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Conflict, Climax and Resolution in Antigone    


    Sophocles? tragic drama, Antigone, presents to the reader a full range of conflicts and their resolution after a climax.

In Antigone the protagonist, Antigone, is humble and pious before the gods and would not tempt the gods by leaving the corpse of her brother unburied. She is not humble before her uncle, Creon, because she prioritizes the laws of the gods higher than those of men; and because she feels closer to her brother, Polynices, than she does to her uncle. The drama begins with Antigone inviting Ismene outside the palace doors to tell her privately: ?What, hath not Creon destined our brothers, the one to honoured burial, the other to unburied shame?? Antigone?s offer to Ismene (?Wilt thou aid this hand to lift the dead?) is quickly rejected, so that Antigone must bury Polynices by herself. The protagonist, Antigone, is quickly developing into a rounded character, while Ismene interacts with her as a foil, demurring in the face of Creon?s threat of stoning to death as punishment for violators of his decree regardi... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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