Antigone
Antigone
Antigone was a total rebel. The best kind, too. She'd always do what was right—no matter what. When her brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, killed each other fighting over the throne of Thebes, her uncle Creon declared that Eteocles would be buried with all the proper rites, while Polyneices would be left for the dogs and buzzards (um... gross). Antigone wasn't going to have that, though. She buried Polyneices, even though it meant her death. How did Antigone get so tough? We're guessing that spending her formative years in exile guiding her blind dad/brother Oedipus around might've had something to do with it. However you shake it, Antigone was one tough girl.
Basic Information
| Name | Antigone |
| Nickname | Rebel Girl, Tough Chick |
| Sex | Female |
| Current city | Elysium |
Work & Education
| Occupation | Heroine Princess of Thebes Rebel |
| Education | The Fates' School of Hard Knocks |
Beliefs
| Political views | Personal morality above all |
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
| Parents | Oedipus (my Dad, who was also my half-brother… yeah) Jocasta (my Mom, who was also my grandma… again, it's a long story) |
| Siblings | Ismene (my weak-willed sister)
Eteocles (my bonehead brother who wouldn't share the throne of Thebes like he promised) Polyneices (my other bonehead brother who died trying to take the throne and who I died trying to bury) |
| Friends | Ismene (although she seriously ticked me off when she didn't want to help bury Eteocles)
Haemon (my beloved fiancé who I never got a chance to marry) |
| Enemies | Creon (my uncle/great uncle, who buried me alive when I insisted on burying my brother) |
Relationships
| Relationship status | Was engaged to Haemon |
| Interested in | A nice, peaceful relationship |
Favorites
| Quotations | “Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.” – Benjamin Franklin “It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty.” – T.S. Eliot “Our freedom of speech is freedom or death. We got to fight the powers that be. Lemme hear you say, Fight the power.” – Public Enemy “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” – Mahatma Gandhi “I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” – Thomas Jefferson “She's a rebel. She's a saint. She's salt of the earth, And she's dangerous.” – Green Day |
| Books | The Awakening by Kate Chopin Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Age of Iron by J.M. Coetzee The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe (I wish my sepulcher had been by the sea.) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (Yeah Nora! You walk out of that house.) The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath (I mean, it's kind of impossible for me to not have daddy issues, right?) Antigone by Sophocles (Yeah, it pretty much went down like this.) |
| Music | She's a Rebel by Green Day (She's a rebel and proud.) Cruel by St. Vincent (Looking at you Creon.) Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) by Kelly Clarkson So Far Away by A Place to Bury Strangers How to Be a Heartbreaker by Marina and the Diamonds That Wasn't Me by Brandi Carlile Judy is a Punk by the Ramones |
| Movies | Brave The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (I heart you, Lisbeth.) Braveheart (If only Mel Gibson were like this in real life.) The Hunger Games The Whale Rider V for Vendetta Fried Green Tomatoes |
| TV Shows | The Rachel Maddow Show The Walking Dead The Closer |
Activities & Interests
| Likes | Seeing eye dogs (I kind of was one for my dad.) Punk rock Sunscreen (Would've come in handy when Dad and I were wandering the wasteland…) |
| Activities | Guiding my blind dad around the wilderness Trying unsuccessfully to keep my brothers from killing each other Rebelling against stupid laws |
| Interests | Feminism Anarchism |
| Groups | Heroines The Tragic Death Club Punk girls |