Character Analysis Of Antigone

Antigone tells her sister that King Creon has decided that only one of their brothers are getting a proper burial. Outraged, Antigone starts talking about how she was going to get her brothers both a traditional burial because that is what she believes is right. In doing so, Antigone and her sister will be honoring her father by doing this. Her sister is afraid of the repercussions and refuses to have any part of this decision. If you were not to abide by King Creon’s law, you will be stoned to death. The scene continues and Antigone is still trying to convince her sister to help move their brother’s body because he is too heavy

Not only that, but she is also able to recognize that her brother must also be buried properly in order to have an acceptable afterlife, so she usurps what has been arbitrarily set in place by man and decides, based on her own morality and empathetic nature, to bury Polynieces. It is in this moment of selflessness that Antigone represents courage in the face of hardship, which only strengthens the notion of humanism as the ultimate ruler of just human behavior.(4)

Getting caught burying her brother led to Antigone being brought in to face Kreon, the establisher of the immoral decree,

Antigone plots the burial of her brother in a conversation with her sister, Ismene. She continuously tries to sway Ismene to help her and is adamant that she will bury her brother, no matter the consequence.

In the play Antigone, written by Sophocles, writes a story about how one person's action has the abilities to affect everyone around them. The main character Antigone openly admits that she dislikes how Thebes is being run. Even though she is alone on her beliefs, she strongly disagrees with Creon decisions, and wants the world to know her deeds. Antigone's deeds end in her inevitable death, but in her passing achieves her objectives. The writer uses her to show how much a single person can affect society, but also shows one must endure the sacrifice to achieve progress. Throughout the story we find the characters must stand by what they believe in and face the consequences to ensure change.

Within this Narrative, Antigone frequently uses the emotional values of others to convince them of what she believes to be right.The first illustration of this phenomenon is when Antigone compares her willingness to face death as the result of giving her brother an honorable burial, to her sister Ismene's unwillingness in doing the same.The main character feels as though it is her personal and moral obligation to retrieve the afterlife that’s been taken from her brother.Therefore, she does not agree in abiding by Creon's man-made legislation and makes it her mission to concede to the laws of the gods. Asking for her sister's help, she hopes to obtain reliability, only to find her too intimidated by Creon, Their uncle, and king. Accordingly,

In this pride led to rebellion, in both herself and her promoting it for others. She made it clear that she not only committed a crime, but stood by it and even went as far as claiming the people disagree with the king. In the story, she said, “I do admit it. I do not deny it.” (page 138). This angered the king, which led him to send her to her death. Antigone’s decision to bury her brother went beyond justice and principles. Her decision may have been just in her heart but it was also fueled by pride. Had she only buried him and not made claims against the king, she may have escaped death, and therefore had a complete life. Her hamartia went further than doing the right thing, it signed her death

Antigone's loyalty to Ploynices makes her feel obligated to give him a proper burial. Antigone talks with Ismene, " The dead body of Polynices, miserably slain, they say it has been given out publicly none may bewail, none bury, all must leave unwept, unsepulchred, a dainty prize for fowl watch, gloating upon their prey!" (Sophocles 2). Antigone tells her sister that it is wrong for Creon to bury one of their brothers with honor and leave the other one as a meal for predators. Without her loyalty to her brother, Antigone would not have felt this strongly about his burial. This leads to Antigone disobeying the law. Her strong-will leads her to not caring if the burial of her brother goes against the king's orders, she believes in the more important Devine Law. Antigone answers Creon's question of why she disobeyed his law,"Because it was not Zeus who ordered it, nor Justice, dweller with the Nether Gods, gave such a law to men" (Sophocles 17). Antigone states that the law of the gods is higher than the law of the states. Her strong-will and beliefs lead her to disobey the law and stand up to Creon. But Antigone's self-image of loyalty, strong-will, and bravery kill her. She knows what she stands for and she will not let anything get in her way, even death. Antigone says to her sister, "You made your choice, to live; I mine, to die" (Sophocles 21). Antigone made her choice to die when she decided to bury Ploynices. In conclusion, burying her brother, breaking the law, and her own death, were all because of Antigone's self-image of

Ismene wants peace for women, and the gods. She would rather avoid conflict than helping fight for women's equality. Antigone and Ismene argue because they have different views of women’s roles. Ismene explains she disagrees with the gods, but that she does not want to fight when she says,“I do dishonor them, but to do this against the state- I have no strength for it” (Ant. 16). Ismene gets into an argument regarding women’s roles with Creon. Creon wants to kill Antigone because of her views of women’s roles. Ismene mourns over the thought and asks Creon, “What would life be for me alone, without her?” (Ant. 34). Sophocles reveals that Ismene is a weak character by showing Ismene’s rational side of

“I think I was born strong-willed. That’s not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do,” Joan Jett, American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and occasional actress. This quote could be used to describe the main character in the story “Antigone.” This story highlights the true highlight of Antigone’s life. Through out this tragic story, we learn about the true meaning of family and love. Within this story we learn about both strong-minded Antigone and her uncle, Creon. Although this pair of niece and uncle is alike with blood, they share many differences when it comes down to their personalities. Antigone and Creon both have different motives

     By burying her brother, Antigone knowingly and willingly went against royal orders and in doing so chooses her own death. She knows as well as anyone in the town that death would come

The love of a brother and sister is shown between the siblings Polyneices and Antigone. Antigone believes that her brother not being buried

Although some might think that Antigone is too stubborn to listen to others’ advices, I am deeply moved by Antigone’s willingness to sacrifice her own life for the honor of her family and courage to fight against authority. Been portrayed as a loyal and brave woman in many ways, Antigone deserves my sympathy. At the beginning of the play, Ismene, Antigone’s sister, chooses to “obey those who are in authority, for deeds [a proper burial for her dead brother] that are excessive make no sense at all” (22) while Antigone chooses to fight her convictions and to honor her family over to obey the law of man, when she states, “To me it’s fine to die performing such a deed” (Sophocles, 22) and “if you [Ismene] think it best, dishonor what is honored by the gods” (Sophocles, 23). She believes that her brother should be buried because of religious

The tragedy begins with Creon's edict, which forbids the burial of Polyneikes. Antigone embraces the harmatia of pride by deliberately burying her brother Polyneikes, despite Creon's strict orders. This triggers a heated disagreement between Antigone and her sister, Ismene, who later implores Antigone to abandon her plans to bury their brother. Despite Ismene's repeated pleas, Antigone allowed her pride to prevent her from heeding her sister's advice. Antigone even encourages Ismene to proclaim her forbidden act saying, "No! Go on, tell them all! I will hate you much more for your silence." (Antigone 103-104) Antigone's open defiance allowed the guards to easily witness

Defiant Antigone, on the other hand, draws solely on the laws of physis to justify her worldly crime, a "sinless" act in comparison to Ismene's inaction. Because Ismene remains reliant on her pardoning prayers to the gods, Antigone accuses her of dishonoring the divine laws they have created for man to follow. Antigone's constant decision to obey physis and act on love and compassion for her brother is portrayed as blameless and forgivable by the