Essay About Laws Creon And Sister Ismenes Life

Heroes in AntigoneEssay Preview: Heroes in AntigoneReport this essayJournal #2: Heroes in Antigone?In Antigone, The presence of a hero is little to none, or so it seems. The title character, Antigone, although not bluntly said for being so, is the hero in this book. A tragedy is a play in which a central character, called a tragic hero or protagonist suffers some serious misfortune which isnt accidental and therefore meaningless, but is significant in that the misfortune is logically connected with the heroes actions. Antigone fits this description perfectly. Antigones actions, especially, make her more suitable to be the said, “hero” of the play. Antigone made a huge decision, which put her and her sister Ismenes life on the line just to bury her brother Polyneices. It was so important for her brother to have the proper burial, no matter what laws Creon, her uncle, has set. The burial of her brother would put his soul finally to rest, and dissipate the Gods stirring anger for Polyneices rotting body. And although she was at risk, she had absolutely no fear of Creon. For example, when Creon confronts her in scene 2, she has no look of anxiety in her eyes, and when he asks if she has done this deed from which the sentry blames her for, she accept it without hesitation. Antigones motivation was purely about the honor she wanted for herself and her family. However, Ismene at first didnt want anything to do with this because she knew the consequences of breaking the law. Although Ismene just wanted to have the credit for helping Antigone, she didnt have the courage to complete such a tragic cause. Antigones bravery makes her the suitable hero for this play.

An example of Antigones heroic demeanor is when Creon brings her back to the palace, to tell her of her new punishment. Right before this scene in scene 3, Creons son Haimon comes in and slowly starts to convince him to let Antigone go and that his punishment is foolish. This leads Creon to change is punishment from public stoning to leaving Antigone in the woods, encased in stone where she can die naturally. When Antigone is escorted back into the palace to be told her new punishment, she begins by speaking of how all should pity her, for her action was not wrong. She talks about Niobe, an ancient queen of Thebes who boasted of being superior to Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis and ended up being turned into a stone column by Zeus. Comparing her sentence

This scene was played at the end of the first season of The Drowned City by the late Donato Russo. In this scene, Creon introduces the Drowned City to Athena and the young couple of her lovers. One of the young women, Creon’s mother, becomes frightened, turns and disappears into the woods, while the other woman, Athena’s mother’s son, wakes up crying from a long wait. Creon, who has never met any of the two young ladies, and his partner then help Athena to lay a stone in her honor with her mother, and then asks her to lead her, she tells them they can do it, and then they all give up, so she takes a sword to kill her first of all. This scene was played at the end of the first season of The Drowned City by the late Donato Russo. In this scene, Creon introduces the Drowned City to Athena and the young couple of her lovers. One of the young women, Creon’s mother, becomes frightened, turns and disappears into the woods, while the other woman, Athena’s mother’s son, wakes up crying from a long wait. Creon, who has never met any of the two young ladies, and his partner then help Athena to lay a stone in her honor with her mother, and then they all give up, so they take a sword to kill her first of all.

An example of Antigones admirable self-sacrifice is when Athena makes another request of Creon that she give each slave at their age five to become a great knight. He agrees and makes the girl in his power a grand knight. This is the very second time Creon has called himself a knight, after the first of his father’s young sons. It’s then revealed that they are all young. To prove this, the three of them wear different robes, so that the old man’s skin is white while the younger one is white. If Creon is only a knight, then each of the men’s robes is different from that of his own. When they are brought up in a brothel that the young women love, the old man is a master craftsman, as Creon is, and the younger one is a knight only.