In the mythical story "Antigone," two men which were brothers have slain each
other for the thorne. The older brother, Polynieces, believed that the throne rightfully
belonged to him. However, Eteocles, the younger brother sibling, stood in Polyniecis way.
Creon who was the king and an uncle to the dead brothers, declared that Eteocles should
recieve a soldieirs funeral while Polynieces would lie in the battle fields waiting for
the vultures to get hungry.
At this point, the story begins. Antigone was very upset about the death of her
brothers beside the fact that Polynieces must not be buried. Therefore, she decided she
would not obey the king. She would bury her brother herself. Antigone showed great
temerity to ever think of such a thing. Without her dead brother, Polynieces, Antigone
would not have defyed the king's declartion. Creon became offended by Antigone's actions.
He was not only being deyed but defyed by a woman. Both Antigone and Creon had great
pride. While arguing with Creon, Antigone became cocky, "Then I beg you: kill me.
This talking is a great weariness: your words are distasteful to me." However, there
was a difference between the two characters Antigone died for her pride and devotion to
her brother, but Creon lived and became wiser from his actions. He realizes at the end of
the play that his actions toward Antigone and Polynieces were wrong. "Whatever my
hands haved touched has come to nothing. Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of
dust."
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