Antigone and Ismeme comparison Antigone and Ismene have differences. Sisters usually have at least a few things in common and can help one another. Ismene and Antigone are a bit different from other sisters. They have a boat load of differences and a few similarities. Antigone and Ismene both cared about their brothers.
Creon shows an extraordinary amount of stubbornness throughout the story. An example is seen when Antigone wishes to give her brother, Polyneices a proper burial so he can have a pleasant afterlife with the Gods. Creon, as king wishes to have him rot in the fields because he turned his back on the state in which the events occurred.
In a certain way, the conflict was generated by the confrontation of two people who believed to be powerful. Creon saw himself as the new ruler of Thebes and he created a new image and became an arrogant and very self-centered person. For example, when Creon was arguing with Haem, he said to his son “will my subjects tell me how to rule” (834) , he also said "And I am guilty, then, Claiming due reverence for my sovereignty?” (852-3). These statements clearly show that Creon believed that being a new ruler gave him a new position over everyone; he thought that nobody could be against him or his rules.
In the third scene of the play Antigone, Creon makes a stronger argument about the killing of Antigone than Haemon because he more effectively plays on Haemons emotions and uses reasoning to try to persuade Haemon on his ideas. While Haemon had a very good argument with lots of pathos and logos, I feel that his argument comes more out of childish emotions instead of persuasive emotion and logic. And on the other hand Creon more effectively uses his emotions as a persuasive method not as childish thoughts. Also using reason and logic to show Haemon how his childish emotions are unreasonable and blinded from reason. In the scene Creon uses his logic to try to persuade Haemon to see that Creon is doing this to Antigone for a reason and that it is best for this to happen: “If a man can keep his home in hand,/ he proves his competence to keep the state./ But one who breaks the law and flounts authority,/ I never will allow.”
Both of these characters had great power but they feared losing that power or being seen as weak. Creon, by not allowing Polyneices to be buried, set the tragic events into motion. Creon wanted to show his strength through this decree, he wanted to be obeyed and he wanted to be seen as strong and unwavering. When he discovered that Antigone had buried her brother he sentenced her to death. When advisors told him he should reconsider his decision, he would not listen “Do you want me to show myself weak before the people/or to break my sworn word?
The tremendous differences between the characters Antigone and Creon contributed to the development of Creon as a tragic hero. Two areas of conflict revolve around their differing opinions on men and woman, and God and man. Their opposing views shaped Creon into a tragic hero. Creon and Antigone held differing beliefs concerning the rights of women.
These three conflicts are very closely related, but this crude set of pairings helps to untangle some of the central issues of the play. Antigone and her values line up with the first entity in each pair, while Creon and his values line up with the second. Antigone continues to be a subversive and powerful play, and the inspiration for generations of rebels and dissidents. In the 20th century, a version of Antigone rewritten during the Second World War became one of the most powerful texts of resistance against the Nazis. The conflict between the individual and the power of the state was as pressing for Greek audiences as it is to modern ones.
In the scene in which Creon will not allow her brother to be buried. This goes against her personal beliefs she confronts Creon when she says “if I had allowed my own mothers son to rot, an unburied corpse that would have been an agony.” Creon wouldn’t allow Antigone brother to be buried even tho Antigone felt it was the right thing to do. Antigone is talking to Ismene about burying her brother but Ismene tells her to keep the idea a secret but Antigone disagrees and says “But I know I’ll please the ones I’m duty bound to please.
The beginning of the play in scene one of Antigone starts out with Antigone and her sister, Ismene, speaking about the deaths out their brothers. Antigone reveals to the audience that her brother, Eteocles, fighting with the city of Thebes, was to be buried with full military honors and her other brother invading Thebes was to be left unburied. Ismene agreed with the decision of Creon while Antigone greatly disagreed, following the Gods’ instead of the actual law. On the contrary to Antigone’s view, some people may agree with Ismene, assuming that if you betray your own family and your city in that time period, it is right to not
Antigone tells her that Creon has decided to honor one of her brothers with a full funeral and burial, but the other disgracefully. She is very upset over her brother, Polyneicies, that she loves dearly not getting a proper burial, which is disobeying the gods and their religion. She then calls upon Ismene to take action, stateing “ Now you know,.. splendid ancestry.” because Creon announces
As both Creon and Antigone are royalty, Creon is the king of Thebes which is of higher stature than Antigone, this is a trait of a tragic hero. Creon shows his ignorance by dishonoring the gods and refusing to bury Polyneices. He forgets or ignores that Eteocles and Polyneices shared the throne, and to “attack” Thebes was the only way for Polyneices to obtain his kingship back from his brother. Creon is also ignorant to the fact that Polyneices is his nephew and should be buried alongside his brother and the rest of his family. As Antigone defies Creon's word and buries Polyneices, he is oblivious to the fact that she is to be wed to his
(_Antigone). Even when compared with the dishonorable deaths of her family members, Ismene believes that going against the will of a monarch is worse. Ismene is the polar opposite of Antigone, she is complacent and law abiding where Antigone defies the law in accordance with her own values. This has taught her that she and Antigone are “weak women, [...], Not framed by nature to contend with men” (_Antigone). As the case of Ismene shows, faith in law, and the following the societal expectations, creates someone who is largely complacent.
Antigone is willing to “pay the penalty with her life” to leave an understanding that she was right. Ismene is willing to respect this, but Ismene is afraid for her sister’s life. Antigone is upset Ismene cannot help her bury Polynices, but Ismene has a valid reason not to and Antigone tries to accept that. The only way to work together when people think they are right with a different perspective is to have respect for them. It is important to try and understand them in any possible way.
In Antigone, there was two brothers who shared being the King and one of the brothers, Polynices, wanted to start a war with the kingdom because he wanted to be the main ruler. Polynices and his brother Eteocles fight and they both end up killing each other. Their Uncle Creon, who takes position as King when they are both killed, decides that only Eteocles will have a proper burial and Polynices will be left to rot. Antigone, Polynices and Eteocles sister, thinks that Creon’s decision is unfair and takes upon herself to give Polynices a proper burial. When their other sister Ismene finds out, she is stuck between helping her sister bury their brother and following Creon’s demands.
When Antigone found out what the king decided to do about Polyneices she disagreed. Antigone felt that it was essential that her brother Polyneices had a proper burial just like Eteocles. Antigone then talked to her sister Ismene about the situation and confessed into wanting to go against Creon and burying Polyneices regardless of what his orders are. When Antigone tells Ismene about her plan on burying Polyneices Ismene begins to tell Antigone that it is a dangerous idea to do. Ismene believes that as women they should obey men especially Creon.
