Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Antigone Theme:Equality in justice

Line 756: Creon is sexist
Line 541: Creon believes men are always victorious
Line 530: Creon implies Antigone is a slave
Line 644: Creon views Antigone as worthless because she doesn't obey
Line 642: Creon relates women to fertile land :/
Line 777: Haemon and the city feel differently towards women than Creon
Line 81: Antigone is seeking equal justice for her brother, but is not seeking that equality for Ismene; is justice the same as equality?
Line 605: Ismene now agrees with Antigone and the gods' and claims to have equally honored them, but Antigone won't let her take credit
Line 832: Justice - what you do unto others will be done unto you; you get what you deserve
Line 848: Creon is expecting loyalty to family from Haemon, but rejects Antigone's loyalty to family

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