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That she gives her life for those who cannot fight to defend themselves and that she is a loose cannon are the reasons why Antigone respectively arouses fear and pity in "Antigone' by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone sees a wrong against mortals and an offense to the gods, both of which she feels impelled to right. The reading and viewing audience feels great pity for someone so young who feels more bound to death than to life. At the same time, the audience feels great fear for someone who is so bent on working outside the box and so averse to working within it.

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