Antigone: Martyr or Egomaniac?

The desire toy nobly can easy become entangled with ones avouch sense of soak and holier-than-thouness. In turn, a so called statuesque acts can become no more than an attempt to pair ones own goals or to bring about a point.  In the ply Antigone,  written by Sophocles in 441 B.C., the titular character straddles the birth between noble martyr and and self-centered attention-seeker. She is the daughter of Oedipus, facing the shame of her family and the death of both(prenominal) her brothers. One of her brothers, Polynices, is declared disgraced and sentenced to be left unburied, convey his soul get out hold up to wonder the Earth forever. Antigone touch ons the conclusion to deplete him anyway, knowing that she will most likely be put to death. Some would contend that her willingness to die for the saki of salve her dead brothers soul recognizes her a brave and noble. Other yell that her desire to die for her criminal offence has less to do with pleasan t her brother and more to do with her own shame at what has come to her family and desire to make a point  concerning the unappeasable rule of Creon, the king of Thebes. piece she does die for what she views as a noble cause, Antigones desire to make a spectacle of her own martyrdom is evidence of her self-centered and self-righteous attitude, making egomaniac the most close description of her character.\nAlthough she does express or so genuine desires to die for the sake of justice, Antigones obsession with becoming a martyr is fueled by her own sense pride and self-righteousness. From the beginning of the play, Antigone is devoted to death for her cause. She tells her sister Ismene that she will bury their brother Polynices no be what. In response to Ismene shock, Antigone proclaims I will bury him; and if I must die, I feel out that this crime is holy.  She acknowledges that she is breaking the law, and at the same epoch believes that her crime is justified, as she has the Gods on her side. This quote certainly supports the statement...