It is quite obvious the main back drop of Antigone and Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night falls under the category of comedy while Antigone falls under a tragedy. Moreover, the two plays are separated by these main themes because of the fact in which Antigone is a more serious play involving death, as Twelfth Night concerns more love and foolish jokes. Along with this, throughout the plays, they both have similar characters, but tend to represent completely different characters at the same time. In addition, both plays share a confusing background. For instance, the twist of tricky names and pranks that are formed in Twelfth Night, versus the diverse family tree from Antigone illustrates the confusion amongst the two. The major similarity of the two plays involve the theme of love, but it is…show more content… For example, Antigone’s brother, Polyneices, dies but Kreon does not allow his body to be buried. Antigone, also Kreon’s niece, believes that her brother should deserve a proper death because of the family love she shares for her dear brother. As she decides to bury her brother individually, this news travels back to Kreon. Kreon sentences Antigone to death, but meanwhile, Antigone fiancee, Haimon, Kreon’s son, sticks up for Antigone. Haimon revealed to Kreon that he made the wrong decision by sentencing his fiancee to death. Haimon then goes after his love, Antigone, only to find that it was too late. Haimon and Kreon began a duel, but… plot twist… Haimon stabs himself to death. Shortly after Haimon’s death, Kreon’s wife, Eurydice, notices that her only beloved son has killed himself, then resulting in her decision to commit suicide, leaving Kreon to suffer with his infuriated-self. On the other hand, Twelfth Night also started off with not only one dead brother, but two! Both Viola and Olivia are in deep mourning because their brothers have died. Because of the strict rules of the upper class being forbidden to visit the Illyria citizens,
