Antigone and her Sentence

The reason why the sentry brings Antigone to Creon, knowing she will be executed, is because he was thinking of himself and his safety. He knew that if he did not find the person who buried Antigone's brother, then he would be blamed by Creon, and he would most likely be killed. He probably cares for Antigone and does not want her killed, but during these times people mostly thought of themselves.

It is hard for me to tell whether the death penalty is fitting punishment for Antigone's crime, because although it seems harsh, it was the law. Creon said that anyone who disobeyed his orders would be killed, and since she did disobey then it seems fitting that she should be killed. But, it seems to me that Creon should not have made such a harsh and hasty law, because now he wants to take it back after his own niece disobeys it. So, the fact that she buried her brother does not make the death penalty a fitting punishment, but that she went against the law does.

Antigone does not really defend herself, because she does not care about death. She knows she did the right thing by burying her brother, and she admits so to Creon. She tells him that her brother has the right to be buried because it is what the gods want (and he would not be able to pass on to the afterlife without a burial). Antigone does not try to convince Creon that it was not her. Basically, she defended herself with the gods and by making Creon feel guilty that he is going against what they want.

Is Antigone A Strong Woman?

I think that the reason why Antigone decides to go against her uncle's orders is because she is a very determined girl who makes very rash decisions. Part of it is of course because she loves her brother and feels he deserves a proper burial, but I think she probably would have done the same thing for someone that was not her brother or someone she did not loved. Burying a "traitor," to me, seems like something that Antigone would have done because it is noble. Her sister Ismene, on the other hand, probably loves her brother as much as Antigone, and somewhere in her heart she probably wants him to be buried as well; but, she is a more clear-headed girl than Antigone is, and she follows her brain, not her heart like Antigone does.

I agree with everything that Patricia says, except that Antigone thinks she will not get caught. Antigone seems like a very smart girl, so she probably knows going into it that there is a chance that she will get caught. But, since she is going to do it with reasons of the heart, she most likely thinks that the chances are she will not get caught.

I agree with Quinn when she says that Antigone is a strong woman, especially through all the trauma in her life. It is a lot to live through, having you mom kill herself, your father/half-brother die, and your two brothers kill each other. Maybe that is why she makes such rash decisions (in my opinion), because her heart ended up stronger and fiercer after everything that happened to her. All in all, I think Antigone is a strong woman, although she could probably think about her decisions some more.

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