Hi guys, welcome back to my blog. So, in this
occasion, we will still talk about story and here I would like to share my
essay related to the Antigone Play by Sophocles. Without doing further do, let’s
check it out!!
ESSAY ABOUT ANTIGONE BY SOPHOCLES
Antigone
is a great Greek tragedy by Sophocles. The story is about a young woman who has
buried her brother by breaking king’s decree, and now she is punished for
obeying God’s law. In Antigone by Sophocles,
Creon is immersed in a “power trip” that alienates and even kills his family.
He caused his son, Haemon’s death, his wife, Eurydice’s death and Antigone’s
death. Creon views himself as the perfect leader, believes he is always
correct, and in turn has to live with the guilt of three deaths that were his
fault. Antigone is a presented as a strong woman who is both dedicated to her
family and her community. The Antigone's major conflict is between Creon
and Antigone. In which that
Creon has declared that the body of Polynices may not be given a proper burial
because he led the forces that invaded Thebes, but Antigone wishes to give her brother a proper burial
nevertheless. Meanwhile, the central
theme of Antigone is
the tension between individual action and fate.
Further, 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 the state law, the divine law always prevails. So then Antigone
continuously follows the divine law, and although she ends up dead, she does
not face Creon’s pain of losing everyone he loves and all his people turning
against him.
The play begins with Antigone disobeying Creon in order to do what
she believes is right in the eyes of the gods and in the eyes of her parents. In the
end of the story, While in the cave though, Antigone commits suicide. Whereas,
Creon survives at the end of the play and retaining rulership of Thebes,
gaining in wisdom as he mourns the death of his wife and son. Then, Haemon,
Creon's son, commits suicide after Antigone's death.
So,
that was all the information related to Antigone’s play by Sophocles. If you
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