King Creon of Thebes passed a law forbidding the burial of Antigone's brother Polynices. Creon passed this law because Polynices led an army against Thebes, his native country. Polynies's brother Eteocles, however, is given a proper burial because he led Thebes in this war. Antigone wanted to bury her brother Polynices because the laws of the gods commanded it. Antigone burried her brother and confessed her deed to Creon. Creon then sentenced her to her death. He burried her alive in a cave with just enough food to survive. Antigone decided to hang herself to put herself out of her misery.
Yes, Eurydice, the wife of Creon commits suicide in the play 'Antigone'.
Theban King Creon is mortal. So, yes, he does die. It just doesn't happen in the play 'Antigone'.
Yes, Haimon does die. He stabs himself after Antigone hangs herself. He is found in a pool of his own blood in Antigone's tomb.
That that never will happen is Haemon's response when Creon says he will see Antigone die in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon says that he will not stand by and see Princess Antigone killed. He promises that this is the last that Creon, his father and Antigone's intended father-in-law, will see of him. He then goes running out.
YES, she hung herself with her vail.
Yes, Eurydice, the wife of Creon commits suicide in the play 'Antigone'.
Theban King Creon is mortal. So, yes, he does die. It just doesn't happen in the play 'Antigone'.
Yes, Haimon does die. He stabs himself after Antigone hangs herself. He is found in a pool of his own blood in Antigone's tomb.
Antigone's mother was Jocasta. Jocasta hung herself out of shame that she had married and had children by her own son, Oedipus, who was Antigone's father.
That that never will happen is Haemon's response when Creon says he will see Antigone die in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon says that he will not stand by and see Princess Antigone killed. He promises that this is the last that Creon, his father and Antigone's intended father-in-law, will see of him. He then goes running out.
YES, she hung herself with her vail.
By hanging and by stabbing are the respective ways in which Antigone and her fiancé die in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is sentenced to die walled up in a remote cave. She chooses to hang herself with the halter of her own dress. When her fiancé Haemon comes to rescue her, he is so distraught at the suicide and over a failed attempt at killing his father that he stabs himself with his own sword.
By being pelted to death by stone-throwing Thebans is the way in which Antigone is supposed to die in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone breaks a royal edict that carries the death penalty. She knows about the law, its proscribed behavior and its punitive measures. Neither stops her, and at her trial she assumes responsibility for her acts and accepts the painful punishment.
Bury her alive is what Creon decides to do to Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone breaks a recent royal edict by burying her brother Polyneices. The punishment calls for Antigone to die under a shower of stones thrown by the Theban people. But Antigone's uncle, King Creon, changes his mind and decides that he wants to get Antigone out of sight, out of mind of all Thebes.
That she decides to commit suicide is the reason why Antigone dies in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is sentenced to death by live burial and starvation. She leaves no suicide note. But she takes her life by hanging herself with the halter from her own dress.
The cast of Die Stunde der Antigone - 1960 includes: Mario Emo as Ismene Werner Hinz as Kreon Luitgard Im as Antigone Helmut Peine as Der Polizeimeister William Trenk as Dr. Teresias
Antigone tells Creon that she did the right thing and that she is ready to die and join all of her loved ones who are dead