Antogone

Sophocles’ “Antigone” is a tragic story which depicts many issues that occur in a character’s life. After reading this, it is pondered upon weather the conflicting views regarding the edict between Kreon and Antigone is what caused the tragedy? Sophocles wrote the play with the morals spelled out; or did he compel the reader to relate to the situation in order to find the best resolution? Similarly, many scholars are raised with the same question; and in "An Overview of Antigone" some articles imply that by writing the play in a neutral perception, he let the situations sink into the readers heads’.

Both Antigone and her father fight in order to do the right action; however they see that they will be doomed in the end. Antigone died in order to stand up for her own beliefs; she sacrificed herself in order to supply her brother with an appropriate burial; even though she knew that her brother did not deserve such kindness. She walks into her deathbed however she is proud as she, “was right to honor you/and men who understand will agree (1057-1058).” Even though Antigone knows that nobody really understand the reason for