Authority And Power In Antigone

The Antigone (Ἀντιγόνη), created in 1776 and published in 1783, It resumes Greek myth treated in the homonymous tragedy of Sophocles. The Antigone is a Sophocles tragedy, this tragedy is part of a cycle of dramas depicting the story of Epido, king of Thebes, and his descendants. Sophocles, in this tragedy illustrates the tension between authority and power. In Ancient Greece politics and business were a prerogative of the male citizens, the role of Antigone dissident takes on many meanings and many interpretations. George Hegel, philosopher, was inspired by the Antigone, for him this tragedy put in evidence the conflict between state law and moral law. Hegel's vision is slightly different from the interpretation of most of the people who sees the figure of Creon as a gruff man without a heart that obeys only to the law, but Hegel said: "Creon is not a tyrant but just a moral force.

According to this interpretation, Hegel argues that both Antigone and Creon are equally guilty; in fact, according to his interpretation of the tragedy both characters come out losers. Finally, Hegel argues that the law must be equal for all without distinction. To better understand what Hegel meant, it must first summarize the tragedy of Sophocles. The plot of this magnificent work of Sophocles tells the story of two brothers Eteocles and Polynices both brothers find death at the hand of fight one of two camps: Eteocles is a hero for Polynices city dies in combat against the brother who is the adversary of the town itself. For Eteocles are celebrated as a hero's funeral for Polynices Instead, Creon decreed the absolute prohibition of the burial. Considering Polynices, a traitor Creon orders arise that his corpse remains unburied. But Antigone moved by the affection decides to appeal to the divine law that requires reverence for the