How Is Antigone Loyal

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In the Greek Tragedy, Antigone by Sophocles, the character Antigone chooses to be loyal loyal to her family than to be loyal to the law. In the story, Antigone broke the law of buying her brother, Polyneices, with ritual rites. She was then arrested and locked in a cave. Even though this story ended with a tragedy, Sophocles shows a strong theme throughout which is being loyal to your family is important. Antigone chooses loyalty to family all above obedience to the city. She has loyalty for both her family and to the Gods. The setting of the mood, the characters, and resolution all shows the importance of family in this Greek Tragedy.

The characters in the story, Antigone, emphasize the meaning of family. For example, Antigone broke Creon's law by giving a proper burial and ritual rites to her brother, Polyneices. Antigone and Ismene talk outside the gate saying, " Antigone: …show more content…

The character Antigone develops Pathos by talking about family. After coming back and finding that her brother was yet again unburied, she let out a "distressing painful cry, just like a bird who's seen an empty nest" as the guard described it. At this moment, the mood of the setting is very sad or melancholy. The audience of play feels pity for her as she cries because of her brother. When she was arrested and bought to King Creon, she made a powerful statement about her brother saying, " But if I'm allowed my own mother's dead son to just lie there, an unburied corpse, then I'd feel distress. What is going on here does not hurt me at all. If you think what I'm doing now is stupid, perhaps I'm being charged with foolishness by someone who's a fool." In this quote, she tells the reason why she committed the crime she did and stand up to Creon and his pride by calling him a fool. This shows that Antigone is courageous and will go at any length to defend her

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