Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Antigone Theme: Loyalty to self, family, religion, state

Line 213: Creon prefers people to be loyal to the city, desires to be wanted
Line 218: Creon feels betrayed by Polynices not being loyal to the state, betrayal of family and state
Line 52-56: Struggle between loyalty to state vs family
Line 93: Ismene shows she has more love for the city than sister
Line 573: Antigone shows more loyalty to family
Line 57: Antigone feels she isn't defying the state directly, but Creon
Line 587: Creon is the only one who chooses city over family
Line 610: Antigone shows loyalty to family and gods
Line 499: Antigone's reasoning for valuing the gods' laws, loyalty to self
Line 500: Antigone fears the gods' punishment rather than Creon's punishment
Line 103: Antigone would rather show loyalty to the gods and family over the state
Line 569: Does Antigone expect respect from the citizens of Thebes? - birthright?
Line 571: Antigone speaks her mind about her loyalty, loyal to self
Line 655: Will citizen's loyalty be geared towards the gods or the city?





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