In a response of 2–3 paragraphs, answer the following
questions:
<span>1.
</span>What
are the beliefs of Creon, Antigone, and Haimon about laws? Compare and
contrast.
The first difference is their gender. Creon as
the male ruler is responsible for the health and wellbeing of the entire city. He
is to make sure that everyone is all right and is in proper care children as
well as elders. Creon always made sure to follow protocol when it came to religion-based
affairs, and always contacted Tiresias. Antigone, as the female, on the other
hand was placed in the department of house chores and family burial sites. She
was in charge of making sure the house was in proper order and that burials
were in the rightful order.
<span>2.
</span><span>What
is the conflict of Antigone?</span>
The main conflict in Antigone had to be the debate on the
laws of man or the laws of god.
<span>3.
</span><span>What
is the theme of Antigone?</span>
The main idea of Antigone was revolved around fate
choosing for you or self-made choices. While Antigone made the choice to defy
and ignore everyone of Creon’s’ orders, fate on the other hand was responsible
for a significant amount of loss in the poem.
<span>4.
</span>How
does the conflict help develop the theme you identified? Be specific and use
evidence from the text to support your answers.
One of the main conflicts were Antigone vs. society as
well as society vs. the state. In the poem, Antigone finds herself in conflict with
the society or the state only because of the new king’s, Creon, law which she
finds highly unfair and offensive.
Hope this helps!
