Saturday, August 1, 2009
Antigone's motives to bury her brother despite the king's edict
In the play Antigone; Antigone chooses to deny the king's edict, and to go forth with burying her brother, her possible consequence could be death itself. Under the king's rule, disobeying him would consider the person a traitor, even if it was Antigone doing the wrong deed of burying them. It also says that her sister, Ismene is with her when she is deciding whether or not to go against the king's edict. If the king found out about the situation, Ismene would suffer the consequences along with her sister Antigone.
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So what is Antigone's motive for burying her brother?
Oh, sorry for not clearing that up in the first place...
Her motives to bury her brother, despite the king's edict is that she loves him. I mean, I suppose she doesn't see why one brother deserved the honor of a proper burial, and yet, the other one is sentenced with nothing but rot above the earth.
She also believes that the God's are above Creon, and since they are not making the new punishments and rules, she does not feel she needs to obey Creon in the first place.
Good. Thanks.
Good. Thanks.
Antigone basically has an additude of, I don't care what happens to me as long as Polynieces recieves the proper burial. She believes so strongly of this because it is a law of the gods, and plus he is her own flesh and blood. Being that it is a law of the gods if he doesn't recieve the proper burial his spirit wouldn't be able to roam free among the dead. He would be a trapped soul. Antigone also believes that the gods would punish her for going against family.
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