Examples Of Glory In Antigone

Antigone’s wish for Glory Sophocles’ Antigone reveals a story about a girl whose brother’s burial rites leads to the end of her own life. At first, it looks like the novel is about a deep love or value for family and her brother. However, the novel starts way before the first line begins. The king of Thebes was once Laius and passed on to his son Oedipus. The crown somehow lands on the head of Creon, at the beginning of the play and corrupts the family line of royalty. Her whole life, Antigone has never been in control. Therefore, she is finally in control with the decision to bury her brother and exploiting that aspect. Antigone does what she does to gain the sympathies of the people in order to defy Creon, restoring the crown to the rightful heir.
Antigone is aware that to have the royalty back on her side is to have the Gods on her side so she was “not about to break the laws, not out of fear of some man's wounded pride and face the retribution of the Gods”(Sophocles 509-511). Following the law of the Gods, proves to the people that Antigone is a just person. The Gods and the people's acceptance solves the second burial problem. The Gods buried the body the first time in support of Antigone’s justful decision to bury him a second time. There was no footprints or evidence, proving it was the God's action and raising the chorus’ attention as well stating “Do we not see this in the hand of the Gods?” Following the God's law gets Antigone the sympathies of the people, God's favor, and acceptance from the