We think of stubborn people who are determined to hold a position or perform an action in spite of other people's arguments or objections. He cannot bear to be defied any more than he can bear to watch the laws of the state defied. Antigone is a straightforward and stubborn woman. Together these characteristics pull a person together in this play that is entirely necessary to get the resulted catharsis in the end. Once again we see the laws of man butting heads with the ancient laws of the gods.
It is found in Peru, Surinam and Venezuela. Even though her brother was just retaliating for being banished, she knows the right thing to do is give him a proper burial, honoring his life, their culture, and the gods. Next we can describe Antigone as brazen. A girl is defying his authority and making him look weak. Creon realizes that Teiresias has never been wrong and that he must do his bidding. Broken by her son's suicide, she kills herself, calling curses down on Creon for having caused the tragedy.
If he didn't truly love her he would have turned away from her when she disobeyed his father, the king, and was sentenced to death. Family Drama At the beginning of the Antigone, the reader learns about a battle between two brothers. Creon is initially shocked to learn that Antigone has spread dust over Polynices's corpse a direct defiance of Creon's ban against his burial. She goes to her grave defiant, hanging herself minutes before she is to be set free by the penitent king. Having learned her uncle Creon will not give her brother Polynices a proper burial, Antigone has resolved to take matters into her own hands. Also stating that it would not be a foolish or weak minded thing to do by listening to them.
But in the darkness I can hear them talkāthe city is upset about the girl. Haemon The son of Creon and Eurydice no sooner enters the action than his fiancĆ© announces she is calling off their relationship in total. GradeSaver, 31 July 2007 Web. Sophocles' Antigone explores the characters of Antigone and Haemon as rebels. We must avoid seeing the protagonists as one-dimensional representatives of simple oppositions: right and wrong, reason and emotion, state and individual, or the like 62. Which if most of a country thinks something is wrong it's pretty good collateral that he could be wrong.
By trying to satisfy his beliefs, Antigone's beliefs, and conforming his father, his character is exploited and a new part of the plot transforms. She may have been incredibly angry about the way her brother's body had been treated, but I believe she done what she has done out of her own beliefs. The tone of the moment when the messenger described the scene was one of melancholy and grief for everyone knew exactly what she went through and why. A practical man, he firmly distances himself from the tragic aspirations of Oedipus and his line. Haemon threatens him back by stating Creon will never see him again and leaves.
Antigone rebels against her uncle, the king of Thebes, when she fights to allow a proper burial of her brother, Polynices. She sees that the only mistake being made is that her uncle, Creon, refuses to bury his own nephew. Antigone is a tragic heroine who believes in her duty to her family and is willing to sacrifice all things to do what is morally right. Loyal retainers are supposed to help protect the hero and show off the nobility of the hero. They are eternally indifferent, innocent, and ready to serve.
Much like Romeo and Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers eventually meet their end due to the love for each other. He leaves to follow Eurydice when she runs off in grief. Those two students will have fifteen minutes to reread the scene together, in the hallway. Each, however, is convinced that his or her own course is just. Creon has sentenced her to death for her defiant actions.
Her suicide states that she did not want to deal with her life anymore to such an extent that it would be better if she killed herself rather than take her chances. Sophocles illustrated Antigone has hot-headed and her loyalty to her family right from the start of the play. To leave his kingdom would equally harm the people just as the deaths of his family harmed him. However, his attempts to warn Creon indicate that the future can be changed or altered. Man can also feel emotions such as happiness, sadness, or even confusion.