She fails to perceive any of the other sides of the situation other than her own. T the blind prophet, though he is speaking to the king, makes an important statement for all, including Antigone when he says, “no man alive is free from error”. (Antigone, lines 1023-24) She doesn’t foresee how her actions could possibly endanger her sister, Ismene, who relentlessly tries to persuade Antigone to accept the situation and obey the king’s orders. Or how, her fiancé who is Creon’s son, Haemon would be affected by her actions. How it ultimately ruins his relationship with his father. Her stubborn close-mindedness prevents her from seeing how yielding to King Creon’s commands might be for the good of everyone involved. Antigone’s error in judgment causes the tragic events that befall her. In the end, her sister is threatened with death. Her brother is still dead and her other brother deserts her. Also, Haemon, though he is against his father in this matter, still deems her guilty of the crime; by doing so he decides to wash his hands of her. In her demise, she is sentenced to death by imprisonment, to be left to the mercies of the
She fails to perceive any of the other sides of the situation other than her own. T the blind prophet, though he is speaking to the king, makes an important statement for all, including Antigone when he says, “no man alive is free from error”. (Antigone, lines 1023-24) She doesn’t foresee how her actions could possibly endanger her sister, Ismene, who relentlessly tries to persuade Antigone to accept the situation and obey the king’s orders. Or how, her fiancé who is Creon’s son, Haemon would be affected by her actions. How it ultimately ruins his relationship with his father. Her stubborn close-mindedness prevents her from seeing how yielding to King Creon’s commands might be for the good of everyone involved. Antigone’s error in judgment causes the tragic events that befall her. In the end, her sister is threatened with death. Her brother is still dead and her other brother deserts her. Also, Haemon, though he is against his father in this matter, still deems her guilty of the crime; by doing so he decides to wash his hands of her. In her demise, she is sentenced to death by imprisonment, to be left to the mercies of the