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nothing that the gods demand” (1349-1350). Sophocles’ Antigone takes place in a trying time for the city of Thebes, when Oedipus, their king, and most of the royal family have died, and Creon has just been appointed the new king. Throughout the play, Creon tries on his power as the new ruler, and seems to believe that the gods will not be angry with some of his choices as king, even though they directly violate the divine law. However, in Antigone, when there is a conflict between the divine law and

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Antigone– The Characterization Sophocles’ tragic drama, Antigone, presents to the reader a full range of characters: static and dynamic, flat and round; they are portrayed mostly through the showing technique. In “Sophocles’ Praise of Man and the Conflicts of the Antigone,” Charles Paul Segal takes the stand that there are two protagonists in the drama (which conflicts with this reader’s interpretation): This is not to say that there are not conceptual issues

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hamartia and lastly they need to realize their mistakes and accept their consequences. In Antigone, there are two main characters that fit the criteria of a tragic hero, but only the protagonist, Antigone meets all of the conditions. Antigone meets the second requirement of a tragic heroine, by fulfilling the criteria of being neither entirely good nor completely bad. In the opening of the play, Antigone

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that Antigone and Creon face in Sophocles’ Antigone differ, their decisions often end up pitted against each other’s, inviting comparison. Since I am juxtaposing the characters’ degrees of rightness, I believe that the rightness of the reasoning, not just their ultimate stances, should be examined. The entirety of his or her argument, not just the conclusion, must be taken into account. I’ll also note that my perspective of rightness could and does conflict with that of the gods in Antigone and Sophocles

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Sophocles’ tragic drama, Antigone, presents to the reader a full range of characters: static and dynamic, flat and round; they are portrayed mostly through the showing technique. In “Sophocles’ Praise of Man and the Conflicts of the Antigone,” Charles Paul Segal takes the stand that there are two protagonists in the drama (which conflicts with this reader’s interpretation): This is not to say that there are not conceptual issues involved in the characters of Creon and Antigone. But the issues are

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The Characters of Antigone and Creon in Antigone by Sophocles Antigone is story of divine retribution and human imperfectness. In this tragedy a powerful king, Creon is brought down by the Gods because of his contempt against their divine laws and true justice is shown to triumph at the end. Creon makes the mistake of putting his personal views over and above the divine laws and fails in the eyes of the Gods. He makes the mistake of testing the Gods' power and the

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invader, be left unburied to rot. Antigone was dejected with Creon’s ruling and decided to bury Polynices herself. She tried to enlist Ismene to help her, but Ismene was to afraid. Antigone furiously continued with the plan on her own. A sentry discovered Antigone and brought her to Creon. Ismene was also brought to Creon and confessed that she had helped Antigone with the burial rites of Polynices. Antigone stopped Ismene and told her not to

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Feminism is the belief that men and women should have equal rights. Sophocles, author of Antigone, is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Although he wrote more than a hundred plays during his lifetime, only seven of them survived and are acknowledge around the world for their meaningful moral lessons. In Sophocles’ Antigone, a strong-willed sister, Antigone, fights for the right to provide her brother a proper burial, going against the proclamations of King Creon. Afterward

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as the lead role in Antigone. Antigone is a strong, wise woman that is capable of making decisions for herself throughout the play. Sophocles uses her as a way to show how even though the women in society don’t really have a voice, that they are still able to be wise and think for themselves. Sophocles also uses Ismene, Antigone’s sister, as a way of portraying what women in Ancient Greece were made out to look like: weak, lesser, and submissive. Therefore, the play Antigone was made to not only

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Antigone: Family over Authority In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the importance of family over authority is heavily expressed. With Antigone’s opening scene, to the interaction with Haimon and Creon, and then ending with Creon's loss of his family due to his mistakes, the story expresses the moral of family over the law.From the very beginning of the play, Sophocles shows the importance of family over authority. Antigone opens up with two sisters in an argument, Ismene and Antigone. Antigone

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