Antigone
In the play "Antigone" by Sophocles, there is a main conflict as to who is wrong and who is right in the death of Antigone's brother, Polynices. After he died, Antigone tried to bury him, much to the disliking of the king, Creon, because he had forbade it. Creon had deemed Polynices a traitor. As the story unfolds, though, the reader will come to realize that Creon is the one who is wrong by making his royal word to be against the laws of the Gods. Creon is a powerful ruler but was too proud of his wisdom. After the death of her brother, Antigone is caught spreading dirt on Polynices, making any effort to bury him, trying to give him a proper burial. The guards tell Creon this and he is angered greatly to the point where he blames the guard and sentences him to death. He has no idea who really did it and is worried people will think he is not powerful if word gets out that this happened. He later finds Antigone and talks to her about her crime. She gives good points to Creon telling him how Polynices deserved a proper burial, no matter what crime he committed, and by reminding him of t
If you can put yourself in Antigone's position, imagine one of your loved ones dying. Imagine another of your loved ones telling you not to bury him or else you will be put to death. Would you make the same decision that Antigone did? What about Haemon? How must he have felt when his father told him that he was going to kill his soon-to-be bride? And Eurydice suffered the same as Antigone and Haemon as she had to watch this go on. In the end, though, Creon is left alone, which is a pretty harsh punishment for a wrong decision. But as a king, you have to make hard decisions all the time, just as the President does. When it comes down to death, though, everyone should have a proper burial. The main point that I am trying to make is that Creon made a bad decision, but paid a terrible price for it. A bad decision can come back to haunt you as he found out. Creon should have taken into consideration that people suffer from things as horrible as death. People that survive the dead are left to mourn, and the least he could do was let them have a proper burial, regardless of the crime that Po
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Approximate Word count = 736
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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