Antigone Essay

In "Antigone", by Sophocles, the play tries to explain the feud of following loyalty to family and breaking laws to remain loyal to family. The play will explain how the main character Antigone is similar to her uncle and king Creon. The play will explain how Antigone is loyal to family and the gods. It will also explain how Creon is loyal to the State and is not loyal to family. In the play "Antigone", the main characters Antigone and Creon have different beliefs in loyality to family. Antigone is very loyal to her family and wants them all to be treated the same. An example Antigone says is "But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear To him as he to me" (prologue.57-60). Antigone is trying to explain that she is loyal to her dead brother Polyneics. She wants Polyneices to be buried along with her other brother Etoclese. Antigone is also very loyal to the gods. Antigone believes the gods get upset when someone is not buried. So she goes to bury Polyneices to please the gods. Creon on the other hand is different from Antigone. Creon is not loyal to family,.but is loyal to his state. An example that explains Creon's loyalty to the State is, "Gentlemen: I have the honor to imform you that our Ship of State, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to habor at last" (I.8-10). Creonis is explaining that all soldiers from the battle with another kingdom have come back safely. Saying they had won the war to protect Thebes. Creon unlike Antigone is not loyal to family. In scene I, Creon,is saying how Polyneices is to be treated as a traitor. Creon thinks of Polyneices as a traitor because he went to another kingdom just to get the crown of Thebes. Although Antigone and Creon have their differences,.they are both very hubris. Antigone is very hubris and shiws it by defying Creon's law of not burying Polyneices. An example of Antigone being hubris is, "I do, I deny nothing" (II. 59). In scene II, Antigone is caught and arrested for burying Polyneices. When she is asked if she did bury Polyneices she said she wouldn'timie and said yes she did. Antigone tried explaining to Creon that she would not lie to protect herself for breaking the law. Creon like Antigone, is very hubris oc himself. An example Creon says is, "An enemy is an enemy, even dead" (II. 133). Creon thinks he is better than Polyneices. Creon still sees Polyeices as a traitor, even though he us dead. Creon throughout the play sees himself better than the gods and challenges them by not burying Polyneices. At the end, Antigone and Creon pay for being too hubris. Either with their life or the lives of loved ones. At the end of it all, Antigone's Creon's pride gets the best of them. Antigone's pride got the btstof hetrwhen she defied Creon's law andburied Polyneices. Creon's pride got the best if him thn her In "Antigone", by Sophocles, the play tries to explain the feud of following loyalty to family and breaking laws to remain loyal to family. The play will explain how the main character Antigone is similar to her uncle and king Creon. The play will explain how Antigone is loyal to family and the gods. It will also explain how Creon is loyal to the State and is not loyal to family. In the play "Antigone", the main charactersAntigone and Creon are bed to haifferent beliefs in loyality to family. Antigone is very loyal to her family and wants them all to be treated the same. An example Antigone says is "But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear To him as he to me" (prologue.57-60). Antigone is trying to explain that she is loyal to her dead brother Polyneics. She wants Polyneices to be buried along with her other brother Etoclese. Antigone is also very loyal to the gods. Antigone believes the gods get upset when someone is not buried. So she goes to bury Polyneices to please the gods. Creon on the other hand is different from Antigone. Creon is not loyal to family,.but is loyal to his state. An example that explains Creon's loyalty to the State is, "Gentlemen: I have the honor to imform you that our Ship of State, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to habor at last" (I.8-10). Creonis is explaining that all soldiers from the battle with another kingdom have come back safely. Saying they had won the war to protect Thebes. Creon unlike Antigone is not loyal to family. In scene I, Creon,is saying how Polyneices is to be treated as a traitor. Creon thinks of Polyneices as a traitor because he went to another kingdom just to get the crown of Thebes. Although Antigone and Creon have their differences,.they are both very hubris. Antigone is very hubris and shiws it by defying Creon's law of not burying Polyneices. An example of Antigone being hubris is, "I do, I deny nothing" (II. 59). In scene II, Antigone is caught and arrested for burying Polyneices. When she is asked if she did bury Polyneices she said she wouldn'timie and said yes she did. Antigone tried explaining to Creon that she would not lie to protect herself for breaking the law. Creon like Antigone, is very hubris oc himself. An example Creon says is, "An enemy is an enemy, even dead" (II. 133). Creon thinks he is better than Polyneices. Creon still sees Polyeices as a traitor, even though he us dead. Creon throughout the play sees himself better than the gods and challenges them by not burying Polyneices. At the end, Antigone and Creon pay for being too hubris. Either with their life or the lives of loved ones. At the end of it all, Antigone's Creon's pride gets the best of them. Antigone's pride got the btstof het when she defied Creon's law andburied Polyneices. Creon's pride got the best if him thn he sentenced Antigone to death for doing something she thought was right. Also because he thought he was better than the gods. At the end they bith paid their lives and their loved obes lives for being hubrir sentenced Antigone to death for doing something she thought was right. Also because he thought he was better than the gods. At the end they bith paid their lives and their loved obes lives for being hubri