Antigone is a tragic hero who believes in her moral duty to the gods over her duty to the state and is willing to suffer the consequences in order to do what is morally right. Her sister Ismene, on the other hand, follows the laws of the state in attempt to stay out of any trouble that she might get...

People with different views of the way humanity and its laws function reach certain stages of moral development. Kohlberg presents us with these stages of moral development. The individual is categorized under his or her moral priority and the way he or she would handle unexpected situations. In Sop...

There are two major characters that dominate Sophocles\'s play, Antigone, that drive the play\'s action. The first is Antigone who seeks to appease the Gods and lay her brother to rest. The opposing figure in this play is Creon, the king of Thebes, who feels that Antigone\'s brother deserves no suc...

Jocasta is an integral part of the play, Oedipus The King, by Sophocles. Her actions and thoughts are essential to the reader as well as the characters within the play. In this passage, there are several themes and significant items that she is addressing. Jocasta is trying to help relieve Oedipus ...

In his play, Antigone, Sophocles makes a great interpretation of tragic drama. His genius created a striking conflict between two characters Antigone and Creon that is developed through out the story from the very beginning until the last pages. Both of the characters have their unbreakable ideas an...

Sophocles' play "Antigone" illustrates the conflict between obeying human and divine law. The play opens after Oedipus' two sons Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other in a civil war for the throne of Thebes. Oedipus' brother in law Creon then assumes the throne. He ...

Antigone The main theme for Antigone is that people sometimes have to learn the hard way from their mistakes. This theme is expressed in the final four lines of the play. They read, There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big wor...