Antigone

Antigone is an outstanding play written by Sophocles. Creon, which is the King of Thebes is my favourite character. He went through a very twisting journey in his life and it is very interesting to learn how he actually deals a certain situation. His arrogance and greed of power will pay him lives of his love ones.

This play has a very interesting moral value which is not to challenge God’s law. This moral value is very unique as modern theatre does not consist of this kind of moral value.

In my opinion, this play is not suitable to be used in secondary classroom as an introduction to learning theatre as it needs a deep understanding in another play written by Sophocles which is called’ King Oedipus’ in order to comprehend this play. Antigone is a play written after King Oedipus was introduced.

My personal opinion on the play is that I, as a girl understand Antigone’s internal conflict. I can actually endure her conflict in her life after the death of her two brothers. I will definitely do the same action as Antigone, which is to bury the body of my own brother even though it is against the rule to do so. Her strength teaches me how strong a lady should be in order to fight for the right.

The plot is being organized wisely and it is very easy to comprehend the play. I wish that I could watch this play live on stage later as it is a very appealing play. This is among one of the earliest play that I have ever read and wish to read more of Sophocles written work.