This document provides an overview of key literary elements in Sophocles' tragedy Antigone, including the setting, characters, conflict, and climax. The play is set in Thebes after a civil war between brothers Eteocles and Polynices. The protagonist Antigone defies King Creon's decree denying burial to her brother Polynices, resulting in conflict between her devotion to family and Creon's authority. The climax occurs when Creon sentences Antigone to death for disobeying his law.