Antigone

In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, Antigone, two characters undergo character
changes. During the play the audience sees these two characters’ attitudes
change from close minded to open-minded. It is their close minded, stubborn
attitudes, which lead to their decline in the play, and ultimately to a series
of deaths. In the beginning Antigone is a close minded character who later
becomes open minded. After the death of her brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices,
Creon becomes the ruler of Thebes. He decides that Eteocles will receive a
funeral with military honors because he fought for his country. However,
Polyneices, who broke his exile to “ spill the blood of his father and sell
his own people into slavery”, will have no burial. Antigone disagrees with
Creon’s unjust actions and says, “ Creon is not strong enough to stand in my
way.” She vows to bury her brother so that his soul may gain the peace of the
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