Antigone
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Lines 1-416 Lines 417-704 Lines 705-1090 Lines 1091-1470
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All Themes Blindness vs. Sight Natural Law Citizenship vs. Family Loyalty Civil Disobedience Fate vs. Free Will
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All Characters Antigone Ismene Creon Tiresias The Chorus
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All Symbols Antigone's Tomb
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Antigone

by

Sophocles
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Antigone's Tomb

Creon chooses to execute Antigone by sealing her in a tomb alive. As Tiresias points out, Creon has ordered that a dead body (Polynices's) be left above ground and has ordered the entombment of a… read analysis of Antigone's Tomb

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