Sophocles Antigone Vs. Society

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Antigone vs Society In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the characters have a hard time choosing between what is right to society or what they feel is right. In the narrative, Antigone is the one who has the biggest conflict with this issue and has to choose between letting her brother have justice or listening to the king and following the law. With the support of only one other character she would stay strong with anyone that got in her way, no matter the consequences she would have to face. With the power of love, family, and the way of the gods, she knew what the right thing to do was. Polyneices is Antigone's brother who the king said would not be buried. This is because he fought against his own brother Eteocles and his own nation, Thebes. The king of Thebes, Creon, would not allow them to bury or give respect to a traitor. At the beginning of the play, Antigone made her decision and was going to bury her brother Polyneices. She did not think it was fair that her other brother Eteocles would be buried but not Polyneices. Ismene, Antigone's sister decided she was not going to help her bury him because she knew he had done wrong and they would get in a lot of trouble. Polyneices is Antigones brother and she loved him. She wanted to give respect to …show more content…

It did not stop her even when her own sister Ismene said she was not going to help. Antigone is strong and will stand up for what she believes in. She doesn't need anyone by her side helping her through it. Although everyone else was on Creon's side, there was one person who believed what Antigone did was good. This is Creon's son, Haimon. Haimon loved Antigone and let his father know that "Not here, no; she will not die here, King. And you will never see my face again" (Sophocles 795). He stood up for Antigone and told his father what he is doing to her is horrible. Antigone is a very independent woman who wants people to have what they

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