Antigone is the rebellion of this play because of her actions. She reminds me of a woman who is strong willed because she decided to go against her uncle’s wishes of not burying her brother Polyneices. She properly buries her deceased brother and performs the proper rituals as well because she feels that it was deserved. I consider Antigone as being indifferent and determined because she wanted to do something that was right and not what was commanded by the king. This kind of reminds me a The Divine Command theory that I recently learned in my Philosophy class. This theory states that something is morally right or wrong because G-d says so. In this case it isn’t god that is making the demand, but instead it is Creon, the king of Thebes. There are arguments against this theory, because sometimes people are forced to do something they know is morally wrong, but sometimes it is commanded to be morally right.
The language/speech used by Antigone shows that she is a very determined and stands by her actions without looking back. The part where she is captured by the sentry and admits to burying her brother proudly, Creon asks if she was the one to break the law and confidently says, “Of course I did.” She also goes on to say that she was ready to die and that she has known it all her life. Her actions also show that she is very outspoken and doesn’t care about what others think because she knows what she is doing is right in her mind. Antigone is considered also to probably be the main character of this play because she is the “trouble-maker” and because of that the rest of the play surrounds her.