Antigone The People Are Siding With Her

Haimon says that people are siding with antigone creon will look bad to the public and antigone didn t bury her brother to purposefully break the law how does haimon argue for antigone.

Antigone the people are siding with her.

In antigone written by sophocles antigone s uncompromising pride loyalty and determination all directly lead to her downfall. Ismene emerges from the palace weeping and says that she will share the guilt with her sister. The chorus in antigone departs significantly from the chorus in aeschylus seven against thebes the play of which antigone is a continuation. Antigone laments her fate and the fact that she will never experience the joys of marriage.

Creon declares both sisters mad and again condemns them to death. Antigone speaks to her sister ismene early in antigone. They are siding with antigone anyways. They side with her and respect her actions.

Ismene has just told antigone that she must refuse antigone s request to help bury their brother because she must obey creon. She risks her life to fulfill his wishes remaining loyal to both her culture and the gods with this act. Antigone is motivated by a strong moral conviction that her brother must be honored in death and in doing so she must please those that are dead as her time among the dead will be much. Whose point king creon s or haimon s does the choragos support.

She further laments the horror of her coming death. In this case it s staying loyal to her brother polynices and to the laws of the gods. Creon is angered and won t listen to his son. In answer antigone withdraws her request of ismene to help her.

Antigone is loyal to her brother promising him a proper burial at all costs. Antigone is a very strong headed person and she does what she believes is correct in the eyes of the gods. As the play begins antigone vows to bury her brother polynices body in defiance of creon s edict although her sister ismene refuses to help her fearing the death penalty. How does the city feel about antigone s crime.

The mention of her father and his fate stirs antigone to more intense mourning. Creon with the support of the chorus of elders repeats his edict regarding the disposal of polynices body but a fearful sentry enters to report that antigone has in fact buried her brother s body. Here the chorus is composed of old men who are largely unwilling to see civil disobedience in a positive light. The chorus tells her she went too far in her protests and wonders if she is continuing to suffer for the sins of her father oedipus.

What does haimon tell king creon about the people of thebes allegiance to him.