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On another level, the play exposes the dangers of the absolute ruler or tyrant in the character of Creon. No one speaks freely to him, so he makes a series of mistakes, illustrating the folly of tyranny.

I found it impossible to follow - rather than using different tones of voice, or other techniques, the audio book is just a straight reading of the book, and with the speaker's name included for every line which proved very distracting. Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed. Remove from wishlist failed. Adding to library failed.

Please try again. Follow podcast failed. Unfollow podcast failed. Stream or download thousands of included titles. Antigone By: Sophocles. Narrated by: Andrea Giordani. No default payment method selected. Add payment method. Switch payment method. Although he supposedly is the next in line to receive power to the throne, Eteocles takes over and banishes Polyneices from Thebes.

Polyneices then gathers and army and attacks his brother. He ends up killing his brother, and being killed by his brother in battle. He takes over the throne when he is old enough, and banishes Polyneices from Thebes. When Polyneices attacks Eteocles for the throne, Eteocles kills him, and is killed by same, simultaneously, in battle. Wikipedia, Antigone.

Antigone Setting. The setting of this tragedy takes place in the city of Thebes. Oedipus, who was supposed to be the ruler of Thebes, was banished by Creon because he killed his father and married his brother. Antigone Plot Summary. Oedipus was banished from Thebes, when the prophecy of patricide and incest was proven true.

Oedipus left Thebes a blind and broken man. As time passed, and the two sons aged, Eteocles claimed the throne for himself, exiling his older brother Polyneices. Polyneices then gathered a giant army and attacked Eteocles for the throne.

Neither of the two sons won because they both ended up killing each other in battle. Her sister, Ismene, warns her against the dangers and consequences and states that she will not have any part in helping her sister with her scheme. As guards brush the dirt off the body, she reveals herself willingly. Creon is enraged and imprisons both Antigone and Ismene, who he believes to be an accomplice.

Creon ridicules Haemon for his ridiculous thoughts of freeing Antigone. Haemon then runs off, crushed that his father would treat his so badly. Creon mocks Teiresias, but the chorus reminds Creon that the prophet has never been wrong. Creon then rushes to free Antigone, but it is too late, she is dead, and Haemon has killed himself for her.

Creon is then lead away by the chorus, lamenting in his own self misery. BookRags, Antigone. Structure of Antigone. They claim that the gods rightfully punished such arrogant boasts and hatred between the two men, and that they really got what was genuinely coming to them.

Pages , Lines He then states that any person who tries to give the body a burial will be punished by death. He assigns men to guard the body to make sure no one touches it. However, a sandstorm blows dust around and Antigone performs the proper burial rights for her brother. A watchman then goes and tells Creon, who is enraged. They sing about how man is cunning and deceitful, and how justice will prevail among those who do wrong. Ismene then shows up and states that she helped Antigone, but Antigone states that her sister did not help at all and that it was all her fault.

Creon tells his men to lock the girls up and make sure they do not get away. Pages 28, Lines They sing about how such punishment will arise from such a little thing, the spreading of a thin layer of dust over the body of Polyneices. The chorus then declares that there is no escape from imminent disaster.

Creon claims that Haemon is blinded by love and must see that the law is more powerful. Creon then states that he is going to take Antigone to a cave and bury her alive so she can starve.

Haemon then states the he is not going to be around Antigone when she is killed and runs off. How love conquers all battles and how it prevails over everything. Then they weep over the fate of Antigone and how she will never be the bride of Haemon.

Creon then states that he has no mercy, and leads her to her doom. They then reflect upon how her brothers too, were of noble blood and how their deaths were so miserable. He tells Creon that his punishment for not giving a proper burial will be the life of his son. Creon believes that the prophet is mocking him and disregards his warning.