She goes to her fate with pride.
she was destined to go live her way just like in GO!
She was buried alive.
An observation on the inevitability of fate is the purpose of the choral ode that follows Antigone's final exit in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the chorus gives examples of three mortals who suffer. One example recounts persecution that is followed by triumph and vengeance. The other two examples relate to less fortunate meetings with Dionysos the wine god and with fate. The ode therefore summarizes that Antigone's suffering fits in with the fate of a god-cursed line.
Free will is what causes Antigone's death in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is aware of divine curses on the Theban royal house of which she is a descendant and current member. But there is no mention of any specific prophecy regarding her fate. Additionally, she chooses to break a royal law for which any violation carries an automatic death sentence.
That she obeys the gods but receives the death penalty is the way in which Antigone's fate is ironic in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone faces a situation in which two authority figures conflict. Divine will indicates that she must give her brother Polyneices a below ground burial, which a recent royal edict forbids. Antigone knows that the gods rule and that her choice is correct. But her uncle King Creon sentences her to death for breaking his law.
That she believes that the gods rule is why Antigone accepts her fate in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone accepts the gods as the ultimate authority in life and death. She believes in the divine will that guarantees to all Thebans rights to below ground burials. When she chooses to break a royal edict in order to obey a divine law, she therefore chooses to accept the death sentence for her civil disobedience.
She was buried alive.
That she is the cursed and that her behavior does not make her fate better are what the choral odes say about Antigone's fate in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is described and self-described as the cursed daughter of a cursed royal house. The chorus is not sympathetic to Antigone's downfall. In fact, chorus members observe that like father, like daughter Antigone gets the fate that her uncontrolled behavior wins for her.
It is with her parents that the chorus aligns Antigone's fate in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the chorus brings up the disgrace of Theban Princess Antigone's incestuous parents, King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta. The members also discuss the divine curse on the royal house of Labdacus, of which Antigone is a direct maternal and paternal descendant. They observe that Antigone exhibits the same uncontrolled passionate outbursts that got her father in trouble.
An observation on the inevitability of fate is the purpose of the choral ode that follows Antigone's final exit in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the chorus gives examples of three mortals who suffer. One example recounts persecution that is followed by triumph and vengeance. The other two examples relate to less fortunate meetings with Dionysos the wine god and with fate. The ode therefore summarizes that Antigone's suffering fits in with the fate of a god-cursed line.
Belief in gods and fate is Antigone's religious view in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone believes in the gods of Mount Olympus. She considers the gods as the sources of cherished Theban traditions for organizing life and preparing for death. She makes a promise to her father, disgraced Theban King Oedipus, that she will try to be happy all the while that she accepts her fate.
Free will is what causes Antigone's death in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is aware of divine curses on the Theban royal house of which she is a descendant and current member. But there is no mention of any specific prophecy regarding her fate. Additionally, she chooses to break a royal law for which any violation carries an automatic death sentence.
That she obeys the gods but receives the death penalty is the way in which Antigone's fate is ironic in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone faces a situation in which two authority figures conflict. Divine will indicates that she must give her brother Polyneices a below ground burial, which a recent royal edict forbids. Antigone knows that the gods rule and that her choice is correct. But her uncle King Creon sentences her to death for breaking his law.
That she believes that the gods rule is why Antigone accepts her fate in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone accepts the gods as the ultimate authority in life and death. She believes in the divine will that guarantees to all Thebans rights to below ground burials. When she chooses to break a royal edict in order to obey a divine law, she therefore chooses to accept the death sentence for her civil disobedience.
Ultimately is the gods that Antigone blames for her fate in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone does not seem to realize how abrasive and uncontrolled she can be. She seems to think that having correct convictions entitle her to express them in any disrespectful way that she wants to. Her last words validate this stance since she observes that she is dying precisely because she defends divine will and the gods over royal law and rulers.
It is to Niobe that Antigone compares her fate in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone and Niobe experience grief over the unburied bodies of those they love. Antigone feels that she must bury her brother Polyneices whose body is being denied by her uncle King Creon of the god-given rights of all Thebans to below ground burials. Niobe has the pain of seeing her children killed by the gods and not immediately buried.
Apprehensive is the way that Antigone's first speech makes the audience feel in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone mentions her disgraced parents, Theban monarchs Oedipus and Jocasta. She refers to the denial to the disloyal dead of god-given rights to all Thebans for below ground burials. She states that burying her disgraced brother Polyneices violates the law and that the punishment is death. Her commentary turns ever more worrisome with each detail, and the audience becomes ever more apprehensive for her fate.
That she is as foolish, uncompromising, uncontrolled and unlucky as her father is what the chorus leader says about Antigone's fate in the second scene of "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the chorus leader makes his first observation on her foolishness and unluckiness when he sees that Theban Princess Antigone is escorted by armed guard into her uncle King Creon's presence. He makes his second observation on her lack of conciliation and self-control when Antigone openly admits her guilt. At the end of Antigone's and Creon's interaction, the chorus sings of Antigone's fateful descent from cursed parents and ancestors.