What Is Hegel's Opinion On Antigone
Antigone In-class Essay
In the play Antigone, Antigone has problems with two other characters: her sister, Ismene, and the ruler of Thebes, Creon. There are other conflicts in this play, for example the one between Creon and his son, Haemon, who ends up killing himself in the end. Hegel states that Antigone is a “tragic collision of right against right, with both sides equally justified.” Hegel’s opinion on Antigone is a very accurate summarization of the moral dilemmas in the play.
The play opens with a conflict between Antigone, and her sister, Ismene. Both of their brothers have died, in Creon’s words, “Eteocles, who in this city’s quarrel fought and fell, the foremost of our champions in the fray, they should entomb with the full sanctity …show more content…
Etocles should be buried, because he stayed true to his land. Antigone doesn’t feel right about only one of their brothers being buried, especially because in the time when this play was written, it was considered an incredibly bad omen for someone not to be buried. Creon has …show more content…
It all ends tragically, with the deaths of Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice. Throughout the entire play, even between arguments not mentioned like the son vs. father fight between Haemon and Creon, the entire play is an epic battle of right vs. right, with the only thing ending the quarrels being death. Antigone and Haemon can reach up to a level of 5-6 on Kohlberg’s scale, whereas Creon and Ismene reach a maximum of a level 4. Both are right, but for different reasons. Creon and Ismene focus more on their selves and their relationships with others more than anything else, but Antigone would most likely do the same thing, even if it was not her brother she’d be sacrificing herself
In the play Antigone, Antigone has problems with two other characters: her sister, Ismene, and the ruler of Thebes, Creon. There are other conflicts in this play, for example the one between Creon and his son, Haemon, who ends up killing himself in the end. Hegel states that Antigone is a “tragic collision of right against right, with both sides equally justified.” Hegel’s opinion on Antigone is a very accurate summarization of the moral dilemmas in the play.
The play opens with a conflict between Antigone, and her sister, Ismene. Both of their brothers have died, in Creon’s words, “Eteocles, who in this city’s quarrel fought and fell, the foremost of our champions in the fray, they should entomb with the full sanctity …show more content…
Etocles should be buried, because he stayed true to his land. Antigone doesn’t feel right about only one of their brothers being buried, especially because in the time when this play was written, it was considered an incredibly bad omen for someone not to be buried. Creon has …show more content…
It all ends tragically, with the deaths of Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice. Throughout the entire play, even between arguments not mentioned like the son vs. father fight between Haemon and Creon, the entire play is an epic battle of right vs. right, with the only thing ending the quarrels being death. Antigone and Haemon can reach up to a level of 5-6 on Kohlberg’s scale, whereas Creon and Ismene reach a maximum of a level 4. Both are right, but for different reasons. Creon and Ismene focus more on their selves and their relationships with others more than anything else, but Antigone would most likely do the same thing, even if it was not her brother she’d be sacrificing herself