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Often, people must choose between what they believe to be right, and what the authority in a society has deemed to be correct. Such is the case in Antigone, by Sophocles. In the Greek tragedy, Sophocles tells the story of a woman who has chosen to bury her brother, a man who led an attack against his own city. It was decreed by her uncle, King Creon, that her brother should not be buried because he went against his own country. Antigone had to choose between following her heart and honoring her dead brother, or following the laws laid down by the king. In the end, she chooses to honor her brother, and this choice led to her downfall.
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What emotions are portrayed by Antigone and Ismene in 'Antigone'?
Anger, love, sadness and sorrow are emotions portrayed by Antigone and Ismene in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone exhibits anger in her interaction with her uncle King Creon. She expresses love in referring to her brother Polyneices and other dead family members whereas Ismene only expresses it once in terms of Antigone and once in terms of Antigone and Prince Haemon. Antigone manifests brief sadness over her fate. She shows sorrow over her family's fate whereas Ismene only manifests it over her and her sister's fates.
Whom does Antigone bury in 'Antigone'?
Polyneices is the person whom Antigone buries in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Polyneices is Theban Princess Antigone's brother. His body is left above ground at the end of the recent civil war over the Theban royal succession. Antigone decides to give her brother's body the below ground burial to which he is entitled as a Theban native.
How does Antigone feel in 'Antigone'?
Angry, elated, nostalgic and sad are the ways in which Antigone feels in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone demonstrates anger over her uncle King Creon's edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. She exhibits elation over her burial and reburial of her brother Polyneices. She expresses nostalgia for her family. She manifests sadness just before she is walled up in a remote cave outside Thebes.
What does Antigone feel in 'Antigone'?
Satisfaction with a job well done tinged with vague regret is what Antigone feels in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is comfortable with her choice of family ties over civic duty and of divine respect over royal deference. She looks forward to her welcome reception in the Underworld of the afterlife. But she regrets that recognizing the gods as the ultimate authorities in life and death stops her life short before marriage and parenting.
What happens to Antigone's and Ismene's family in the prologue to 'Antigone'?
One brother is buried and the other not is what happens to Antigone's and Ismene's family in the prologue to "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Theban sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene meet outside the main entrance to the royal palace. Antigone needs to let her sister know what is happening now that the first civil war over the Theban royal succession is over. She refuses to stand idly by while their brother Polyneices's body is denied the below ground burial that is a divine guarantee for all Thebans.
