Antigone Essay, Research Paper

Joe Preston

English 10 period 1

Antigone Essay

Mrs. Bleeke

18 November 1999

Antigone Essay

Antigone is an admirable character in some aspects through out the play. Her pride

basically serves as a building block to her being admirable. Certain examples through out the play

prove this to be true ,but in some instances the end result is negative.

A big example of this was her willingness to bury her brother accepting any consequences.

To Antigone the Gods are more important than any subject ,and Creon seems to think that he

is at their level of standing just because he is king. Creon having this mental feeling of power says

that if anyone buries Polyneices they shall be put to death which basically is directly against the

Gods laws. Antigone?s strong loyalty to the Gods and compassion led her to bury her brother.

Secondly she confronts Creon admitting what she had done and she does not show any

sign of fear. This is a perfect example of her loyalty and faith within the Gods laws. Antigone

also has this mental preparation for death ,but she does not realize that death is so real and not

just some easy thing to accept. Death is non-negotiable.

When Antigone?s death approached her with a cold realization ,she started blaming her

family. Antigone said ?Their crime, infection of all our family!?(Antigone Scene 4, line 39).

From that she basically stated that her own family had cursed her which was the first scene all

through the play that showed any sign of weakness coming from Antigone. Fear of death

,obviously her weakness.

Antigone is an admirable character ,because no person is perfect of everything.

Depending on the readers full criteria for being admirable ,the reader would most likely conclude

that Antigone worthy of being admirable.