Context undoubtedly plays a major role in both the creation and interpretation of literary works, as it dictates how the author and audience relate the entities of the literary work with those of reality. . Two versions of Antigone, each written by Sophocles and Jean Anouilh, illustrate the influence of context on literary works; Although both describe Antigone's struggle to bury her brother Polyneices against Creon's edict, each version revolves around slightly different topics and is perceived differently. Sophocles' Antigone presents the play with Antigone as the obvious protagonist. Fulfilling the final words of the play's Chorus that "respect for the gods must be safeguarded" (Sophocles 128), Antigone abides by the rules of the divine over those of the city until her death and is thus portrayed as a virtuous heroine. From the same point of view, Creon is characterized as a reckless tyrant who oppresses Antigone with his earthly power. He is damned by the Chorus' final remarks that "the words of the proud are fully paid / by mighty blows of fate" (Sophocles 128); Hi...