Antigone

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Antigone

Antigone ' is one of the most famous tragedies that Sophocles wrote It is the third installment of the series which began with Oedipus Rex . It is the tragic story of Antigone , daughter of Oedipus , the doomed king of Thebes . It is about the trials she faced after the destruction of her family her father was banished and her brothers fought against each other in a war started by their greedy uncle . As the story continued , it presented that her only sister committed suicide p

The story of Antigone had been analyzed many times due to the fact that it is very popular and people look at literary pieces in various perspectives . Sophocles ' Antigone ' is not an exception in this reality . It may be found that the story 's theme revolves on how filial love can take a person to great lengths , even enable a person to sacrifice her own life for the love of the family . However , it may not be denied that the story has another facet . Other readers find that the story is about how the law of man intersects with divine law . It also showed that at some point , people are made to choose which to follow . In a way , these two s are related in the execution of Antigone 's action which points to her encompassing filial love , that she was made to choose and defend only one law

Antigone : Story of Filial Love

There is no doubt that Antigone 's filial...