Otherness in the character Antígona of Sófocles. Approximation to a reading from Emmanuel Lévinas

Abstract

This article deals with pose an approach to the relationship between the
character of Antigone of Sophocles and the notion of otherness by Emmanuel
Levinas. The thesis which I contend is as follows: the otherness is one of the
experiences that lead to Antigone to decide the way of own death motivated by
the conviction of his dead brother. The topics of the writing are divided in two: The
proximity of Antigone with his brother and The otherness in the decision against
the condemnation of his dead brother. I conclude this text stating that Levinas
and Sophocles can dialogue in an ethical sense, of freedom, of the election on the
other and the consequences of this; each highlights the importance of the value
that has an insubordination when the injustice and imposition are the weapon of
the tyrant