The Sophocles Play Antigone:

The Sophocles Play Antigone: All the way through this play Antigone is solely being devoted to her family. Antigone is eager to go above and beyond her limits for her family. Antigone is a vital character in this play. Antigone is a very brave, passionate, and willing character that is not enthusiastic about her brother being defiled even if it means her own life. Creon is a character that he knows all commandments and is influenced that he must abide it. Creon then has compassion for Antigone and attempts to get Antigone out of danger and suffering.
In the play Antigone, Creon was seen as a protagonist who is a leading figure or important character. Antigone was seen as an Antagonist which means a character in conflict with a hero. Many who have read the dramatic piece Antigone will disagree and say that she is the protagonist. Antigone is considered an important character in the play but she does not acknowledge her faults, sins, or any of her wrongdoings. In this play the characters were Antigone, Ismene, Creon, Haemon, Teiresias, and First messenger, Second messenger, Eurydice, and the Chorus of Theban Elders. There are three important characters in the play Antigone. The three characters are Antigone, Creon, and the Chorus of Theban Elders. Antigone who the community saw her as a heroic woman which sets her belief opposed to power of the land. Antigone is the brave woman in this play, in the beginning of this play Antigone is revealed to be very different from her sister Ismene. Antigone’s spiritual acts, ethical acts, opinionated acts, and her feelings toward her family showed her appreciation and devoted love. At the end of the story Antigone’s acts ends her own life to a tragic death. Not having any limitations or having any concerns about the law, she will set out to bury her brother at all cost even if it means the death of her. The next main character is Creon who is a king and also is Antigone’s uncle. Before the loss of his brother and nephews

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