Antgone PlayTo Film Essay

T​The tale of Antigone is a very tragic one. Antigone wanted to honor her brother,

Polyneices, by burying him, even when King Creon forbid it. He said that Polyneices

broke his exile and killed his own people, which he shouldn’t be buried for. Antigone

wanted her sister Ismene to help bury him, but Ismene was afraid of the punishment for

breaking the law, so she said she would not help. So Antigone went to bury him, she was

successful the first time, but the second time she went to rebury him she got caught and

sent to King Creon. He sent her away to die in a vault, and King Creon’s only son,

Haimon, went with her because she was his bride. They both die in the end. So, the

lesson to learn here is about Power, King Creon’s power to be precise. Some evidence to

show King Creon’s power is when Antigone goes to bury Polyneices in the film and text.

When Ismene refused to help Antigone in the film and text. And when Creon threatened

the Sentry a lot worse in the film than in the text.

The first piece of evidence to show King Creon’s Power is when Antigone went to

bury Polyneices in the film and in the text. From the text, it said: “ANTIGONE: You must

decide whether you will help me or not. ISMENE: I do not understand you. Help you in

what? ANTIGONE: Ismene, I am going to bury him. Will you come?” This quote shows

that in the dialogue between Antigone and Ismene, that Antigone is going to bury

Polyneices. And in the film, it says: “Antigone: he is to be left, lying where he fell, with

no tears or ceremonies of mourning… just say you will help me, commit yourself.
Ismene: To do what? Something Dangerous? Antigone: Just to give me a hand to lift the

body.” This dialogue in the film shows that Antigone has to, and will go to bury

Polyneices, and she will do what she feels right. This will-power shows that King Creon’s

Power can’t control everything as he presumed it can. The text and the film are similar

in this case because, in both, Antigone goes to bury Polyneices.

The second piece of evidence to show King Creon’s limited, or, extensive power,

is when Ismene refuses to help Antigone help bury Polyneices. In the text it says”

Ismene: But think of the danger! Think what Creon will do!... The law is strong, we must

give in to the law In this thing, and in worse. I beg the Dead To forgive me, but I am

helpless: I must yield To those in authority.” This quote shows that King Creon’s power

has made Ismene scared to do the right thing, which is bury their dear brother,

Polyneices. And in the film it says: “Ismene: To bury him you mean in spite of the

decrees?... You can’t do it, Creon has publically forbidden it… Death is promised for a

more terrible than any if we break the law by defying the King and the power of the

State.” This dialogue in the film shows that once again, Ismene won’t help Antigone bury

Polyneices. The film and text are similar in the way that in both Ismene does not help

bury Polyneices.

And finally, the last piece of evidence to show the theme of this story is Power is

when King Creon threatens the Sentry. In the text, it says: “ I’ll string you up Alive, and

there will be certain ways to make you Discover your employer before you die, And the
 process may teach you a lesson you seem to have missed The dearest profit is

sometimes all too dear.” This does not sound nearly as bad as what King Creon said to

the Sentry in the play: “Creon: Death I promise you, will be the least of your

punishments, you will be made a public example and interrogated by the security police,

kept standing, beaten across the feet, the whole repertoire of special techniques at

which we excel so much. Until you confess the full range of this conspiracy, who paid

you, how much, and for what purpose.” This very long, drawn-out threat by King Creon

to the Sentry, certainly shows to what extent he will use his power to get what he wants

out of the innocent Sentry. The dialogues in the text and film show the difference

between​ the two.

In conclusion, the play and the film have some similarities and some differences.

However, they both have one central theme, Power, the power that couldn’t control,

Antigone from doing what she saw right, and burying Polyneices, the power that

stopped Ismene from helping Antigone bury Polyneices, and finally the same power,

that strongly threatened an innocent man who was simply doing his job. This power is

the central theme in both the text and the film.

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Antigone Novel to Film Essay Rewrote

The tale of Antigone is a very tragic one. Antigone wanted to honor her brother,

Polyneices, by burying him, even when King Creon forbid it. He said that Polyneices

broke his exile and killed his own people, which he shouldn’t be buried for. Antigone
wanted her sister Ismene to help bury him, but Ismene was afraid of the punishment for

breaking the law, so she said she would not help. So Antigone went to bury him, she was

successful the first time, but the second time she went to rebury him she got caught and

sent to King Creon. He sent her away to die in a vault, and King Creon’s only son,

Haimon, went with her because she was his bride. They both die in the end. So, the

lesson to learn here is about Power, King Creon’s power to be precise. Some evidence to

show King Creon’s power is when Antigone goes to bury Polyneices in the film and text.

When Ismene refused to help Antigone in the film and text. And when Creon threatened

the Sentry a lot worse in the film than in the text.

The first piece of evidence to show King Creon’s Power is when Antigone went

to bury Polyneices in the film and in the text. From the text, it said: “ANTIGONE: You

must decide whether you will help me or not. ISMENE: I do not understand you. Help

you in what? ANTIGONE: Ismene, I am going to bury him. Will you come?” This quote

shows that in the dialogue between Antigone and Ismene, that Antigone is going to bury

Polyneices. And in the film, it says: “Antigone: he is to be left, lying where he fell, with

no tears or ceremonies of mourning… just say you will help me, commit yourself.

Ismene: To do what? Something Dangerous? Antigone: Just to give me a hand to lift the

body.” This dialogue in the film shows that Antigone has to and will go to bury

Polyneices, and she will do what she feels right. This will-power shows that King

Creon’s Power can’t control everything as he presumed it can. The text and the film are

similar in this case because, in both, Antigone goes to bury Polyneices.

 The second piece of evidence to show King Creon’s limited, or, extensive power,

is when Ismene refuses to help Antigone help bury Polyneices. In the text it says”

Ismene: But think of the danger! Think what Creon will do!... The law is strong, we must

give in to the law In this thing, and in worse. I beg the Dead To forgive me, but I am

helpless: I must yield To those in authority.” This quote shows that King Creon’s power

has made Ismene scared to do the right thing, which buries their dear brother, Polyneices.

And in the film, it says: “Ismene: To bury him you mean in spite of the decrees?... You

can’t do it, Creon has publically forbidden it… Death is promised for a more terrible than

any if we break the law by defying the King and the power of the State.” This dialogue in

the film shows that once again, Ismene won’t help Antigone bury Polyneices. The film

and text are similar in the way that in both Ismene does not help bury Polyneices.

And finally, the last piece of evidence to show the theme of this story is Power is

when King Creon threatens the Sentry. In the text, it says: “ I’ll string you up Alive, and

there will be certain ways to make you Discover your employer before you die, And the

process may teach you a lesson you seem to have missed The dearest profit is sometimes

all too dear.” This does not sound nearly as bad as what King Creon said to the Sentry in

the play: “Creon: Death I promise you, will be the least of your punishments, you will be

made a public example and interrogated by the security police, kept standing, beaten

across the feet, the whole repertoire of special techniques at which we excel so much.

Until you confess the full range of this conspiracy, who paid you, how much, and for
what purpose.” This very long, drawn-out threat by King Creon to the Sentry, certainly

shows to what extent he will use his power to get what he wants out of the innocent

Sentry. The dialogues in the text and film show the difference between the two.

In conclusion, the play and the film have some similarities and some differences.

However, they both have one central theme, Power, the power that couldn’t

control, Antigone from doing what she saw right, and burying Polyneices, the

power that stopped Ismene from helping Antigone bury Polyneices, and finally

the same power, that strongly threatened an innocent man who was simply doing

his job. This power is the central theme in both the text and the film.