Antigone/ Sophocles
Themes in Antigone by Sophocles
By Kedar N. Sharma -
July 25, 2026
Antigone by Sophocles deals with the varieties of themes, giving the drama a possibility of diverse interpretations. The major themes found in this drama are, rivalry between sisters, pride, the position of woman as a...
Conflict between Human Law and the Law of God in Antigone by Sophocles
By Kedar N. Sharma -
July 25, 2026
Sophocles’ Antigone focuses on the conflict between human law and the law of the gods when following both sets of laws at a time seems to be impossible. Antigone wishes to honor the gods by...
Dramatic Irony in Antigone by Sophocles
By Kedar N. Sharma -
July 25, 2026
Dramatic Irony is such an obvious situation of the play to the audience in which the characters are unaware of the truth and the real situation of their surroundings. When the characters find out about...
Summary of Antigone by Sophocles
By Kedar N. Sharma -
July 25, 2026
Antigone’s two brothers, Polynices and Eteocles, had fought a battle for the sake of the kingship of Thebes. As the play begins, they are both dead, having killed each other in the war. Creon, the...
Antigone | Sophocles
By Kedar N. Sharma -
July 25, 2026
Antigone, the last trilogy of Sophocles but written first in 442 BC, centers on the conflict between Creon, the dictator of Thebes and the strong willed Antigone. The play has only one main plot and...
Sophocles | Biography
By Kedar N. Sharma -
July 24, 2026
Sophocles was one of the three great tragic dramatists of ancient Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Euripides. Unlike his younger contemporary, the often-misunderstood Euripides, Sophocles had the fortune of being revered for his...
