Antigone Summary

The main character in this play is Antigone. It begins with Antigone not being allowed to bury her brother. Antigone decides that she doesn’t care that Creon, the king of Thebes, forbid her to do so. She was angry about this and tells her sister Isemene that that night she is going to sneak out, and bury their brother. Isemene advised against it because she was afraid Antigone would be caught, and killed, but Antigone insisted. Seeing that there was no way to talk her out of it Isemene promised that she would not tell anyone of the crime Antigone was committing. So that night Antigone snuck out of the castle and covered the body with a thin film of dirt. The next morning a guard came to Creon saying that someone had covered the body with a thin film of dirt. Hearing this Creon became angry and told the guards to spy on the body, and see if the lawbreaker came back. Antigone being unaware of the guards went out again to bury her brother. She began to scrape dirt over the body when the
He may become even more fearful than before because the kingdom is all he has left. Creon also feels responsible for his wife’s death for he says “Ah me, this guilt can never be fixed on any other of mortal kind for me acquittal! I, even I, was thy slayer, wretched that I am I own the truth.” It is very possible that Creon does not change. He could become so terrified of losing what little he had left that he becomes an even worse king than he already was.
Antigone is an amazing play it is defiantly a tragedy but an outstanding play nonetheless. It keeps you interested the entire time. I believe that Creon does change for the better that he becomes a less fearful man. Antigone and Haemon commit suicide to be together. Haemon’s mother kills herself to be with her son and poor Creon is left alone to rule the kingdom. Hopefully he does not rule with grief or fear but with strength and