Antigone is a young woman in a male society who tries to break the law set by Creon, the king of Thebes, by providing a proper burial for her dead brother. Her attitude towards the laws set and her rebellion against them is what causes Antigone to face death. The decisions she makes throughout Sophocles' drama can easily show that she is the protagonist. The reader may also assume Antigone is the protagonist merely by reading the title of the drama. When she chooses not to accept the new law set forth by th

The great unwritten, unshakable traditions. (499-505)

Nor did that Justice, dwelling with the gods

It wasn't Zeus, not in the least,

Her reluctance to accept the new law set by Creon only angers him more and accelerates her fate to death.

Beneath the earth, ordain such laws for men.

Creon on the other hand can also be viewed as the protagonist in "Antigone" through the eyes of the reader. The choices he makes in deciding the punishment for the woman who dares to break his laws leads to his own destruction. Antigone may also be viewed as the antagonist in Sophocles' drama who creates conflict with the main character. Creon, like Antigone, is reluctant to accept his mistakes and soon suffers a punishment in his own kind by the end of the drama. Haemon, Creon's son, says to his father, "it's no disgrace for a man, even a wise man,

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