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Cause Terrible Outcomes: Analysis Of Sophocles 'Antigone'

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Lindsey Harris Joy Fisk English 9 5 March 2023 The Right Thing May Cause Terrible Outcomes: Analysis of Antigone in Antigone by Sophicles When her own family turned against her, Antigone had to make a decision between divine and human laws which would determine life or death when knowing that neglecting the right thing will allow her to live. In Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone is a young woman who goes against human laws to do what she thinks is right to bury her brother knowing that the consequence is death. She has a brave, selfless, and stubborn heart that she follows only wanting to do what's right, causing a tragic ending for her and those around. Antigone is very brave for all of her actions, for she is the only one who would dare go against human law and stand up to Creon, the king, who is not afraid to punish anyone who goes against him. Creon made a law against burying Polyneices and whoever breaks this law will be punished by death. All but one girl will obey the law because they don't want to die for someone that has already died and what good will it do if they couldn't get into heaven because they sacrifice themselves for a dead person. However, Antigone thought differently and Polyneices isn't just some other guy, he is her brother and she wants to honor him. When Antigone gets caught and goes before Creon, she stands up for …show more content…

She cares for her brother's body when no one else did, not even her sister would. She shows empathy for Creon even though he was very cruel to her by recognizing his position as king and acknowledging his difficult decision to punish her. She says, "I would never think your pronouncements had such great strength that, being mortal, they could override the unwritten everlasting laws of the gods…” (Sophocles 462). She comforts her fiance, Haemon and tries to ease his pain telling him that it is not his fate and he should not sorrow over

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