Antigone Research Paper

Antigone the Tragic Heroine Determination. Love. Family. Loyalty. All of these words are the words that define what the main character of Sophocles’ Greek drama Antigone was about. The main character in the Greek drama Antigone was very opinionated on what she felt was right. Eteocles and Polyneices (Antigone’s brothers) killed each other in a battle because Polyneices was considered as a traitor. However, this is not just a Greek drama, it is also a tragedy. A tragedy is revealing with tragic events and having a disappointing ending, specifically one concerning the disadvantage of the main character. Antigone is considered a heroine because she is a female who rebels against the kings’ rule without assistance. Being a tragic heroine as what Antigone was labeled as, is not just because she had a motive. She is a tragic heroine because she makes an error in judgment, she realized that her …show more content…
Antigone's hamartia was her extreme devotion towards her family. Antigone thought it was desperately important to give her brother a proper burial. She was so determined to honor her blood that when she asked Ismene to help Ismene refused and Antigone still didn’t give up. "I will bury him myself, and if I die in the act that death will be a glory." (Sophocles) Antigone explained to her sister that if she died, it will be delightful for her because she did what she felt was right. Even though loyalty is not a tragic error, the fact that Antigone's excessive loyalty brings about her flaw or flaws. Normally if one has failed at a task, one will accept the fact the task can't be complete. Antigone on the other hand wont give up. Antigone failed at the first task of burying her brother but she tried again, she was so deeply focused on burying her brother that consequences had no type of effect on