Post by kmehta9 on Sept 28, 2011 16:20:21 GMT -5
Antigone’s strong-willed and persistent character, which she had built starting from the Prologue, disappeared by Scene IV. In the Prologue, Antigone told Ismene that she was going to “give [Polyneices] a soldier’s funeral” even though it meant defying King Creon’s new law (190). The more Ismene tried to stop Antigone from burying Polyneices, the more Antigone wanted to do it. Antigone said, “But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy” (192). From that information, one can gather the boldness and bravery that Antigone possessed because people did not disobey the King in this time period.
However, in Scene IV, Antigone became weaker and attempted to save herself from death through pity words as opposed to forceful words: “Look upon me, friends, and pity me” and “Good-by to the sun that shines for me no longer; now sleepy Death summons me” (225). Because Antigone strongly believed that she was “unjustly judged,” she additionally thought that she could avoid death by manipulating the common man onto her side and against Creon (226). Even though these tactics did not work, by Scene IV, the strong and determined Antigone that readers had met in the Prologue had clearly vanished.
However, in Scene IV, Antigone became weaker and attempted to save herself from death through pity words as opposed to forceful words: “Look upon me, friends, and pity me” and “Good-by to the sun that shines for me no longer; now sleepy Death summons me” (225). Because Antigone strongly believed that she was “unjustly judged,” she additionally thought that she could avoid death by manipulating the common man onto her side and against Creon (226). Even though these tactics did not work, by Scene IV, the strong and determined Antigone that readers had met in the Prologue had clearly vanished.