King Creon shows that he cares about Antigone. He tries to save her life but she is stubborn and makes a sacrifice to bury her brother which was against the law. King Creon seemed like he was impressed by Antigone since she chose a plan and did not back down from it. Antigone knew the punishment that would follow after burying her brother, her death. Creon may think she is just as stubborn as her father Oedipus once was.
Loyalty to Family or State Loyalty is an extremely important quality to keep trust and love within family and friends. In Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone’s brothers demised after fighting for the power behind the throne that their father Oedipus bestowed after his death. King Creon chooses to bury Eteocles but, not Polyneices as a consequence of his betrayal to their country Thebes. This generates their sister, Antigone to defy King Creon’s orders to maintain her brother, Polyneices, unburied as a consequence of his betrayal to their country Thebes. Antigone is not afraid to face the outcome of her actions.
The actions of Antigone were just in that they were true to her religion and Gods and not just in the human laws. “Be what seems right to you; Him will I bury. Death, so met, were honour; And for that capital crime of piety, Loving and loved, I will lie by his side. Far longer is there need I satisfy those nether powers, than powers on earth; for there for ever must I lie” (Antigone, p. 3). The honor of her brother and her family was very important to Antigone.
The pride of Antigone, Creon and Haemond moves the action of the play. Antigone's pride causes her to disobey King Creon's law. King Creon has made for Theban citizens a law that states that no one can bury Polyneices' body. Instead of listening to her ruler, Antigone decides to bury her brother anyway simply because she loves him. It is because of this pride that she is later condemned to death.
The main conflict arises when Antigone decides to go against civil law and bury her deceased brother. She justifies her actions when she states that “Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way.” (Pro.35). She remains completely loyal to divine law because she believes that her life will be judged by the gods and her main goal is to please them. Despite civil law, Antigone trusts her
This play suggested that familial values and love dominate political values. Antigone had a strong sense of duty to her family that made her to disobey Creon and to respectfully bury Polyneices, her brother and willing to die for dignity and a display against the authority. The play called that civil disobedience is tolerable and that justice can not be given by an unsuitable, tyrannical man.
When Creon forbids the burial rites of her beloved brother Polynices, she fails to comply with his demands, and goes out of her way to give him a proper burial. She knows the dire consequences of death if she disobeys Creon’s orders, but “she shows her father’s stubborn spirit; to not give away when everything’s against her.” Antigone even goes as far as to speak out against the King, by stating that his ‘edicts are not strong enough” because his laws do not overrule those of the gods. “She [I] knows her [my] duties… where true duty lies”, and Creon has “no right to keep her [me] from her [my] own.” Her determination and her pride is so immense, that she is not frightened of her possible death if caught going against the King. She also justifies her action by saying she is fulfilling her fate of the family curse. “This is the expiation…for the sin of my [your] father.” She is abiding in the wills of the gods and respects all their laws.
She also holds her family above the laws of man. She finds the thought of not burying her brother Polynices unacceptable and vows to do so even if it means a death sentence for her. Even Ismene, her sister, doesn’t understand her thoughts on the
Parks’ actions, and the main character in Iniation and Antigone, greatly demonstrate and support that being an individual in beliefs will raise awareness about the interval’s beliefs and change the corrupt thinking of a group. In the play, Antigone, by Sophocles, the main character, opposes the ruling of her king/uncle, Creon. When her brother Polynices, dies in battle, Creon proclaims that due to his actions, he will remain unburied outside of the town. Antigone, Polynices sister, refuses to accept this, and out of honor and bride for her brother, she discretely buries him. Creon, later, finds out about Antigone’s actions and sentences her to death.
In the beginning, Ismene thought that Antigone going against Creon was absurd. She said, “They (the gods’ laws) mean a great deal to me; but I have no strength to break laws that were made for the public good” (Pardos, line 60). Ismene follows with only her mind and not her heart. Although she knows the divine laws are extremely important, she says she isn’t strong enough or even near willing to break any state law for the sake of all that is good. Before Antigone is taken away to die, Antigone says that Ismene shouldn’t feel guilty and shouldn’t want to die with Antigone because she was in no was part of the plan to bury Polyneices.