Thebes is where Antigone lives. It's her hometown. But before the action of the play 'Antigone', she leaves Thebes with her disgraced father, Theban King Oedipus. They travel around in humiliating, miserable exile until they reach Colonus. That's where Oedipus dies. That's when Antigone comes back home.
Thebes is where Antigone lives. It's her hometown. But before the action of the play 'Antigone', she leaves Thebes with her disgraced father, Theban King Oedipus. They travel around in humiliating, miserable exile until they reach Colonus. That's where Oedipus dies. That's when Antigone comes back home.
That Creon suffer as much as she suffers is Antigone's final request in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone exits from the royal to climb up to the remote cave in which she is to be buried alive. She makes the request that her death not be spoken of while she still lives. She then requests that her judge suffer exactly as she suffers.
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
The title of the play 'Antigone' has significance as the name of the main character and as the reference to what the main character does. The name 'Antigone' means someone who fights against someone or something. That precisely is what the main character does. Antigone fights against what she perceives as a temporary, manmade law that violates the enduring, god-given laws by which Thebans live their lives and make ready for their deaths.
The royal palace of Thebes is where Antigone lives in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is the direct descendant of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king. She is engaged to Prince Haemon, her first cousin and the son and heir apparent of reigning King Creon. She and her sister Ismene live with the royal household because they are orphans under the protection of Creon, their mother's brother and their father's brother-in-law and uncle.
Thebes is where Antigone lives. It's her hometown. But before the action of the play 'Antigone', she leaves Thebes with her disgraced father, Theban King Oedipus. They travel around in humiliating, miserable exile until they reach Colonus. That's where Oedipus dies. That's when Antigone comes back home.
That Creon suffer as much as she suffers is Antigone's final request in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone exits from the royal to climb up to the remote cave in which she is to be buried alive. She makes the request that her death not be spoken of while she still lives. She then requests that her judge suffer exactly as she suffers.
That she is his niece and his ward as well as his future daughter-in-law are reasons why Antigone lives in Creon's household in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is the orphaned daughter of disgraced Theban monarchs Oedipus and Jocasta. She lives in the palace because King Creon is her maternal uncle. She therefore maintains close ties that are expected to become even closer because of her engagement to Prince Haemon, Creon's only surviving child and heir apparent.
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
The title of the play 'Antigone' has significance as the name of the main character and as the reference to what the main character does. The name 'Antigone' means someone who fights against someone or something. That precisely is what the main character does. Antigone fights against what she perceives as a temporary, manmade law that violates the enduring, god-given laws by which Thebans live their lives and make ready for their deaths.
Antigone
The royal palace of Thebes is where Antigone lives in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is the direct descendant of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king. She is engaged to Prince Haemon, her first cousin and the son and heir apparent of reigning King Creon. She and her sister Ismene live with the royal household because they are orphans under the protection of Creon, their mother's brother and their father's brother-in-law and uncle.
The street on which the Theban royal palace stands is the street where Antigone lives in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is the direct maternal and paternal descendant of Cadmus, Thebes' founder king. She also is the daughter of the late Theban monarchs Oedipus and Jocasta. She additionally is the bride-to-be and first cousin of Prince Haemon, only surviving child and heir to King Creon of Thebes. For all of the preceding reasons, Antigone can claim the royal palace as her one and only address in her hometown of Thebes.
Antigone is the anarchist.
Antigone is the Protagonist.
It is divine law that Antigone recognizes as supreme law in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, there are two sets of laws in the ancient city of Thebes. There is the set of changing laws specific to a certain king for sorting out the economics and politics of running the governmental apparatus. There also is the set of unchanging laws by which the gods organize the lives and deaths of Thebans.
Both Antigone and Creon meet tragic ends, but Antigone's is more tragic in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, an end is tragic when the outcome of a human life leads to suffering or takes an unfortunate turn. The description fits both Theban Princess Antigone and King Creon. Antigone's end is tragic because she loses her life and therefore forfeits the opportunity to marry her beloved first cousin, Prince Haemon and to have children with him. Creon's end is a bit less tragic since he still lives at the play's end even though he loses everyone and everything that gives his life meaning.