care about what the fellow-beings on earth think of her. According to her if anything is correct then she will do that instead of it being against the laws of the land. She comes to Thebes with her sister Ismene to avoid the prophecy that their brothers are going to kill each other in a battle for the Crown of Thebes .Once her mother committed suicide and her father died she felt it as a responsibility to accompany her brothers who were ready to kill each other .She really didn’t wanted that any
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The most commonly recognized flaw would be her loyalty to the gods‚ and going against creans decrees against proper burial rights for her brother Polynesus. . Antigone’s most recognizable flaw is that she disobeyed Creon’s decrees to not let Polynesus have a proper burial because he was fighting to take over the throne instead of waiting for creon to die to gain his power over thebes. Antigone was not afraid to hide her crimes. Her devotion to the gods ultimately led to her downfall‚ but she was
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Antigone Is about Oedipus’s three two sons Eteocles and Polynices killing each other in a conflict over who rightfully is king of Thebes. With both of the possible heirs to the throne their uncle Creon is king of Thebes. Creon passed a law stating that giving Polynices a proper burial was illegal. Creon stated that “proclamation has forbidden to dignify him with the burial‚ morning him at all” (Sophocles‚ 1109‚ 228). The reason for this law is that Polynices shared the throne with his brother for years
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In both plays Creon is of high social status. In Antigone he is the king of Thebes. In Oedipus the King he is the brother in law to Oedipus and becomes king at the end of the play. In Antigone‚ Creon is portrayed as a main character as the plot revolves around him and his decisions as he is the King of Thebes. In this play Creon’s character is irrational‚ as he does not obey the Laws of the Gods by sentencing his son’s fiancée to a slow death‚ ’she’ll never escape‚ she and her blood sister‚ the
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mythical princess of Thebes. She is the product of the accidental incestuous marriage between King Oedipus and Jocasta‚ whom is Oedipus’ mother as well. Antigone had two brothers and a sister: Polynices‚ Eteocles‚ and her sister‚ Ismene. After Oedipus discovered that he had married his mother‚ he fled‚ leaving Thebes to be ruled by his sons. Polynices and Eteocles had their differences arguing over the throne. Polynices left Thebes and returned with an army to declare war on Thebes. The two brothers
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Oedipus was king of Thebes‚ he was hated and infamous. He lost the throne to Creon by tearing out his own eyes and killed himself. His two sons Eteocles and Polyneices fought each other for the kingship but ended up killing each other. Creon was hailed king of Thebes. Antigone and Ismene were sisters to Eteocles and polyneices. Creon favored Eteocles and he perceived him as the cities champion and ordered that Eteocles could be buried in a grave with every rite of sanctity given to him as
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throughout the Sophocles play Antigone. Two characters that influence the actions of the other characters are Creon‚ the newly appointed king of Thebes‚ and his niece Antigone. The conflict that unfolds between these two begins with the death of Antigone’s two brothers. One brother‚ Eteocles‚ dies defending Thebes and for that reason he is given a proper burial. Polynices‚ on the other hand‚ dies a betrayer to the city‚ and was kept unburied‚ left to be consumed by the elements and animals of the city
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English Essay Zita Chan 4G (7) How is Creon’s character introduced through his opening speech in the First Episode (lines 159-195) and how does this speech create tension? The bestowal of ruling legitimacy upon Creon sparks off the Greek tragedy. Polyneices and Eteocles‚ brothers of Antigone killed each other during their fateful battle for the Theban throne and Creon‚ as the closest surviving kinsman‚ rules as the Theban king. Creon then approaches the chorus of elders privately and
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by Creon who has taken his role in ruling the city of Thebes. The brothers of Antigone son of Oedipus‚ Polyneice and Eteocles die during this war in maintaining the city of Thebes. Polyneice allied with the other city-states to attack Thebes while Eteocles refused this and the sharing of the throne. Polyneice’s death is the main reason that shows the subordination of women in this play. Antigone‚ being Polyneice’s sister wants a proper burial for her brother because he after all no matter what action
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one will ever convict me for a traitor (page 61)‚" and decides to bury the body‚ this is quite ironic because by burying her brother a traitor is exactly what she is convicted of being. Antigone’s activities were traitorous against her homeland‚ Thebes in that she acted for herself instead of for the good of the country. Creon had declared that "Our country is our safety. Only while she voyages true on course can we establish friendships truer than blood itself. Such are my standards. They make
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