Antigone by Sophocles
Pride is shown through out the reading “Antigone”, when she gives her brother a proper burial. Since her brother is not allowed a proper burial, Antigone sets out to do it herself. She is found committing this crime, faced to the king, and is supposed to be killed because she did not obey the laws. Pride is a crime in this tragedy, and it is what leaves everyone dead.
Antigone is furious that her “own brother” cannot be properly buried. She decides that she will do it herself, and does not care what Creon has to say about it. She says that she will face any penalty that comes to her, knowing that it will most likely end in death. She shows pride in doing this, and knows that these orders for her brother’s corpse to be “carrion for the birds and dogs to tear” are wrong.
Creon declared that whatever man did this “will pay the price”, and is shocked when he discovers that is it a woman. Not only a woman, but also his son’s bride. This infuriates Creon and he wants to give Antigone the death penalty. Antigone swears she will face any penalty that she has to pay, because she knows that it is unjustly to let her brother go unburied. “Die I must”, Antigone says to Creon, she says, “These laws-was not about to them, not out of fear of some man’s wounded pride”. Antigone is taking pride in the “crime” that she committed and is not afraid of her punishment.
Although it is stated that “all men make mistakes, it is only human”, Creon doesn’t care, he is mad mostly that someone disowned him. After he comes to a conclusion though, that he has in fact been way to harsh, his life turns in a bad direction. He thought that he was doing the right thing by punishing Antigone for her pride, and that by killing her would make everything better. When in the end his own pride killed himself.
Antigone takes pride in what she does, because she knows that what she is doing is the right thing to do. She is not ashamed or fearful of what how her life might turn out in the
Antigone is furious that her “own brother” cannot be properly buried. She decides that she will do it herself, and does not care what Creon has to say about it. She says that she will face any penalty that comes to her, knowing that it will most likely end in death. She shows pride in doing this, and knows that these orders for her brother’s corpse to be “carrion for the birds and dogs to tear” are wrong.
Creon declared that whatever man did this “will pay the price”, and is shocked when he discovers that is it a woman. Not only a woman, but also his son’s bride. This infuriates Creon and he wants to give Antigone the death penalty. Antigone swears she will face any penalty that she has to pay, because she knows that it is unjustly to let her brother go unburied. “Die I must”, Antigone says to Creon, she says, “These laws-was not about to them, not out of fear of some man’s wounded pride”. Antigone is taking pride in the “crime” that she committed and is not afraid of her punishment.
Although it is stated that “all men make mistakes, it is only human”, Creon doesn’t care, he is mad mostly that someone disowned him. After he comes to a conclusion though, that he has in fact been way to harsh, his life turns in a bad direction. He thought that he was doing the right thing by punishing Antigone for her pride, and that by killing her would make everything better. When in the end his own pride killed himself.
Antigone takes pride in what she does, because she knows that what she is doing is the right thing to do. She is not ashamed or fearful of what how her life might turn out in the