Essay about the theme of Independence in Antigone

Antigone is the main character in the tragic play that is looking for her independence. Her main quest for independence is to bury her brother. "Ismene, I am going to bury him."(pg 492, line 31) She wants independence form the law. The law says she mustn't give her brother a proper burial, but Antigone believes that her brother deserves the burial. Antigone basically does what she feels is right not what anyone else thinks, and this …

…law and losing her independence. "I do. I do deny nothing."(Pg502, line52) Creon sends her to eternity in a locked vault as punishment. Antigone in an attempt not to succumb to Creon and not to lose her independence kills herself as we learn form the messenger. "She had made a noose of her fine linen veil and hanged herself."(pg521, line59-60) Antigone didn't want to lose her independence so she died with it.