In order for a play to be considered a tragedy it must achieve the purgation of fear and pity. In the play "Antigone", Sophocles does a great job of bringing out these two emotions in a reader. At the beginning of the play there is a conversation between Antigone and her sister Ismene. During the conversation the reader learns the two girls lost their father in battle and both of their brothers at the hands of one another. Then the reader learns that one of the brothers, Polynices, has been left out to die without a proper bur

The play "Antigone" by Sophocles is a great play. In it Sophocles uses many features that would classify the play as a Greek tragedy. The reason why this tragedy sticks out is because Sophocles uses various techniques to get his readers to feel the emotions of fear and pity while reading. That is what makes it such a great Greek tragedy.

ial. At this time the reader begins to feel pity for the two sisters. They have lost their father and their two brothers all at the same time.

Later in the conversation the reader learns that Antigone has a plan to bury here brother Polynices and that she wants Ismene to help her. Ismene is scared to do this because the new king, Creon, has issued a decree that says that any person that attempts to bury the body will be sentenced to death. The fact that Antigone is going to attempt to bury the body creates fear in the reader. They are fearful as to what will happen to

Antigone if she is caught. As the

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