Juxtaposition In Antigone

There are keys things that a person can have in life that bring happiness and give meaning to life: relationships with friends, family, and romantic partners, acts of kindness, religious engagement, uncovering your own merits and fortes, and a positive mindset. Sophocles uses the dealings between the law of the Gods and the law of man to portray that by conquering stumbling blocks we discover what who we are. Antigonê is a strong woman with religious convictions that compel her to do what she believes is right, regardless of consequence.
Antigonê finds herself in a dilemma torn between submitting to Creon’s laws, and her obligations to her family. King Creon dishonored Polyneicês who fought against Thebes, and granted full respect to Etocliês
“you yourself have brought This new calamity upon us. Our hearths and altars Are stained with the corruption of dogs and carrion birds That glut themselves on the corpse of Oedpipus’ son (Scene V 25-30).”
Ultimately, Creon agrees to bury Polyniecês body and moreover release Antigonê. As they approach the cave they hear Haimon mourning his love. When he exits the cave Haimon is so enraged at his father that he shows him supreme rejection by joining Antigonê in death. “And now he lies dead with the dead, and she is his At last, his bride in the house if the dead (Exodos 70-75).” Eurydicê, Haimon’s mother does the same when she hears what has happened.
Creon went from having a happy life with family to having a life filled with emptiness and guilt. He has committed the same crime as Oedipus; he allows power to corrupt him, and treats the kingdom as if he is its sovereign ruler without regard for the laws of the Gods.
“I have been rash and foolish. I have killed my son and my wife. I look for comfort; my comfort lies here dead. Whatever my hands have touched has come to nothing. Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust (Exodos