she has done and the reason of her doing that. No denial of the crime that she has done in front of Creon.
Evidence showing that Antigone is a brave woman can also be found in the next quotation. It is still in the same conversation between Creon and
Antigone right after she was captured by Guards. Besides Antigone denies nothing on what she has done, she even shows that she is not afraid of death.
This can be seen in the following quotation: ANTIGONE. Creon, what more do you want than my death?
CREON. Nothing. That gives me everything. ANTIGONE. Then I beg you kill me. This talking is a great
weariness: your words are distasteful to me, and I am sure that mine seems to you. And yet they should not seem so: I should
have praise and honor for hat I have done. All these men here would praise me were their lips not frozen shut with fear of you.
bitterly Ah the good fortune of kings, licensed to say and do whatever they please
Scene 2: 95 Through her statement at the quotation above, Antigone tries to tell
Creon that all of the people in Thebes will have the same opinions with her if they are not afraid of Creon and his law. Meanwhile, Antigone is not
afraid of that. Therefore she dared to break the law and even ask for the punishment. This clearly shows that Antigone is a brave woman.
3. Religious
This is the third characterization of Antigone that will be explained by the writer in this study. It is already known by many people that Greek
people are considered religious people due to the fact that they believe in many Gods and Goddesses. The story Antigone is written by a Greek writer
named Sophocles with the setting of the ancient Greek. Therefore the writer thinks that the main character, Antigone must be religious or at least have a
strong attitude in relation to religious matters. There are some evidences from the text showing that Antigone is a
religious woman. This first quotation is taken from the beginning of the story when Antigone talks to Ismene. Antigone uses her understanding of
God and its law to tell Ismene that Creons law is not the right one. ANTIGONE. If that is what you think, I should not want you, even if
you asked to come. You have made your choice, you can be what you want to be. But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say
that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he to me. It is the dead, not the living,
who make the
longest demands: we die forever… You may do as you like. Since apparently the laws of the Gods mean
nothing to you. Prologue: 91
The quotation above i s Antigone‟s answer of Ismene‟s advice about
her plan to break breon‟s law. At the beginning, Antigone says “But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy”. This sentence
shows that Antigone is religious. Although by breaking the law she commits a crime, that‟s only in front of Creon, not in Gods‟ eyes. Antigone believes
that burying someone who is dead is not a crime or a sin in front of Gods. Still from the previous quotation, at the end of the statement, Antigone
says “Since apparently the laws of Gods mean nothing to you” to Ismene. She said that to show Ismene that there is no such law of Gods that forbids
someone to bury a dead body. It shows that she knows and believes in the laws of Gods, therefore it shows that she is religious.
The following quotation will also show that Antigone is religious. It was taken from the conversation between Antigone and Creon after she was
captured by the Guards. CREON. And yet you dare defy the law?
ANTIGONE. I dared. It was not God‟s proclamation. That final justice that rules the world below makes no such laws. Your
edict, King, was strong. But all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded laws of God. They are not
merely now: they were, and shall be, operative forever, beyond
man utterly… Scene 2: 95
It is clear from the quotation above that Antigone is religious. She says to Creon that his law is not Gods law. Creon‟s law is nothing compared
to Gods law. Law created by man will only last for a while but Gods law will lasts forever. Therefore she decides to obey the law of God instead the
law of men. Simply by put the matters of God before any other matters like Antigone, a person is religious.
4. Loyal
