Antigone

In Sophocles' Antigone, the protagonist is Antigone, who defies King Creon’s edict to bury her brother Polynices. The antagonist is King Creon, whose rigid enforcement of the law and refusal to...

Antigone exemplifies Aristotle's classical definition of tragedy through its focus on action over character and its evocation of emotions like pity and fear. The play's cause-and-effect sequence,...

Both Antigone and Creon are tragic figures, but neither role is more prominent than the other in terms of who the main character of the play is.

The conclusion of Sophocles' "Antigone" invites reflection on the tragic outcomes and the characters' decisions. Antigone's suicide, along with Haemon's and Eurydice's, can be seen as understandable...