Personalities Of Characters In Sophocles 'Antigone'
Sierra Arzate
Ms.Shields
Pre-Ap
10 November ,2016 Antigone
In the book Antigone written by Sophocles ; there are abundance of characters that had to make sacrifices to do certain things that they wanted to be able to do or to protect others . The characters in Antigone all have different types of character traits that make them who they are. Throughout the book you comprehend what the characters are like and the effects that they have on them and their lifestyle .There are many characters in the book, but there were only a minority of characters that had an effect on them . Antigone was a tragic hero that was the main character throughout this whole book. She had to make difficult choices and because of the things she did she had consequences .She was a very lovely women especially to her family . When her brother died it made …show more content…
He was a very wise man who was a considerable person . He was deeply in love with Antigone and wanted the best future with her like any other future couple would . When his father told him that he didn’t approve of him getting married to her he was very wrath with his father decision. He didn't want him to marry her because he thought that she was not good enough for him and because she was too much liker brother “the trader “. Haemon tried to prove to his father a certain amount of times that she was not who he thought she was like . Creon rejected his wishing and told him that it wasn’t going to happen and that's how it shall be left . Haemon found out that his father was the one who killed Antigone because she was caught burying her brother he was so enraged that his father would do something like that . “O son that wet mine,Ah ,ah, thou rtndead,thou art sped,for a fault that was mine “(Sophocles 68) He was going to kill his father because of it but didn’t and ended up killing himself for it
Ms.Shields
Pre-Ap
10 November ,2016 Antigone
In the book Antigone written by Sophocles ; there are abundance of characters that had to make sacrifices to do certain things that they wanted to be able to do or to protect others . The characters in Antigone all have different types of character traits that make them who they are. Throughout the book you comprehend what the characters are like and the effects that they have on them and their lifestyle .There are many characters in the book, but there were only a minority of characters that had an effect on them . Antigone was a tragic hero that was the main character throughout this whole book. She had to make difficult choices and because of the things she did she had consequences .She was a very lovely women especially to her family . When her brother died it made …show more content…
He was a very wise man who was a considerable person . He was deeply in love with Antigone and wanted the best future with her like any other future couple would . When his father told him that he didn’t approve of him getting married to her he was very wrath with his father decision. He didn't want him to marry her because he thought that she was not good enough for him and because she was too much liker brother “the trader “. Haemon tried to prove to his father a certain amount of times that she was not who he thought she was like . Creon rejected his wishing and told him that it wasn’t going to happen and that's how it shall be left . Haemon found out that his father was the one who killed Antigone because she was caught burying her brother he was so enraged that his father would do something like that . “O son that wet mine,Ah ,ah, thou rtndead,thou art sped,for a fault that was mine “(Sophocles 68) He was going to kill his father because of it but didn’t and ended up killing himself for it