Antigone Story

Antigone is living in the same place where Oedipus at Colonus is. Antigone and her sister decided to return to Thebes because of their intention of helping their brothers. Eteocles and Polyneices, avoid a prophecy that predicts that they will kill each other in a battle of the throne of Thebes. When they arrived in Thebes, Antigone found out that both of her brothers are dead. Eteocles has been given a proper burial. Suddenly, Antigone's uncle who has inherited the throne, issued a royal edict banning the burial of Polyneices. Antigone kills herself when Creon locks her away in prison. Antigone's fiancé which is Haemon and Creon's wife also killed themselves, and now Creon is all alone and left with sorrow.