Antigone is the story following the events of Oedipus. Oedipus' sons have taken control of Thebes and fulfilled and oracles prophecy by killing each other. Antigone's uncle Creon takes control and his son gets engaged to Antigone. This is where Antigone's tragedy begins.
After the battle between the two sons. Creon orders one to be buried and the other to be left out on the battlefield. Antigone feels a moral obligation to bury her brother even though Creon threatened death to anyone who did. Antigone ends up burying her brother and caught by guards. When Creon questions Antigone of her actions she says that she did it and would not let the laws made by man overthrow the laws given by the gods. Antigone is then locked in a cave to die. Eventually Creon changes his mind and goes to uncover Antigone. When he gets there, he finds Antigone dead after she hung herself. Creon's son then commits suicide all Romeo and Juliet style and later Creon's wife does the same.
The victim of the tragedy is Creon. Antigone dies but she dies doing what she thinks is right. Creon is left alone with the guilt of three deaths haunting him until he dies. This story goes along with the theme of fortune or oracle's visions playing a key role in the Tragedy and determining how the story would end.
After the battle between the two sons. Creon orders one to be buried and the other to be left out on the battlefield. Antigone feels a moral obligation to bury her brother even though Creon threatened death to anyone who did. Antigone ends up burying her brother and caught by guards. When Creon questions Antigone of her actions she says that she did it and would not let the laws made by man overthrow the laws given by the gods. Antigone is then locked in a cave to die. Eventually Creon changes his mind and goes to uncover Antigone. When he gets there, he finds Antigone dead after she hung herself. Creon's son then commits suicide all Romeo and Juliet style and later Creon's wife does the same.
The victim of the tragedy is Creon. Antigone dies but she dies doing what she thinks is right. Creon is left alone with the guilt of three deaths haunting him until he dies. This story goes along with the theme of fortune or oracle's visions playing a key role in the Tragedy and determining how the story would end.