Paper Topic:
For the Greek play Antigone: What do you feel was the goal of the playright? What forces motivate the action of the play? Are the gods more vengeful/caring/etc. than you would expect, and why?
Antigone 1 Pride in Antigone Author 's Name Course Title Instructor 's Name November 21 , 2008 Antigone 2 In his play Antigone , Sophocles ' main point is that pride is despised by the gods and punished without mercy . The gods are extremely vengeful and unforgiving throughout the play . The play presents various other themes including individual versus state , conscience versus law , moral or divine law versus human law gender and the position of women inaction /lack of agency versus agency and the threat of tyranny . These themes move
along the action of the play , bringing it to the play 's final conclusion - King Creon 's downfall . Creon 's downfall is further evidence of the extremely vengeful nature of the gods , who force him to be punished because of his display of hubris , or pride
The plot of the play begins with King Creon who decrees that the traitor Polynicesis not to be buried . However , Polynicesis ' sister Antigone defies the (as cited in Sophocles 2005 . She is caught , and sentenced by Creon to be buried alive , even though she is betrothed to his son Haemon . After the blind prophet Tiresias proves that the gods are on Antigone 's side , Creon changes his mind , albiet too late (as cited in Sophocles 2005 . He goes first to bury Polynices , but Antigone has already hanged herself . When Creon arrives at the tomb , Haemon attacks him and then kills himself . When the news of their death is reported , Creon 's wife Eurydice takes her own...
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