Theme Of Loyalty In Antigone

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One way to interpret the trait of loyalty is a feeling of devoted attachments and affection towards another. This particular interpretation of loyalty is the cause of many different and controversial situations within the two versions of Antigone.
What is loyalty? Loyalty can be interpreted in different ways by different people; one way to look at it is allegiance which is the feeling of devoted attachment and affection. This can be related to the fact that in both books Antigone has the feeling of attachment and affection towards her brother Polynices, and thinks that he deserves the proper burial. Both versions are very different and are each meant to engage the audience and make them think about how the character develops/ changes throughout the stories. These plays can be interpreted in various ways by looking at the themes, conflicts
Throughout both stories she goes against the law by burying her brother, but she also has no feelings for others around her. She does not think how her mistakes affect the rest of her family. For example in the Sophocles account Ismene does not want to lose her last family member. “Now we two left; and what will be the end of us” (Sophocles, 128). In the Anouilh version when Creon finds out that it was Antigone who buried her brother, he was willing to do all in his power to make sure that no one knew that it was she. He was prepared to kill the guards that were assigned to watch over the graves and the ones that brought her to the king. “Now listen to me…you will go straight to your room. When you get there, you will go to bed. You will say that you are not well and you have not been out since yesterday… And I will dispose of those three men” (Anouilh, 42). Creon does not want to see another person that he loves die, and shows Antigone how much she means to him and she still would rather die than

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