Antigone Questions
Antigone and Creon’s ideas of law and
justice differ based on these quotes: “But all your strength is weakness itself
against the immortal unrecorded laws of God” is Antigone’s view of law and
justice. She is more of a motherly figure, on the idea of the Gods and another
quote “Just so, when this girl…damn the hands that had done this thing” is on
family ties. Creon’s view of law and justice “An enemy is an enemy, even dead”
and “But how much worse than this is brazen boasting of barefaced anarchy!”
represents Creon supporting of the King as being the only leader of law and
doing it to keep up his reputation.
The attitude towards
women is harsh in the play. They are put down miserably, for example “There are
places enough for him to push is plow. I want no wicked women for my sons!” and
“For they are but women, and even brave men run when they see Death coming.” and
Go join them, then; if you must have your love, find it in hell!” These ideas
express that women are meant to be not in a man’s position of defending her
beliefs as a man should but doing womanly duties instead.
I think Creon fears
Antigone’s strength and power when she claims that she did the deed. He is
afraid that she might overpower him and no man ever wanted a woman to outsmart
him or show more power than he had.
Antigone is the tragic
heroine in the play.
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