In the ancient greek tragedy, antigone, the main character antigone arrives in thebes to prevent a prophecy that predicts her brothers will kill each other in battle. she arrives to find that she is too late; her brothers are already dead and her uncle, king creon, has forbidden the burial of her brother polyneices, having decided that he was a traitor. antigone defies her uncle’s orders and buries her brother anyway. in fury, creon throws her in jail, but is soon convinced by others to release her. creon goes to the jail to give antigone her freedom, but finds that she is dead, having killed herself in despair.

which is the rising action of antigone?

antigone's decision to defy creon's orders and bury her brother
creon's decision to pardon antigone and release her from jail
creon's discovery that antigone has hanged herself in her jail cell
the battle between the two brothers which resulted in their deaths

Rising action of Antigone is Antigone's decision to defy Creon's orders and bury her brother.

Explanation:

Antigone is Sophocles' tragedy and it is third of the three Theban plays in order of events narrated in the three.

Rising Action: Rising action in a plot of literary work means all actions events which create suspense, conflict, and/or tension leading  to climax.

Rising action follows exposition and is followed by climax. After climax is the plot's falling action and lastly resolution or denouement.

Exposition is background information about characters, setting, and events of the story.

Climax is the turning point of the narrative with highest tension. It is the peak of the story.

Falling action are the events after climax in which all conflicts start to resolve.

Resolution is the end of the story when all conflicts have been resolved.

It is important to consider that all these parts of the plot overlap with the parts previous and next to them, and may also vary slightly on reader's interpretation.

Second and third options are plot's falling action.

Fourth option is exposition of the plot.

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