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Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, who was the king of Thebes. She is the youngest sibling. She is also the niece of the now King of Thebes. Antigone lives during a patriarchal society where the men hold all the power and privilege. Antigone's nationality is Ancient Greek. Antigone also supports the gods and laws of heaven. She believes that if someone is not given a proper burial, than that person will not be accepted into heaven. A quote from the play states "God's law is more important than Man's law." Antigone directly disobeying the Man's law aka King Creon, so that she could obey God's law which included a proper burial for Polyneices. Antigone was very religious and the acceptance of her brother by the gods was very important to her. Antigone's family structure is complicated. Her mother is also her grandmother, and the King is her Uncle. Antigone was engaged to Haemon, up until her death. In the play Antigone talks with her sister Ismene about burying her brother Polyneices. She does it even though the King won't allow it. Another quote that encapsulates Antigone's social identity is "I will live my own life in my own way if I can, answering only to myself." This quote shows Antigone's commitment to her principles and beliefs, regardless of the consequences.

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Purple is Antigone, red is Creon, blue is the social context of the story and the overview of the story, green is the intersecting identities, and white is the works cited.

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Sophocles. “Antigone.” Pgs 1603-1634

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The background of the play "Antigone" by Sophocles, is that Oedipus is the King of Thebes, up until his death. When Oedipus dies the throne is handed down to his two sons Eteocles and Polyneices. The two sons fight over who should be the King and start a War. The two soms both die in war. So the throne goes to Oedipus's Uncle Creon who will be the new King of Thebes. The actual play starts off with Antigone talking to her sister Ismene about burying their brother Polyneices. King Creon ordered that Eteocles be buried but not Polyneices. Antigone obeys King Creon and buries her brother anyway. When King Creon finds out from the sentry that Antigone buried her brother against his wishes, he orders that Antigone be killed for disobeying him. Creon then ordered that Antigone be buried alive. The the blind prophet tries to tell Creon that somebody else is going to die. A messenger tells the people that Haemon killed himself. Creon's wife then wanted to know all the details of what happened. After that another messenger comes to tell Creon that his wife Eurydice killed herself too. After all of that Creon blames himself for the death of his son and wife and niece Antigone. When he realizes what he has done and wants to go free Antigone, he sees that his son Haemon is standing next to the body of Antigone. Antigone had hung herself because she did not want to die suffering. It is too late for him to let Antigone go because both of them are dead.

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Creon who is the brother-in-law of Oedipus. Creon becomes King of Thebes when Oedipus's two sons Eteocles and Polyneices die battling each other for control of the city. Once Creon is King he wants to restore law and order to the city. Creon's nationality is also Ancient Greek. Creon firmly beloeve in restoring law and order in the city of Thebes. In by doing so he wants to have a proper burial for Eteocles but not for Polyneices. Creon said in the play that "Polyneices would recieve nothing and be left outside for the animals to eat." Creon did not Polyneices to have a proper burial. Creon's family structure is also complicated. He is the Uncle to Antigone Oedipus's daughter. Creon values the stabilityof Thebes and the adherence of citizens to the law. Creon marital status is that he is married to Eurydice the Queen of Thebes. It seems in convincible to Creon that the gods would ever want a traitor like Polyneices buried, let alone at the same ceremony as his brother Eteocles. Creon believes in the gods of the country and he is sure that he is acting in the best interest of Thebes.

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Define the larger social context and setting which the story takes place.

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Define the larger social context and setting which the story takes place.

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The play "Antigone" written by Sophocles is written during an Athenian society. It is believed about life and death and what happens to the soul after death. The play "Antigone" takes place in Thebes, Greece, during ancient greek times. The play was written around 441BC. The geographical setting of the play was in Thebes. An example of the geographical setting of "Antigone" is “the two sisters Ismene and Antigone meet in front of the palace gates in Thebes.” This gives you a sense of where they were and you can picture the gate before the play starts.

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Antigone is a person with very little power. Often times women during the Ancient Greek times did not have a lot of say as to when it came to power. The fact that she chooses to ignore it ties into her extreme mentality. Antigone's attitude towards burying her brother reveals her prideful and stubborn personality. It also reveals her unwillingness to compromise. In the play Ismene says to Antigone “You ought to realize we are only women/ not meant in nature to fight against men/ and that we are ruled, by those who are stronger." Antigone ignores this though and still goes through with the burial of their brother. The attitude of Antigone shows the rigidity of her ideals and shows that one must have a willingness to listen, and a moderation that to accept what cannot be done. When Antigone goes to the cave to die she finally realizes the consequences of her actions. A quote that helps support this is "I will bury him myself. And even if I die in the act, that death will be a glory. I will lie with the one I love and loved by him-an outrage sacred to the gods." Is she dies for burying her brother her brother will still love her no matter what.

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Describe the effects that their intersecting identities produce in terms of power/powerlessness. 

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Describe the effects that their intersecting identities produce in terms of power/powerlessness. 

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For Antigone she risks her life and forgoes a secure marriage in order to provide justice for her brother. She lives in a society where women have very little say over their lives. Yet she takes control of her own destiny and goes willingly to her own death. She is confident that she has acted accordance with the divine law. Creon on the other hand has power. He has power because when he finds out that Antigone buried her brother he wants to put her in a cave to die a slow painful death. Another quote that helps support this is "go down below and love, if love you must-love the dead! While I'm alive no woman is going to lord it over me." This line also shows Creon's complete denial of women's rights to equality under his law.

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Creon is a person with very much power. One because he is a man, and two men during that time period had a lot of power. Creon is now the King of Thebes. Creon's regard for the laws of the city causes him to abandon all of the other beliefs and therefore, he feels that all of the citizens should obey the laws set forth by him, even if other beliefs, moral ore religious, state otherwise. An example of this is when Antigone did not follow his rules of she can not bury Polyneices, "I will bury him myself." Then she also does not want to keep it a secret. She then says "Dear god, shout it from the rooftops. I'll hate you all the more for the silence-tell the world." Even though Creon forbids her from burying her brother she still does it anyway.

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How does each character's social location influence the character's experiences and how they interpret events throughout the text?

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How does each character's social location influence the character's experiences and how they interpret events throughout the text?

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For Creon in this line from the text "go down below and love, if love you must-love the dead! While I'm alive, no woman is going to lord it over me" he dismisses Antigone not only because of how she prioritizes natural law over his marital law, but also because of her gender. Her social identity of being loyal and devoted to her loved ones, as well as her religious beliefs. That still gets her sentenced to get buried alive. A quote that supports this is "And if I die in the act, that death will be a glory." She knows that when she dies at least she followed her beliefs to the gods, which was to bury her brother.

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Why is the pattern that you are observing important?

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Why is the pattern that you are observing important?

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The pattern that I am observing is important because it shows what people were like during the Ancient Greek times. How men have all the power and the women do not. When the women do not have a say on what is going on, then they can not do what they want to do, they only do what the men tell them to do. The audience of the play knows that the patterns in the play also repeat throughout in real life. King Creon applies the law to Antigone not knowing that she is following the will of the gods. Though he has political power he stands outside of the true source of authority.

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The patterns reveal that this type of thing still happens in the world today. What still occurs in the world today is the men being in charge. Men still have the say on what women do, but women do not have a say on what they do. In the play Creon has power over Antigone when she disobeys the law and buries her brother anyway. King Creon applies the law to Antigone not knowing that she is following the will of the gods. Though he has political power he stands outside of the true source of authority.

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What bearing does it have on the lives of the characters you analyzed, and people like them in the real world?

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What bearing does it have on the lives of the characters you analyzed, and people like them in the real world?

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The bearing it has on Antigone and Creon and there lives, is it teaches them to listen to what other people are saying and take that into account. Especially Creon when he has all the power, it is important that he listens to Antigone and lets her bury her brother since it was so important to her. As for Antigone it teaches her to listen to the law and to listen to King Creon, and obey it even it it is not what she believes is true. There are people much like Antigone and Creon in the real world. People that are like Antigone are women, because much like Antigone women do not really have much of a say. It is more up to the men like Creon, the ones that are in charge have all the say in the world.