Antigone and Ismene are sisters. They have two brothers who just killed each
other and both died. Creon, whos very powerful, honored one and dishonored the
other. The dishonored brother being left outside, unburied, and prohibited
anyone to cry or sympathetic on the dead body. Antigone who came from a loyal
family could not stand to see her brother died unburied, so she asked her sister
to go with her to steal and bury the brother-body. Unwillingly, Ismene
affrighted of the law and did not agree with her sister. So Antigone steal and
bury the body by herself. When Creon know this, he was very upset and order the
army to get the one stole the body. They catch Antigone and take her to Creon.
Antigone has not affraid of the execution which Creon would give. Ismene, her
sister came and said that she had a share in this matter. But Antigon claims to
her own motivation. Haemon is the only son of Creon. He has not agree with
what his father commands. They argue about who is right to give commands.
Because Haemon had fallen in love with Antigone so he ran a way when his father
gave order to kill Antigone. But then, Creon orders to take Anigone to a
locked-tomb. A blind prophet named Teiresias go with a boy visit Creon and told
him what he did was wrong. At first Creon did not agree, but then after
Teiresias gone. He realized what he did was wrong so he called his servants to
release Antigone. But it was too late, a messenger came with the bad news that
Creons son had killed himself. The story did not stop there, another terrible
news came to Creon that the queen is dead. When Creons wife heard the news of
her own son killed himself, she put violence upon herself and died. Now Creon
opens his eyes and see who is right to judge. He had learn a lesson of wisdom in
The Antigone has many arguments and it is hard to fingure out which one is the
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