Antigone Mythological Allusion Source: Edith Hamilton's Mythology
- Daughter of Oedipus
- Not the prettiest girl of them all
- Born to a single father, who rejected the throne for Creon
- Very unlucky!
- A daddy's girl; stood by her father despite everything they have been through
- After father dies, Antigone and sister decide to return to Thebes to help her brothers
- Banned the burial of her brothers; Antigone defies the law and buries her brothers
- Sent to prison and kills herself
Commentary: The concept of Antigone has to deal with choosing what is right even though people are convincing you not to do it. Antigone defies the new rulers and buries her brothers, even though it is to the harm of herself. This concept of choosing to do what is right is found in
The Hunger Games, when Katniss Everdeen chooses to do the right thing and save the life of Peeta and defies the Capitol rather than having to kill her best friend and lover.
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