Tragedy only leads to even more tragedy. Well that’s not always the case but in Antigone, it hit the nail right on the head. This is taking place right after all the crazy stuff with Oedipus and it follows his children.
If you know anything about rightfully taking the throne, when a leader passes away or steps down, their first born son is to take his place. Polyneices was only to trying to take his place, but his uncle Kreon and brother Eteokles had different ideas. So the two brother decided to fight, they both died. “We lost our brothers, both in one day, both to each other”. This is what causes a lot of problems. “Kreon burying one, and casting the other out”. He only wanted to honor one of the brothers, because he stood up for him being king. Antigone though this was horrible and wanted to give her other brother the proper burial he deserved. Ismene her sister would not help her with this action. “You mean to bury him? In spite of edict?”. Ismene did not want to break the law and see the consequences.
Despite law, Antigone followed her gut and gave her brother the proper burial he deserved. When Kreon questioned her she said “ I did it, I deny nothing”. Kreon sticking to his word, said that Antigone was to be punished by death, even though his own son Haimon, was to be wedded to her.
Haimon respects his father's decision, but says that he is making a mistake and says that “the whole nation denies it”, meaning that everybody else thinks she did a noble thing. Haimon gets mad at his father, and leaves. However, he made a good argument.
Now like any good tragedy, it wouldn’t be the same without deaths. Antigone kills herself the same way her mother did, before Kreon and tell her that he changed his mind. As seen repeatedly, people kill themselves when they hear bad news. Haimon wanted his father to feel pain, and when he failed trying to kill him, “he turned the sword on himself”. Every action creates a chain reaction-- Haimans mother “learned what happened to the boy, she struck herself, her own hand”. Kreon is the only one left, with almost all the deaths on his conscience. This is a happy ending though, because he learned a valuable lesson. Sometimes as a human, even a royal needs to give in to somethings. You won’t always be correct and you need to hear what others have to say. So the moral is, don’t be a hardhead, listen, you aren’t a god, and sometimes you will be wrong.
If you know anything about rightfully taking the throne, when a leader passes away or steps down, their first born son is to take his place. Polyneices was only to trying to take his place, but his uncle Kreon and brother Eteokles had different ideas. So the two brother decided to fight, they both died. “We lost our brothers, both in one day, both to each other”. This is what causes a lot of problems. “Kreon burying one, and casting the other out”. He only wanted to honor one of the brothers, because he stood up for him being king. Antigone though this was horrible and wanted to give her other brother the proper burial he deserved. Ismene her sister would not help her with this action. “You mean to bury him? In spite of edict?”. Ismene did not want to break the law and see the consequences.
Despite law, Antigone followed her gut and gave her brother the proper burial he deserved. When Kreon questioned her she said “ I did it, I deny nothing”. Kreon sticking to his word, said that Antigone was to be punished by death, even though his own son Haimon, was to be wedded to her.
Haimon respects his father's decision, but says that he is making a mistake and says that “the whole nation denies it”, meaning that everybody else thinks she did a noble thing. Haimon gets mad at his father, and leaves. However, he made a good argument.
Now like any good tragedy, it wouldn’t be the same without deaths. Antigone kills herself the same way her mother did, before Kreon and tell her that he changed his mind. As seen repeatedly, people kill themselves when they hear bad news. Haimon wanted his father to feel pain, and when he failed trying to kill him, “he turned the sword on himself”. Every action creates a chain reaction-- Haimans mother “learned what happened to the boy, she struck herself, her own hand”. Kreon is the only one left, with almost all the deaths on his conscience. This is a happy ending though, because he learned a valuable lesson. Sometimes as a human, even a royal needs to give in to somethings. You won’t always be correct and you need to hear what others have to say. So the moral is, don’t be a hardhead, listen, you aren’t a god, and sometimes you will be wrong.