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What is Antigones motivation?
In wanting to bury Polyneices? She wants to have a clean conscience for the afterlife. If she does the right this and buries her brother, she will have a good afterlife.
What was the punishment for burying polyneices?
In Sophocles' play "Antigone," the punishment for burying Polynices, who was deemed a traitor by King Creon, was death. Antigone defied Creon's edict by giving her brother a proper burial, believing it was her moral and religious duty. As a result, she was sentenced to be entombed alive, highlighting the conflict between state law and familial loyalty. This tragic outcome underscores the themes of individual conscience versus authority in the play.
How did the guards happen to catch Antigone?
they catch her burying her brother Polyneices.
Why is Antigone committed to burying her brother Polyneices In Antigone.?
love for her family
Who brings Antigone in front of Creon and why in 'Antigone'?
It is the sentry that catches Antigone burying her brother and brings her in front of Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon issues an edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. He has sentries posted to make sure that the exposed bodies remain unburied. His niece Princess Antigone is caught burying and anointing her brother Polyneices in direct disobedience of the edict, for which the punishment is death.
Who is antigones farther?
Antigone's father/brother is Oedipus. (Oedipus marries his mother, Jocasta and Antigone is their child.)
Who was put to death for burying their brother?
Antigone
What is Antigones motivation?
In wanting to bury Polyneices? She wants to have a clean conscience for the afterlife. If she does the right this and buries her brother, she will have a good afterlife.
What is Ismene's conflict to bury her brother?
She doesn't want to be condemned to death by Creon by burying her dead brother.
How did the guards happen to catch Antigone?
they catch her burying her brother Polyneices.
Why is Antigone committed to burying her brother Polyneices In Antigone.?
love for her family
Which young woman was punished for burying her dead brother in greek play?
Antigone
Who tells Creon about antigone burying her brother?
The guards and sentries who witness the act.
Who brings Antigone in front of Creon and why in 'Antigone'?
It is the sentry that catches Antigone burying her brother and brings her in front of Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon issues an edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. He has sentries posted to make sure that the exposed bodies remain unburied. His niece Princess Antigone is caught burying and anointing her brother Polyneices in direct disobedience of the edict, for which the punishment is death.
Who puts their eyes out in antigone?
antigones father
What is the style used in antigones play?
Foreshadowing
How does Creon learn about Antigone's actions?
The guard returns to tell the king after she is found burying her brother.
