nd because her uncle felt that he was better than the gods law and wouldn’t bury his kin. We must not forget compassion in dealing with each other, for if we help others and forgive we will save others from suffering and maybe even ourselves. We see that in the case of king Creon, if he had given Antigone grace for doing the right thing even though it was against his law. He would have saved himself a lot of pain and saved his family from the on going curse of death. What I believe Sophocles is trying to show in the area of suffering is that we show our true colors when we are suffering. We see that even though her life was in danger Antigone did the right thing. Sophocles shows us also that suffering can be one of the best teachers “Creon: Wisdom is by far the greatest part of joy and reverence toward the gods must be safeguarded. The mighty words of the proud are paid in gull with mighty blows of fate, and the long last those blows will teach us wisdom.” One of the best stories that parallel this play is the story of Job. Job is taken from being a rich man to being a poor, sick, lonely man. He never gave up what God told him to do, but at one point he asked God why was he letting Job suffer. This angered God because he is sovereign and we: as his creations have no right to question his motives and standards. What we forget many times when dealing with God is that he made us and he is so superior to our minds that he can handle his greatness and his ways. Lets for argument sake change the story of Antigone and make her God, Yahweh but she is still punished for doing right why? That is because evil works or thoughts cause suffering, these don’t have to be because of something that you personally did. In her situation it was more the sins of her father, brothers, and Creon. For example the farmer has to work hard and sometime even after a whole season of hard work, there is still a weak crop. This is because of th...
