established a rule or law to not bury Polynices‚ the brother of Antigone. Antigone does not like the law at all because it’s her brother and she wants him to have a proper burial like every dead person does. The law has one twist to it and it is that if someone buries the body and they find who buried it will face death. One reason why I think Antigone is very determined is because never in the story she turned back or changed her mind about burying Polynices. Also‚ she cares a lot because she asked
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Quotation-Tiresias the blind prophet hears of the problem of deciding whether Polynices should be buried properly‚ so he visits Creon to advise him‚ as he’s done before. He argues that everyone makes mistakes‚ and Polynices therefore should be buried. Hearing this idea‚ Creon kicks out Tiresias‚ thinking he’s senile. Once gone‚ one leader of Thebes has a conversation about Tiresias’ advice with
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according Polynices a proper burial. The chorus has a dialogue‚ which serves as a direct comment on the action of the play bringing to the scene the political scenario of the society and the consequences of disobeying the authority that is the head of state. Even though it seems the chorus is siding with Creon and giving large support to following the laws of God and of man‚ they plead him to be more moderate in his power towards the death penalty if someone were to burry Polynices. However
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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
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to expose the lack of morality in the law. In Antigone it is clear that what the king was trying to do was unjust and unfair. Antigone was arrested for burying Polynices‚ her brother‚ after the king refused to bury him. If Eteocles‚ her other brother‚ could be buried with full military honors‚ then why could they not do the same for Polynices. Similarly in 1872 a woman named Susan B. Anthony was arrested because she "defiantly registered and cast a ballot" in Rochester‚ New York (Funk & Wagnalls New
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town of Thebes. Polynices‚ who is Antigone’s brother‚ dies in an attempt to take over Thebes. Creon‚ the leader of Thebes‚ doesn’t allow Polynices to be buried correctly. This infuriates Antigone. Antigone wants to do something about this‚ because she has integrity. When Antigone has her mind set on something‚ she goes out and does it. Do what you think is right‚ even if it is against the law. Antigone and Ismene were conversing about the topic of how wrong it is for Polynices to not be buried
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Maya Haywood Ms. Dawn B. Caplinger English 1301.01 6 October 2011 Antigone: A Tragic Hero What characteristics generate a tragic hero? Must a tragic hero possess superhuman abilities? Should he be immense in size and strength such as Hercules? According to the Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is a good‚ moral‚ upstanding person that does not fit into society’s mold‚ invokes catharsis to the audience‚ and exhibits flaws that leads to their tragic downfall. These are the traits
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suffers from a terrible fate and has long since left Thebes. After Oedipus’s departure his two sons Eteocles and Polynices agree to rule Thebes in alternating years. However After Eteocles’s 1st term as ruler he refuses to Polynices have his turn. This angers Polynices and he calls together an army to take Thebes. The brothers duell and end up killing the other. With Eteocles and Polynices both dead‚ their uncle Creon is left to rule Thebes. Creon decides he will give a proper burial to Eteocles but
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decreed that the traitor Polynices must not be given proper burial‚ and Antigone is the only one who will speak against this decree and insist on the sacredness of family. Whereas Antigone sees no validity in a law that disregards the duty family members owe one another‚ Creon’s point of view is exactly opposite. He has no use for anyone who places private ties above the common good‚ as he proclaims firmly to the Chorus and the audience as he revels in his victory over Polynices. Creon’s first speech
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Creon a God? In the ancient Greek tragedy‚ Antigone‚ Sophocles’ character‚ King Creon will issue a law that no one will perform the burial rites over a dead traitor of the state. In advocating his law‚ he will deem Polynices a traitor. Antigone will unapologetically revolt against Creon’s law citing the rite’s for the dead are the concern of the gods. Creon‚ believing himself to be omniscient in all matters of state and church ignores the coherent warnings given to him by his family and friend
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