Why Did Antigone Bury Polyneices? Antigone buried her
brother out of devotion and loyalty to both the Gods and her family
. Without one or the other, she would not have had the courage or thought of going against Creon’s law and putting her life out on the line.
Who does Creon refuse to listen to?
When Creon refuses to listen to
Tiresias
, what does Tiresias say will happen? Tiresias says the gods will take “a corpse for a corpse”–Creon will lose a loved one.
Who does Creon refuse to bury?
Creon exiled Oedipus from Thebes after Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. Creon also declared that
Polyneices
Who refused to help bury Polyneices?
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Ismene
refuses to help Antigone, because she does not want to break the law by going against Creon or other because she realizes the consequences would be extreme since she is a woman.
Who else does Creon accuse of burying Polyneices?
In Antigone, Creon believes that
one of the sentries
has buried the body of Polyneices. When the appointed sentry arrives to tell Creon that the body has been buried overnight, Creon becomes angry and says that he believes that one of the sentries has been seduced by a bribe to bury the body.
Why did Creon not bury Polyneices?
Creon exiled Oedipus from Thebes after Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. Creon also declared that Polyneices would not receive a proper burial
because he committed treason against his own city
.
Was Creon right to not bury Polyneices?
Even though Creon is a king of Thebes,
he has no right to deny Polyneices’ burial
because it is up to God to decide the rest of Polyneices’ way.
Why does Creon consider Polyneices a traitor?
Creon decides that Polyneices is a traitor to Thebes
because he was fighting against the king
, even though Eteocles went against their agreement. Since Eteocles was the king, he determines that he should be given a proper burial, while his brother, Polyneices, should be left unburied.
Why is Polyneices buried twice?
Essentially, Polynices buries her brother a second time
because she is determined to fulfill the dictates of her conscience and to maintain her allegiance to the laws of the gods
. For her loyalty to her brother and to her conscience, Antigone is eventually sentenced to be immured in a cave.
What is the most wonderful of all the world’s wonders?
Man
is the most wonderful of all the world’s wonders. Of all the winds, man has made himself secure against all except one.
Who does Creon say has lost her mind who does Creon say never had a mind at all?
Ismene
believes that life will be nothing if Antigone is dead. What does Creon say about the two girls and how does Ismene respond? Creon says that “one has just now lost her mind(Ismene); the other, has never had a mind at all(Antigone)”. Ismene responds by saying how grief can teach the steadiest of minds to waver.
Why does Creon hate Antigone?
Antigone was following her familial duties and felt that both her brothers needed to receive proper burial no matter which side they died fighting for. Creon, angered by the blatant disregard for his orders,
imprisons both sisters
regardless of Ismene’s innocence.
Why does Antigone want Ismene to help her bury Polyneices?
Antigone ‘s primary reason for wanting to bury Polynices is
that it’s in accordance with divine law
. Once someone dies, their body isn’t supposed to be just left to rot out in the streets; they must be buried according to the appropriate funeral rites. Such rites don’t just pay homage…
What justification does Creon have for disallowing the burying of the body?
As their uncle, Creon would have
felt the tragedy and the desire to bury both nephews as custom demanded
. However, his greater duty was then to the kingdom, and as King, he could not allow both men the honor and respect of proper burial. Therefore he was justified in the decree he made regarding Polyneices’s burial.
What does Creon say is the greatest evil that society faces?
What does Creon say is the greatest evil that society faces?
Anarchy
is the greatest evil that society faces. He asks for Creon to not be so stubborn and to free Antigone. He urges him to see reason because if he kills her, citizens who have already sided with her will be angry.
What does the sentry tell Creon has happened to Polyneices body?
The sentry tells him that
someone has sprinkled dust on Polynieces’ body
. Creon suspects a man, an anarchist, may have bribed Creon’s guards to do this.
