C. Theoretical Framework
Sophocles‟ Antigone tells the story of a woman who has huge courage to face her own death in order to bury her brother in a proper way. The story takes
place in the ancient Greece. Many people worldwide are aware that Greece is a religious society because they worshipped many Gods and Goddesses.
Therefore through this study the writer tries to find out the effect of religion and religiousness in Antigone‟s decision to fight against Creon and his law.
In order to understand Antigone‟s personalities better the theories on character and characterization are used. Looking at how she acts, talks, and
thinks will give the writer Antigones characterization. Moreover, by looking at the other characters feeling and thoughts related to Antigone will also reveal
Antigones characterization. The expected result after using the theories on character and characterization is that there will be a description of Antigone‟s
attitude related to religion and also her religiousness. After understanding the characterization of Antigone, the writer will find out the revelation of
Antigones attitude towards religion and also her religiousness. The last problem formulation which is related to Antigones religiousness
and Antigone‟s decision to rebel against Creon and his public law will be answered by using the theory on religion. People could really be affected by
their religion in their whole life. Every single thing a person does could possibly be affected by hisher religion, especially if heshe understands the
religion very well. This is what will be discovered by the use of the theory on religion in Sophocles‟ Antigone through the characterization of Antigone.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The object of this study is the play entitled Antigone which is written by Sophocles, one of many great writers in the world of literature. Antigone is the
last play in the trilogy of Oedipus which is famously called as Oedipus Rex. The first play is Oedipus the King, the second play is Oedipus at Colonus, and
the last play is Antigone. The first and the second play focus more on the tragic story of the king Oedipus, Antigones father. This play was written by
Sophocles on around 442441 BC. Sophocles was born in Colonus about 496 BC. He is a great writer as stated by Richard Goldstone in his book entitled
Contexts of the Drama. Sophocles served Athens as both military leader and public official. his
lifework, however, was that of playwright; he competed for the drama prizes awarded at the festival of Dionysius and won first prize nearly
twenty times. after his death, thenians venerated Sophocles as a hero of the state. Goldstone, 1960:14
We can see clearly from the quotation above that Sophocles is famous as tragedy playwright and he had won many contests because of the plays he
wrote. He is an outstanding writer among other writers on that era. He is as famous as Shakespeare at the Elizabethan era.
The play used by the writer in this study is the English version of Antigone. It was translated from the Greek original version by Dudley Fitts and
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