Yes, Antigone first tries to bury her brother Polynice's but she is caught. At the end of the play, Creon buries Polynices himself to show his atonement for the death of his son and wife
Creon thinks the Sentry has buried the body of Polynices.
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She says that she has no clue who really buried the body, but that whoever did it, shall be punished.
Antigone believed her brother, Polynices, should have been buried and honored just at Eteocles had been. Creon believed that Polynices was a traitor for attacking Thebes and therefor left him to rot in the field. He also sent out a decree that no one was to bury him.
Etiocles refused to give up the rightful throne to Polynices when it was his time to rule, so Polynices led a fight against his very own city, Thebes. During battle, both brothers killed each other. King Creon properly buried Etiocles but left Polynices to rot in the sun and be eaten by scavengers for betraying his city.
Creon thinks the Sentry has buried the body of Polynices.
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She says that she has no clue who really buried the body, but that whoever did it, shall be punished.
That Antigone was found burying her brother.
Creon declared that anyone who buried Polynices would be put to death by public stoning.
Polynices, the younger of her two brothers that fought and died over the right to the throne of Thebes.
Antigone believed her brother, Polynices, should have been buried and honored just at Eteocles had been. Creon believed that Polynices was a traitor for attacking Thebes and therefor left him to rot in the field. He also sent out a decree that no one was to bury him.
Etiocles refused to give up the rightful throne to Polynices when it was his time to rule, so Polynices led a fight against his very own city, Thebes. During battle, both brothers killed each other. King Creon properly buried Etiocles but left Polynices to rot in the sun and be eaten by scavengers for betraying his city.
No, he wants to leave it unburied.
She knew that King Creon had issued a decree that noone should bury him. She wanted him to be buried but was fearful for her life
Polynices and Eteocles, his brother, killed each other while fighting to rule over Thebes. King Creon decreed that he would not be buried.
Polynices' body was left unburied after his death in the battle for Thebes, as decreed by his brother, King Creon, who viewed him as a traitor. This act of denying a proper burial was seen as a severe dishonor, leading to conflict with his sister Antigone, who defied Creon's orders to ensure her brother received the rites he deserved. Ultimately, Polynices' body was desecrated and left exposed, symbolizing the tragic consequences of familial loyalty and state law in the play "Antigone" by Sophocles.