In the tragedy “Antigone”, Sophocles describes the conflict contemporary to his time: the family’s unspoken law against the law of the state. Antigone is the name of the heroin, who choses the burry her brother against the will of the king Kreon. Polyneikes, her brother, is a traitor to the homeland and unworthy of honor to be buried and mourned. Nevertheless, for Antigone the law of Gods and family values are above the fear of a king or even the fear of a death.

Kreon, in contrary, advocates the continuous observance of the state ruling. He does not recognize different opinions and defeats disobedience with cruelty.

Their misunderstanding and confrontation are the problems, that Sophocles wanted to address, emphasizing, that in order to achieve the harmony in society, the religion, family and state have to coexist without harm for each other.

[lost days of our love]

[I know] you will remember

[these memories will last] for we in our youth

did these things

yes many and beautiful things

[that I keep in my heart]

[waiting for the moment]

[we meet again]

Making a diagram helped me to better understand the connections between the lines in the verse, distinguish between characters and understand their role in the poem, despite the absence of certain fragments. I believe the poem 31 was about the agony of love and jealousy. Contemporary studies show that when experiencing unrequited love, stress hormones suppress the ability to be yourself. To some extend that is what she is describing when she says that her tongue breaks, fire racing under her skin, cold sweat holds her, and no speaking is left in her.