Theme Of Irony In The Story Of Antigone

Irony Kills

Irony plays a big part of Sophocles’s story of Antigone because they show character, suspense, human nature, and the world in general. There are three types of irony: verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. These three types of irony are used by Sophocles to foreshadow the true colors of his characters, such as Antigone’s braviary and Creon’s pride; both Creon and Antigone had a tragic ending. Creon lost his whole family due to his pride of being king and Antigone’s braviary cost her death because she went against king Creon’s word to bury her brother. Irony is the killer of the Creon and Antigone.

Situational irony is used a lot in the Story of Antigone because it shows human nature and the nature of the world. Antigone has buried her brother and Creon has sentenced her to death for treason. Antigone is depressed and miserable, she is emotionally destroyed because she knows she is going to die. Antigone shows her emotion to the audience when she says, “I feel the loneliness of Niobe”(Scene 4, lines:15-16). Antigone relates to the story of Niobe because Niobe lost all of her kids and turned to stone. Everyone at the time this play was written knew the story behind Niobe and knew what she had lost. This is situational irony because Antigone can relate to Niobe because they both suffered because of a death. Niobe suffered because the death of her children turned her to stone and Antigone is

Foreshadowing and suspense is what Sophocles went for using the three ironies: verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. The three ironies Sophocles used, caused foreshadowing of character, like Antigone’s stubbornness and Creon’s arrogance; both Creon and Antigone had a tragic ending. Creon lost his whole family due to his arrogance of being king and Antigone’s braviary cost her death because she went against king’s word to bury her brother. Irony is the killer of the Creon and