Antigone In Thebes Summary

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ANTIGONE:
Nightime in thebes and two sons of Oedipus Eteocles and Polynices have been fighting each other.
They fight for control of Thebes
The two brothers killed each other in battle and this forced Polynices army to retreat out of the city because they don’t have a leader anymore.
Creon takes over
Antigone is sad about her brothers dying and so Ismene
Antigone says that anyone who attempts to bury Polynices besides her should be killed.
Ismene listens to the king instead of her sister’s request to bury her brother and follows the king's orders, otherwise she may be killed.
Antigone still wants to bury her brother and Ismene states that she will love Antigone
Eteocles defended Thebes and gets a “warriors burial” but Antigone’s brother doesn’t. …show more content…
The sentry that talked to the king about Polynices burial rights flees Thebes.
The chorus sings about someone who can only be beaten by death.
Creon says he’s doing what’s right for the country
Creon enters and the sentry who left before told about what Antigone did
After digging up the body a sandstorm comes and after it passes they see Antigone who starts to bury the body again
Antigone admits what she did
Creon and Antigone disagree and show that the conflict of the story is about them
Antigone says she denied the orders of an unjust man, not a god
Creon tells his guards to bring him Ismene
Antigone claims that her being a killer for properly burying her brother is something she's okay with it
This confrontation of Creon and Antigone clarifies the twos disagreements and also shows that the central conflict of the story evolves around them.
Antigone claims that she only denied the orders of an unjust man, not the god or anything else.
Creon tells his guards to bring him Ismene because he feels she too had a part in this act.
Antigone claims that her being a killer for giving her brother a good burial is fine with her
Creon says how he won't ever take orders from a
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