Ms. Peifer
10 IB
11-26-08
The most prevalent ideal repeated through out the entire play is the theme of proper respect for the dead. The two brothers show both sides of this as Eteocles is being given a proper funeral because he fought for his home city. But Polyneices who fought for the other side was not allowed a funeral at all. "He is honouring one with a full funeral and treating the other one disgracefully!" (Sophocles 26-27). The plot of the play is Antigones decision to try and give her brother the burial he deserves.
All though the play is about Antigone, Creon fits the requirements of the tragic hero better. His fatal flaw is his stubborn belief that he's all ways right. "You now control all laws concerning those who've died and us as well- the ones who are still living" (Sophocles 244-246). This tells of his complete power which only feeds his fatal flaw.
In this play the anagnorisis and peripetia are at the same point stretched over a few paragraphs starting with Haemon's suicide and ending with Creons realizations about himself after his wife's death. The catharsis is the end paragraph
"The most important part of true success is wisdom—not to act impiously towards the gods,
for boasts of arrogant men bring on great blows of punishment— so in old age men can
discover wisdom." (Sophocles 1491-1495)
The women in the play show the feelings towards women and their roles. "By birth we're women, and, as such, we shouldn't fight with men" (Sophocles 77-78). The women were supposed to follow the men unless they are against the gods. All so the woman's first duty was to her family.
Work Cited
Sophocles."Antigone."Sophocles Antigone.Trans.Ian Johnston. 9 Aug 2008.Vancouver Island University Malaspina. 24 Nov 2008 .
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