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Ali 1
English 1302 12:15
Drama Essay
November 8, 2017
Antigone
Antigone is a play about pride and fate written by Sophocles and narrated by the chorus.
The play takes place in Ancient Greece in front of the palace in Thebes. Oedipus, Antigone and
Ismene's father, had two sons, Eteocles and Polynices. Upon Oedipus' death, it was agreed that
each would take the throne from one year to the next. After the first year, however, Eteocles, the
elder, refused to step down. Polynices and six foreign princes marched on Thebes. The brothers
killed each other in a duel, making Creon king. Creon ordered Eteocles buried in honor and left
Polynices to rot on the pain of death. Antigone went against the orders of Creon and decided to
