anitgone

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It's questionable whether or not Antigone made the right decision by disobeying Creon to

bury her brother. I think in part that she made the right decision primarily because those in command

aren't always right, lives were at stake, and finally the laws made by the Gods are more important than

My first reason supporting Antigone's decision is those in command aren't always right. A King

is a ruler of a society of people that has juristrictions to it's geography. Sure a king might be viewed more

worthy than a commoner, but one important idea to keep in mind is that all people are created equal. The

laws made by a king are most often those which are best for the people under command. But to make a

law not to bury a certain individual, especially one's own brother. Antigone felt she had to bury her

brother as she said, "Creon buried our brother Eteocles with military honors, gave him a funeral, and

decision she felt in her heart was right.

So she disobeyed Creon's law and buried her brother anyway.

was right that he should; but Polyneices, who fought as bravely and died as miserably- They say that

all eternity for a law Creon made out of anger towards Polyneices. Antigone loved him and made a

right. Creon was wrong to have made a law against burying an individual.

Creon has sworn no one shall bury him, no one mourn for him." Antigone was forbidden to bury

Creon sentenced her into captivity and his plan was to starve her. Antigone hung herself before Creon

arms of anarchy. But to follow the laws created by a God would be a gamble with your faith and the life

the earth . Antigone felt that the afterlife was more important than their life lived on earth, because a life

Polyneices. Because she endangered her life in doing so. Antigone killed herself as a result, because

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