Individualism in Antigone
Individualism is shown in Sophocles Antigone, when Antigone tells Ismene she will bury her brother. She states, “’I myself will bury him. It will be good to die’” (Sophocles L. 82-83). Antigone demonstrates her desire to go against society by burying her brother, despite a law preventing her from doing so. As an adolescent, it is within Antigone to want to go against what society/authority tells her to do, so thus she follows her own individual beliefs and goes to bury her brother. In fact, Antigone may be burying her brother only in an act of rebellion, as she seems boastful in her speech to Ismene.
Love in Antigone
In Sophocles's Antigone, the concept of teenage love is presented as an immature topic that ultimately comes with negative results. For example, when King Creon orders the death of Antigone, Haemon says, "She will not / die by my side. But you will never again set eyes upon face. Go then and rage / with such of your friends as are willing to endure it" (Sophocles L. 821-824). Later on, Haemon went on to kill himself as a result of the death of Antigone. The taking of his own life demonstrates the rebellious and foolish actions that teenagers will do for love. If he had the experience and maturity that comes with growing up, he would have realized that killing himself over young love is a foolish decision.
Individualism is shown in Sophocles Antigone, when Antigone tells Ismene she will bury her brother. She states, “’I myself will bury him. It will be good to die’” (Sophocles L. 82-83). Antigone demonstrates her desire to go against society by burying her brother, despite a law preventing her from doing so. As an adolescent, it is within Antigone to want to go against what society/authority tells her to do, so thus she follows her own individual beliefs and goes to bury her brother. In fact, Antigone may be burying her brother only in an act of rebellion, as she seems boastful in her speech to Ismene.
Love in Antigone
In Sophocles's Antigone, the concept of teenage love is presented as an immature topic that ultimately comes with negative results. For example, when King Creon orders the death of Antigone, Haemon says, "She will not / die by my side. But you will never again set eyes upon face. Go then and rage / with such of your friends as are willing to endure it" (Sophocles L. 821-824). Later on, Haemon went on to kill himself as a result of the death of Antigone. The taking of his own life demonstrates the rebellious and foolish actions that teenagers will do for love. If he had the experience and maturity that comes with growing up, he would have realized that killing himself over young love is a foolish decision.