Antigone

Antigone is a strong woman, slightly rebellious and stubborn. I first got this impression of her when she comes to her sister, Ismene to ask for her help in the illegal burial of their brother. Antigone is proposing to go against the will of Creon and to bury their brother where she sees fit. Ismene is hesitant but Antigone will not take no for an answer. Ismene realizes this and exclaims, "You're so headstrong. Creon has forbidden it". Ismene will not budge but Antigone is so set on burying him that she decides to just go and do it herself. She even adds, "...shout it out. I will hate you still worse for silence-should you not proclaim it to everyone". Not only does Antigone defy the gods, she doesn't care who finds out about it. This shows extreme bravery, especially from a woman of her time.

Before she goes out to bury him, Antigone basically breaks it off with her fiance, for what seemed like no reason. It was the that I began to question her character. While burying her brother and pushing to save the family name are honorable, breaking things off with a fiance for no reason is not. This was a very irrational decision on her part. Once again her sister Ismene tries to talk her out of it but being the stubborn woman she is, Antigone will not even listen.

Once at the grave site she begins to dig and is then caught by the royal guards. They then precede to take her to Creon where she is sent to her room. Although as noble as her intentions are to protect her brother, Antigone needs to learn from her sister and to think more before she acts. If Antigone keeps up this behavior then I believe it will get her into a lot more trouble later on in the story.