ANTIGONE

A detailed Summary of ANTIGONE

In the story of Antigone, two very headstrong people's beliefs are matched up against

each other. Creon, the king, made it law that no traitor to the Kingdom shall have a proper

burial, instead they will be left laying on the ground to rot and to be eaten by the animals. This

was the case of Antigone's brother, Polyneices. Antigone's love for her brother was so great that

she went against the law, eventhough she knew Creon's punishment for breaking the law was

public stoning, which ultimately resulted in death. Creon, who had an equal amount of

determination, refused to back down from his law for his own reasons even after Antigone

ignored it. He could not submit himself to the will of a woman. At that time, women were looked

at as being in the same class as slaves. If he did, it would have showed weakness in him and the

people would have overthrown him for letting a woman have that effect on him. So instead of the

public stoning, Creon sentenced Antigone to die in a cave where she could starve to death.

Instead of dying a slow miserable death, she committed suicide by hanging herself. As it turns

out, this set off a string of events for the king that he could have never saw coming.

been so bad if they had not committed suicide, but Haemon killed himself holding Antigone, his

son was set to be married to Antigone, but after Creon sentenced her to death, Haemon turned

ending to becoming a true, old fashioned tragedy. Her last remaining son was a short time away

ragic events that would unfold was the death of his son. Haemon was

throne. Creon was crushed at what his son did, especially hearing it from someone else.

and control cause an increase in arrogance and can cause some people to make totally irrational

Approximate Word count = 821
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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