Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 84 | Added on Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 10:33 AM

The word dear makes it seem like they have good affection for one another. Positive
relationship.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 101 | Added on Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 06:39 PM

This is juxtapostion: direct contrast between the two brothers and makes the burial of
Polynices seem even worse.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 103 | Added on Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 06:41 PM

This is a reference to the birds. Seems very shameful to have birds picking at your body.
Symbolism- birds=shame.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 128 | Added on Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 06:51 PM

Greeks regard honor so highly so it must be shameful even to those who are living to
have someone in their family who died a shameful death. Seems like the girls are
outcasts.

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Antigone (Sophocles)
- Note Loc. 130 | Added on Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 06:53 PM

Now they are taking into account their honor if the go against the kings order. This means
that they are weighing public pride and personal beliefs.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 103 | Added on Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 07:18 PM

This is an example of the symbolism with the birds and shame.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 136 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 11:27 AM

This is characterization of Antigone anad shows her extreme stubboness. Contrasts to

Esmene who seems like her foil.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 137 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 11:27 AM

Like a martyr, dying for the cause.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 152 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 11:33 AM

This is irony: contrast between hot and chilling.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 195 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 11:36 AM

This is the second mention of the seven gates, what are the seven gates and are they
important?

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 217 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 11:39 AM

Possible theme? Live are predetermined by fate.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 230 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 07:49 PM

Another reference to the birds and dogs: this is now a reoccurring motif and symbol
throughout the novel.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 249 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 07:53 PM

Why would he admit this to Creon?

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 287 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 08:40 PM

fate

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 294 | Added on Thursday, October 07, 2010, 08:41 PM

An example of the theme that lives are predetermined by fate.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 306 | Added on Friday, October 08, 2010, 04:53 PM

This highlights the senses such as smell and hearing, and eyesight. Similar to Oedipus.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 328 | Added on Saturday, October 09, 2010, 12:18 AM

This describes the mood very well and is reflected of the attitudes.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Highlight Loc. 396-98 | Added on Saturday, October 09, 2010, 12:24 AM

Things to me, nor did Justice, companion of the gods below, establish such laws for
humanity. I would never think your pronouncements had such strength that, being mortal,
they could override the unwritten, ever-lasting prescriptions of the gods, for those aren’t
something recently made, but live forever, and no one knows when they first appeared.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 408 | Added on Saturday, October 09, 2010, 12:26 AM

This is interesting because it relates me in that once you are at the top the only place to go
is down and sometimes it is hard to stay where you are.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 413 | Added on Saturday, October 09, 2010, 12:27 AM

This exemplifies the theme of fate.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 423 | Added on Saturday, October 09, 2010, 12:28 AM

This could be another possible theme about how money causes corruption.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Highlight Loc. 423-24 | Added on Saturday, October 09, 2010, 12:28 AM

Tyranny is lucky in many ways, above all in doing and saying what it will.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 472 | Added on Saturday, October 09, 2010, 12:30 AM

This is an example of how honor and dishonor play in the decisions made by all of the
characters.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 495 | Added on Sunday, October 10, 2010, 12:40 PM

This is an example of irony: dead soul serving the dead.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Highlight Loc. 495-501 | Added on Sunday, October 10, 2010, 12:42 PM

A long time, that I might serve the dead. CREON: I declare that both these children are
fools, one just become so, one her whole life. ISMENE: Indeed, my lord, what sense we
had does not stand by us in troubles, but goes away. CREON: For you, at least, choosing
bad deeds with bad

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 508 | Added on Sunday, October 10, 2010, 11:19 PM

Metaphor: there are other women out there

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 376 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 03:04 PM

This is temporary blindness, and relates to the senses.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 377 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 03:05 PM

Bird metaphor again for her seeing her work and brother: ie. nest stripped of its pride. ie
the nurslings

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 399 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 03:06 PM

The fate of everyone is death no matter how you die, everyone is still going to die. This is
a statement made by Antigone because it provides reason for her putting herself on the
line.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 462 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 03:15 PM

Like saying come claim your death. Ismene would do this because her sister said she as
not brave enough and does not really care for her brother, plus then everyone else would
be dead.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 550 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 03:23 PM

This shows how much honor means to the greeks because he is choosing honor over love

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 556 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:20 PM

Again down playing women! Its like their lives are just there and they don’t do anything
but give brith!

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 556 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:21 PM

And again!!!! Women are more than just pleasure for men!

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 567 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:29 PM

….So this sort of thing is a women and it was antigone who commited the crime so she is
only putting down the reputation of women even more

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 576 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:31 PM

This shows how bad of a ruler Creon is because a good ruler has the interest of the people
in mind, not himself and his stubbornness.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 606 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:34 PM

This shows direct comparison between democracy and monarchy. Promotes democracy
because then Antigone would not be sentenced to death because the townspeople support
her, not Creon.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Highlight Loc. 670-71 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:37 PM

Love, unconquered in battle, Love, who attacks wealth, who sleeps on a young girl’s soft
cheek and wanders beyond the sea and in the wilderness:

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 710 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:41 PM

Show the foil of the two sisters: Antigone is bold and rebellious while Ismene is the
direct conrast and follows the rules

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Antigone (Sophocles)
- Note Loc. 732 | Added on Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:43 PM

There is a lot of reference to death and the dead at this point. Foreshadowing a lot of
death maybe?

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 800 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 11:26 AM

The sight of the blind man - irony.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 811 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 11:27 AM

Motif of the birds

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 823 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 11:31 AM

The birds have the corpse in them so it is like they are sacrificing the corpse – How
gruesome!

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 830 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 11:32 AM

A shooter must have very good vision, but he doesn’t – how ironic!

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 845 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 11:34 AM

A pithy observation that is the general truth

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 858 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 11:37 AM

Uses money with a negative connotation. Contrast to United States where being wealthy
is part of the American Dream.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 868 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 12:25 PM

Money motif.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 962 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 12:43 PM

Death Motif.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 970 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 12:46 PM

This could be fate!

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 996 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 12:53 PM

Connection: this is like Romeo and Juliet because they were not supposed to die but they
did.

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 1042 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 12:54 PM

Like the ruin of a tyrant. Serves him right!

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Antigone (Sophocles)

- Note Loc. 1082 | Added on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 01:01 PM

This is a very good example of the fate theme.

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