My book report is on the book Antigone by Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff. This book was published in 2003. This story occurs in the past. There are 2 chief characters, they are: Antigone: daughter and sister of Oedipus; and Ismene: daughter and sister of Oedipus.
Antigone learns that both of her brothers are dead. Eteocles has been
given a proper burial, but Creon, Antigone's uncle who has inherited the
throne, has issued a royal edict banning the burial of Polyneices, who
he believes was a traitor. Antigone defies the law, buries her brother,
and is caught. When Creon locks her away in prison, she kills herself.Meanwhile,
not realizing Antigone has taken her own life, the blind prophet
Teiresias, Creon's son and Antigone's fiancé Haemon, and the Chorus
plead with Creon to release her. Creon finally relents, but in an
instance of too-late-timing, finds her dead in her jail cell. Out of
despair, Haemon and Creon’s wife have by now also killed themselves, and
Creon is left in distress and sorrow.
The author(s) appears to be subjective. The author(s) is because he/they made Antigone kill herself when she was imprisoned.
This book caused only a few of emotions in me. I felt sad when Antigone killed herself and when the others also killed themselves. I was also made more aware of the world when i realized they killed themselves because of how cruel the world has been for them. this story has an enduring theme because is a amazing tragic story.
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