Antigone is a tragic drama written before 441 BC by Sophocles and it was the third of the Treban plays. Antigone is a drama about a lady named Antigone and her defiance of King Creon and its effects of various characters. Antigone laments to her sister Ismene, because her brothers Eteoclês and Polyneicês killed each other and a battle over the kingdom, Eteoclês was given “a soldier’s funeral”, but Creon forbade anyone from burying Polyneicês. Antigone decides to bury Polyneicês, she asks Ismene to help her, but she sees her as insane and refuses. In scene one, King Creon boasts about how incorruptible he is, he commends Eteoclês for fighting for the State and condemns Polyneicês and views him as a traitor who “broke his exile to come back with fire and sword against his native city”. …show more content…
Sentry arrives with Antigone to the palace, Creon and Choragos are surprised to se her, Sentry tells them that they saw her come back to bury her brother again this time she came with wine to perform certain rites for the dead. Antigone is unashamed of what she has done, she believes she did what the gods wanted and to her it trumps the rules of men. Creon sends for Ismene and questions her, she says she is guilty and she wants her equal share of the punishment, but Antigone tells her not to take any part in the blame. Haimon, who is Creon’s last son and Antigone’s fiancée, he acts like agrees with his father at first until he starts showing his true intentions, he even proves wiser than his father and says he will die if Antigone dies. Teiresias, warns Creon of great what is to befall him if he kills Antigone and he accuses Teiresias of being paid to tell fallacies. Choragos tell Creon that he does not know Teiresias to lie and advices him to