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What is Antigone's 'atē' in 'Antigone'?

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Her disrespect of Creon and her rejection of Ismene are Antigone's atē in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, atē describes the giving in to foolish, ruinous impulses. Theban Princess Antigone gives in to foolish, ruinous impulses when she contradicts, disrespects and insults her uncle, King Creon. She also lets such impulses rule her when she disdainfully and insultingly rejects her sister Ismene's attempts to help get a lighter sentence if not an outright pardon.

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