Antigone by Sophocles | Plot Summary

Professor Bradley Greenburg of Northeastern Illinois University explains the plot summary of Sophocles's play Antigone.

Antigone is the first of three tragic plays from 442–441 BCE written by Greek dramatist Sophocles related to the tragic hero Oedipus. Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus directly feature the aforementioned figure, while Antigone deals with the unfortunate events that plague the lives of his descendants.

Main character Antigone stands up for her beliefs and for the truth when she refuses to heed the decree of her boorish uncle King Creon. He forbids the rite of burial to Antigone's brother Polyneices.

Antigone is a proto-feminist hero, unwilling to back down from her convictions in the face of male opposition, even at the expense of her life.

The play contains many powerful motifs, such as the razor's edge, ships, unconsumed sacrifices, dirt, blindness, and death.

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Wish me luck I am writing a 1250 word essay over this story and this has helped me understand it better tbh. Thank you.

[gabrielflechaluna]

Antigone, and she never comin back :(

[alexthewheezyfrog]

Thank you so much for the help. This helped more than my two weeks learning about it in school

[xhalox]

I have one question despite the many translations of Antigone by Sophocles do they all have the same summary(meaning) I just want to know for sure 100%

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