Table of Contents
- 1 How did the guards manage to capture Antigone?
- 2 How is Antigone caught by the sentry and the guards?
- 3 How does Antigone go against Creon?
- 4 Why is Creon so upset with Antigone?
- 5 Why is Antigone such a threat to Creon?
- 6 How are Polynices and Antigone related in Game of Thrones?
- 7 What happens at the end of Antigone Part VII?
How did the guards manage to capture Antigone?
How did the guards manage to capture Antigone? They removed the dust, so Antigone went back to rebury Polyneices. How did Antigone react to being captured by the sentries? She went willingly.
How does the sentry explain the capture of Antigone?
How does the sentry explain the capture of Antigone? They unburied him. What explanation for her actions does Antigone give to Creon? She did the crime, because it was her brother and she could not live knowing that he would wander the earth forever.
How is Antigone caught by the sentry and the guards?
How has the culprit been caught? The sentry brings Antigone. The guards uncovered the body and waited for someone to come. Antigone came to rebury the body and was captured.
How does Antigone defend her actions?
Antigone defends her actions by saying that she needed to obey the laws of the gods. She says she welcomes death because she says that she is only mortal and wants to die (whenever that may be) knowing she died for a good cause.
How does Antigone go against Creon?
Antigone goes against Creon’s law fully aware of the fact that she will have to sacrifice her own life. Creon on the other hand believed that citizenship meant complete obedience to the will of the state, and hence sentenced Antigone to death when he thought that she had gone against her citizenship by disobeying him.
How does Antigone defend herself against Creon?
Antigone defends her actions by saying that she needed to obey the laws of the gods. She says she welcomes death because she says that she is only mortal and wants to die (whenever that may be) knowing she died for a good cause. Creon says she is guilty of a “double insolence.” of what two faults does he accuse her?
Why is Creon so upset with Antigone?
Explain how Creon is in conflict with Antigone. Creon thinks his laws are right and he is above all, while Antigone obeys the gods. She believes that all family should be honored, and Creon doesn’t.
How does Antigone respond when the guards seize her?
How does Antigone respond when the guards seize her? She is clear-headed and admits to the deed. Which statement by Haemon foreshadows a future event? “Then she will die and, dying, destroy another.”
Why is Antigone such a threat to Creon?
Creon feels threatened by Antigone because she is directly challenging his authority as king of the city. She disobeyed him, and does not apologize for doing so. If Creon allows this type of subordination, then the citizens might consider him to be a weak ruler and rebel against his rule.
Why was Antigone brought before Creon for mourning?
Antigone is brought before Creon, and admits that she knew of Creon’s law forbidding mourning for Polynices but chose to break it, claiming the superiority of divine over human law, and she defies Creon’s cruelty with courage, passion and determination. Creon orders Antigone buried alive in a tomb.
Both brothers were killed in the battle. King Creon, who has ascended to the throne of Thebes after the death of the brothers, decrees that Polynices is not to be buried or even mourned, on pain of death by stoning. Antigone, Polynices’ sister, defies the king’s order but is caught.
Who was in love with Antigone in Game of Thrones?
Creon’s son Hæmon, who was in love with Antigone commits suicide with a knife, and his mother Queen Eurydice, also kills herself in despair over her son’s death. She has been forced to weave throughout the entire story, and her death alludes to The Fates.
What happens at the end of Antigone Part VII?
Antigone begs to be alone until her execution. Creon orders the palace emptied. The characters exit. Antigone sits before the pacing First Guard in her prison cell. She remarks that his is the last face she will see. She chides him for hurting her this morning upon her arrest.