Antigone: The Id, Ego, And Superego

Antigone: The Id, Ego, and Superego Sophocles character, Antigone, portrays the three Freudian concepts of id, ego, and superego throughout the book. Though the three battling aspects usually tend to create inconsistency, Sophocles weaves them together to create a balance in Antigone. The id Antigone portrays is when she fears death. Her ego is her convincing to her father, Oedipus, into speaking with Polyneices, her brother. The superego Antigone embodies is the act of burying her brother, Polyneices. Regarding Antigone, all three of the Freudian concepts, center around the event which consists of the death of Antigone’s brother, Polyneices. The project is in a trifold style and portrays one body with the three heads: Id, Ego, and Superego. Representing Antigone’s mind split into the

Therefore, Antigone lamenting over death is her id. Fear of death is quite natural, and it is normal to be afraid and cry over it. In the play, Antigone, Antigone is charged with death for the sole reason of giving her brother a proper burial, which is against Theban law. If she hadn’t buried him, she would not be facing death so young. The pictures under Id depict Antigone crying and looking mournful. Also depicted is the picture of Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus. She cried due to the death of her children, and was turned to a stone. Based on instinct, one cries because of death, and both characters from Greek mythology, Niobe and Antigone, show this. Antigone’s ego is reasoning with her father to talk to Polyneices, as he is his own son. In this scene, however, Oedipus curses Polyneices to die by the hands of his own brother. Had he not come, or had she not convinced her father to talk, she would not have had to bury her brother. Meaning, she would not have died. Furthermore, the pictures under Ego display an encounter between the three characters. Also, it is depicted that the ego is the aspect that relates to