Antigone Compare/Contrast

In Antigone, by Sephocles, Antigone wants to give her brother a proper burial. Creon doesn't want to give him a proper burial because he started a war against their own state. Antigone and Creon hate each other even though Antigone was going to marry Creon's son, but then she killed herself.

Although Creon and Antigone have some similar characteristics, they still have different ways of showing loyalty. Antigone said" He is my brother and he is your brother" (prologue,34). It means she still loves and cares for her brother because she is breaking the law just to give him a proper burial. Ismene doesn't love her brother because you could tell by what she says and how she acts when they talk about him. In scene 2 Antigone tells Ismene that the gods and the dead man know who did it and who didn't do it. She doesn't make up excuses and she will take the blame like a man should too. She loves her family a lot, but Ismene doesn't. Creon says" You will give no support to whoever breaks the law" (1,59). He means his rules are more important than anything else and they should listen to what says. In scene 2 Creon said take these girls away because they are both going crazy and retarded. He is not loyalty to his family because he thinks they are after him.

Although Antigone and Creon have some similar characteristics, they still have different ways of showing pride. Antigone says" That must be your excuse, i suppose. As for me, I will bury the brother I love" (prologue,70). It means she is proud to be his ister and to have a brother like him. She doesn't care what people thinks think, and she is proud to be related to him. In scene prologue Antigone tells Ismene to tell everyone what she is going to do. Antigone knows that no one will be mad or sad at her, and she also knows that they will honor her instead. Creon said" I am not aware of that I have never failed to listen" (5,5). He means that he pays attention and he never fails at all. In scene 5 Creon says no one will change my mind about what he is going to do to Antigone. He means he is unstoppable and no one can't stop him.

I'm not going to lie, but Antigone should get some blame for her own death. She went a little to far about her giving a proper burial to her brother, but i respect that because it's your family. Creon should get most of the blame because everyone should get a proper burial, but he thinks his laws are more important than the god's laws. He also doesn't care about his family because he put his niece in stone fault and didn't give his nephew a proper burial.