Loss Of Creon's Loyalty In Antigone

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In the book, Antigone, written by Sophocles, Antigone, the protagonist, faces a decision that questions her loyalty to her family and King Creon. When she learns that both of her brothers have died in battle, but only Eteocles had received the proper burial, Antigone makes it a mission to give her dead sibling, Polyneices, a proper farewell. Due to Creon’s decree, the citizens of Thebes were forbidden to bury him. Antigone’s confident, honorable, and upstanding yet secretive personality clashes (or come in conflict) with Creon’s rule and edict, that later results in the deaths of multiple protagonists. Throughout the multiple confrontations between Antigone and Creon, direct and indirect, Antigone’s confidence towards the king shows how …show more content…

Antigone was willing to die and sacrifice her life so she could give the proper burial to her late brother Polyneices. By being a martyr, she knew that her life was not as important, so dying would not be such a problem for her. “And if I must die, now before it is my time to die, surely this is no hardship” (page 208). Not only did she accept the punishment that Creon had given her, but also the fact her brother had a proper burial and she has no regrets in doing so. “But if I had left my brother in death unburied, I should have suffered, now I do not” (page 208). This quote partially explains further as to why she did what she did. If she hadn’t buried her brother, her conscience would have been telling her that she did the wrong thing, consequently leading to her suffering. Having taken the dangerous action of burying her brother and going against Creon’s orders and knowing the consequences, she must have accepted the fact that her death would not mean much compared to what she was doing for Polyneices. “This death of mine is of no importance” (page 208). This quote shows her understanding and acceptance of the

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