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Antigone Conflict Analysis
In the play Antigone, originally written by Sophocles, conflict is revealed when the two sisters, Antigone and Ismene, witness the death of their
two brothers within an hour of each other. Creon, the king of Thebes, gives Eteocles a soldierЕ› funeral with military honors, but Polyneices will
have to die in a field without even being buried. Although Polyneices broke laws in his life, Antigone believes he still deserves a funeral.
Creon should allow Antigone to bury Polyneices by the law of God. Creon's laws are going against the Lord's teachings where every man should
be forgiven for his sins. Antigone asks Creon "what do you want more than my death", Creon responds,"Nothing. That gives me everythingВЁ. At
that point Antigone tells Creon to take her life because their conversation isn't going anywhere, and she does not want to live on an evil earth.
There is a turning point in the argument when Creon tells Antigone she is the only who believes his laws are unfair, Antigone responds that the
others would...show more content...
At the end of the day we are all people, and not all people are given the same opportunities you have to think about the decisions that those
criminals had to make. A lot of bad people do not have an option on what to do because of their circumstances. Antigone realizes this and
accepts her brother when she says ВЁIt is in my nature to love, not hateВЁ. Also, it may be argued that Antigone just wants everyone to realize
this, and wouldn't actually die for it. But, Ismene later agrees to join her in death just to be refused by Antigone because ВЁYou shall not lessen
my death by sharing itВЁ, if Ismene dies with her it would lessen her death because Ismene would not help her in the beginning, therefore she is
not truly willing to die instead of living on an unrightful
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Antigone Conflict Analysis

  • 1. Antigone Conflict Analysis In the play Antigone, originally written by Sophocles, conflict is revealed when the two sisters, Antigone and Ismene, witness the death of their two brothers within an hour of each other. Creon, the king of Thebes, gives Eteocles a soldierЕ› funeral with military honors, but Polyneices will have to die in a field without even being buried. Although Polyneices broke laws in his life, Antigone believes he still deserves a funeral. Creon should allow Antigone to bury Polyneices by the law of God. Creon's laws are going against the Lord's teachings where every man should be forgiven for his sins. Antigone asks Creon "what do you want more than my death", Creon responds,"Nothing. That gives me everythingВЁ. At that point Antigone tells Creon to take her life because their conversation isn't going anywhere, and she does not want to live on an evil earth. There is a turning point in the argument when Creon tells Antigone she is the only who believes his laws are unfair, Antigone responds that the others would...show more content... At the end of the day we are all people, and not all people are given the same opportunities you have to think about the decisions that those criminals had to make. A lot of bad people do not have an option on what to do because of their circumstances. Antigone realizes this and accepts her brother when she says ВЁIt is in my nature to love, not hateВЁ. Also, it may be argued that Antigone just wants everyone to realize this, and wouldn't actually die for it. But, Ismene later agrees to join her in death just to be refused by Antigone because ВЁYou shall not lessen my death by sharing itВЁ, if Ismene dies with her it would lessen her death because Ismene would not help her in the beginning, therefore she is not truly willing to die instead of living on an unrightful Get more content on HelpWriting.net