Antigone

Antigone Antigone The play Antigone by Sophocles is a play like no other. There are three major themes or ideas which have a very important role in the play. The issues that Antigone and Creon have between them are what ties this whole play together. The themes are also developed with the use of their issues between each other and what they believe in. “Freedom of religion was encouraged to be exercised in the city-states and man was focused on more than the Gods or heavenly concerns. These new ideas and beliefs, though good in intention, often conflicted with one another and created complex moral dilemmas. In the play, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war concerning their ideas”(Arrowsmith 296). Antigone represents the laws of the Gods while Creon represents those of the humans. The first major theme is fate, on how the play comes about and the turn of events that come about throughout it. Another main theme or idea is the pride the characters have and their unwillingness they have to change their minds once they are set on something. The last major theme is loyalty and the practical problem of conduct involving which is a higher law between creon, antigone, law, laws, play, gods, fate, own, set, pride, right, one, even, divine, wrong, life, human, brother, actions, should, polyneices, mind, loyalty, king, family, change, very, theme, proper, much, man, major, loyal, just, burial