BRIEF SYNOPSIS

Antigone is one of the plays of a trilogy written by Sophocles called the Theban plays. Antigone was not only daughter to Oedipus but also his sister. Oedipus unknowingly married his mother, which makes Jocasta, Antigone’s mother and grandmother at the same time. This is a tragedy play about Antigone disobeying the King’s law by burying her brother, Polynices. In the play Creon (King) promises death to whoever buried Polynices when he finds out who it is. In Antigone 3, Creon starts interrogating Antigone when he was told she was the one responsible. Antigone denied nothing, she buried her brother proudly and unafraid of the consequences. In Antigone 5, Creon sends Antigone to her death because of her actions. Antigone was also Haemon’s fiance, Creon’s son. There was news that Haemon decided to kill himself and die beside Antigone; because of this Creon tried to take back his actions, but it was too late. Antigone was dead when he reached her and Haemon then kills himself. Haemon’s mother finds out he killed himself and took her own life as well. The tragedy of the play is that Creon lost so many people all because he was stubborn enough to kill a girl for burying her brother. He was selfish and used his power for evil.