Title: AntigoneAuthor: SophoclesSetting: The work takes place in Thebes and begins at dawn following the night in which Polyneices and Eteocles (Antigone's brothers) fight to capture Oedipus (their father) thrown . Polyneices fights against his own homeland, the city of Thebes, and his brother fights to defend it. They kill each other in the battle and Creon (their uncle and king of Thebes) decides to leave Polyneices on the field to rot because he defied his own country, and anyone who attempted to interfere with his edict would suffer harsh consequences, even death. "Let him lie without tears, unburied, a tasty morsel for the birds of the sky, and whoever touches him will perish a cruel death by stoning." Antigone decided to give her brother a proper burial and was ready to face the harsh consequences of Creon because she felt that her loyalty to her brother Polyneices was worth maintaining. A good part of the scenes took place in Creon's palace. Period: Sophocles wrote Antigone in 441 BC Author's Background: Sophocles borrowed some ideas from Aeschylus in his Seven Against Thebes for Antigone. Antigone was actually the first of the theatrical works that Sophocles dedicated to the cycle of Theban myths. Sophocles was in his fifties when he wrote it, and he used three tragedies to tell a single story: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. Main characters: Antigone - Daughter of Oedipus and sister of Polynices, Eteocles and Ismene. She is determined to give her brother the proper burial he deserves. Ismene opposes the idea, but Antigone is not swayed, in fact she thinks twice about thinking about it again. She is a martyr, willing to die for the love of her dead brother, "A martyrdom of death can make one blessed." When Creon leaves her in the tomb to die, he feels self-pity. However, she is a tragic heroine. Ismene: Believes in listening to Creon even if his actions are wrong. She tries to dissuade Antigone from her plan but fails, but in the end she tries to take part in the crime imposed on her sister Antigone, but Antigone scolds her. “But now that your poor ship is tossed, I am not ashamed to make the journey at your side,” Ismene said to Antigone when they found themselves facing Creon. She loved her sister, she was the only close relative she had left. Although he was initially weak in challenging Creon to bury his brother with Antigone, he demonstrated his loyalty to the family by trying to win it back in the end..