The readers are saddened because Antigone should not have died and she should be the queen of the kingdom instead of Creon. Even though Antigone dies in the end of the play, she does something important and meaningful before she dies. Her death is not a complete loss because she buried her brother and cleaned her conscience before she went to the underworld. "I should have praise and honor for what I have done." Creon tries to make things right in the end because the oracle tells him what he had done and the gods would be mad at him but is too
Ismene’s argument was that “we must remember that by birth we’re women, and, as such, we shouldn’t fight with men.” (Antigone 77-78) Antigone with such a passion of honoring her brother states that no matter what, she will follow through with her mission. She expresses her passion when she states with conviction “I’ll still bury him. It would be fine to die while doing that. I’ll lie there with him, with a man I love, pure and innocent, for all my crime. My honours for the dead must last much longer than for those up here.
Perhaps, because she saved one life, the rest would have to fall. Her actions led to terrible suffering for Creon and his family; almost like a curse. Haemon, her fiancé, was so in love with her that he actually fought with his father, the King, for her rights. When he could not do anything about Antigone being buried alive, he stabbed himself out of grief for his love with Antigone and anger towards his father. Because of the son’s death, Creon’s wife, too, killed herself out of grief.
Antigone is more heroic than Creon, she takes risks and she is brave. When her own blood brother is sentenced to eternal suffering by being denied a burial, Antigone decides to break the law and risk her own life for her brother; “But I will bury him; and if I must die” (1.55) said Antigone, all for the sake of Polynesis’s eternal rest. Creon, on the other hand has no heroic traits apart from wanting the best for the people; he humiliates Antigone and her sister in public. This value and importance Creon has for the people’s opinion is destroyed when the people protest Antigone’s death, and he does not decide to follow what the people believe. Gentlemen, I beg you to observe these girls: One has just now lost her mind; the other, It seems has never had a mind at all (1.150) said Creon.
Some see Jessie’s suicide as a courageous choice because that seems the best way she can take control of her own life when she can’t change anything else. Others criticize Jessie’s suicide’s realistic form as succumbing to the dominant patriarchal ideology. The physical absence of men on the stage is obvious to the audience, while the actual absence of men in Jessie’s life is the main cause of her suicide. Therefore, this essay reveals the cause of her suicide through detailed analysis of the absence of her father, her husband, her son and her brother, so that the whole society, especially the men, would pay attention not only to women’s lower social status, but
The murderer’s family was strongly agree of killing Poncelet. Thus, because the family lost their daughter, the family was applying the rule “An Eye For An Eye”. The new understanding I got from the family is that they follow the old testament of the Bible. That if someone kills your family, you should revenge. The victim family firmly believes that bad people should be killed.
The consistency of Antigone’s act in accordance with her own conscience and values which are determined by divine laws coupling with Creon’s totalitarianism make her civil disobedience justified. The fact that Antigone sacrifices her life out of devotion to principles higher than human law makes her civil disobedience justified. Critical Analysis Antigone is the story's tragic heroine. Unlike her beautiful and docile sister, Antigone is scrawny, sallow, withdrawn, and recalcitrant brat. Antigone has a boyish physique and curses her girlhood.
Soon after this incident, King Arthur found out about their affair, consequently he sentenced Queen Guinevere to death. As soon as Sir Lancelot found out he hurried to her rescue. This comes to show how much she meant to him, so much was his affection towards her that he was willing to give up
In order for Antigone to be the tragic character, she first must be a good and upstanding person. Antigone is indeed a good-hearted person and has committed no crime up to her decision to give her brother, Polynieces, a proper burial. There is no doubt that Antigone is upstanding and a person of importance in Thebes. She was scheduled to marry Haemon, the son of Creon, and was considered a princess. Aristotle stated that the aspect of a good person was first and most important when creating a tragic character.
While arguing with Ismene Antigone admits, “…But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he to me”. This shows Antigone’s own willingness to die without remorse over her actions and how prepared she is for her death. Another phrase stated by Antigone that reveals more insight on herself is, “Not, Ismene you have no right to say so. You would not help me, and I will not have you help me”. This demonstrates how her determination and pride to commit the crime helped her do it and not really feel any remorse for her actions.