Types Of Irony In Antigone

Sometimes in life we have to do something they know is right, but other people don't know it's right at that point in time. Like in the story Antigone how she buries her brothers body even though the King Creon says no one is aloud to bury any of the bodies, because it would be intimidating to any of Thebes future attackers. He's said anyone who buries a body is going to be executed, but Antigone buries her brother anyway. Sophocles used many types of irony to show how much Antigone hates Creon for what he did to her brother and all the fallen enemy soldiers.

In many of Sophocles stories he used many different types of irony to show his character's personality. Antigone refers to “our good Creon” though she has already made clear to Ismene

that she thinks that Creon is anything but “good” for commanding that Polyneices body be left to rot (Prologue 23). Antigone already said Creon is anything but good for what he has done to her brother and all the other enemy soldiers. Sophocles was trying to show that Antigone is sarcastic and doesn’t like Creon for what he has done. Antigone tries emotionally manipulate her sister when Ismene refuses to join Antigone in disobeying Creon’s order by burying their slain brother, and Antigone defiantly orders her to “Go away… leave me to my foolish plan” (prologue 77). Antigone actually wants Ismene's help, but Antigone says she doesn’t want Ismene’s help. Sophocles was trying to show that Antigone is rebellious and doesn’t like Creon for what he has done.

In many of Sophocles stories he used many different types of irony to show his character's personality. Prideful, the audience recognizes that Creon won’t be king for long, because they are already familiar with his story. This line produces a tension because the audience anticipates a different outcome than creon regarding his rule over Thebes (scene 1 line 49). Sophocles is trying to make the story suspenseful so the audience doesn't know when Creon is actually going to lose his power. Prideful, Creon thinks that man is going to be his downfall, but a woman is actually going cause it "man"(scene 1 line 43,60,85,136-138). Sophocles was trying to make a comment about how men back then were sexiest.

Sophocles used many types of irony to show how much Antigone dislikes Creon for what he did to her brother and all the fallen enemy soldiers. Antigone dislikes Creon for what he has done. Creon doesn't realize he was in the wrong until the end of the story. Nowadays men don't always think that a man is going to be the downfall of them like Creon did. In the end Creon has lost everything he has worked so hard for. He lost all his his family and he lost his power of the throne.