providing sufficient amount of details that could be used to support them. However, a possible main occuring theme of Antigone is that Love is unconquerable. This theme surfaces in

The dramatic play Antigone that Sophocles had formulated, carries out a complex and increasingly suspenseful plot. Creon, the king of Thebes, establishes a law that deprives Polynices, one of the two brothers that had died fighting for his rightful seat on the throne, a proper burial due to the attack of his own city. In response, Polynices’ sister Antigone defies this law behind Creon’s back and is as a consequence, sentenced to death. Yet, Creon’s judgements ultimately lead to his downfall as he

     Haimon has a certain tendency to be overlooked in Sophocles’ Antigone. At first he appears to be a minor character, an accessory to the overt conflict occurring between Kreon and Antigone. We see Haimon supporting his father, but soon thereafter in conflict with him. Haimon expresses disregard for the life of his cold bride to be, yet is defined as being driven by lust. Several questions come up: who does Haimon really support, what drives his actions, and what is his

Conflicts that institute in a royal family directly result in a catastrophic incident leading to outcast characters alone. In the Greek play, Antigone, displays a tragic story about a family where a king named Creon believes he’s required to kill his niece, Antigone, for her fearless action. Antigone wanted to honour her brother Polyneices therefore she disobeyed Creon’s order and buried Polyneices. Creon tried to make Antigone lie and not tell anyone about the burial for the sake of his son, because

Seamus Heaney’s adaptation of Sophocles Antigone takes inspiration from the foreign policies of George Bush’s administration, (McElroy. S, 2007 NYT). This is most notably seen through the character Creon and how he dictates to the people. Sophocles version of Antigone was written at a time shortly before Sophocles became one of ten generals that led a military expedition against Samos. I am going to be looking at the scene in which Creon and Haemon argue over Antigone and ultimately part on bad terms.

of drama and tragedy, Antigone can be used to relate to current conflicts. One such conflict is that between Haemon and his father Creon. Haemon looks up to Creon with honor and pride, but as conflict arises, that relation is disassociated and new feelings grow. The first conversation between them is what initiates the downfall of their bond. While it seems that Creon is the most important person in Haemon’s life, Antigone is in fact the one that has won Haemon over. Antigone, written by the Athenian

In today’s society, men and women do not always see eye-to-eye. Creon and Antigone, the two main characters in Sophocles’ play Antigone are examples of this statement. In this play, the difference of gender plays a big role in the main conflict. Antigone is a young, independent girl going against the law of king Creon, her uncle, by giving her brother a proper burial. Eteocles and Polyneices, Antigone's older brothers, fought to the death because of their different beliefs; Creon buried Eteocles