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Anayisha Gauldin

Ms. Martinez

Period:6

2/13/17

Title: Antigone

In the story Antigone, there are a plethora of conflicts that get in the way of main character

Antigone’s morality. Antigone believes that human law prioritizes over divine law. Antigone

ignores the laws because she does what she thinks is right for her, which demonstrates Divine Law

vs. Human Law. Divine law vs. Human Law is shown in the story of Antigone through her being

a strong, determined, and stubborn individual.

Antigone believes that human law prioritizes over divine law. The two brothers die and

only one of them is buried which is polyneices and Eteocles was not buried because he betrayed

everyone. “No one shall bury him; no one shall mourn him, but his body bust lie in the fields”

(Sophocles 20). Antigone did not care what any thought of her about her burying her brother. “But

I will bury him, and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy, I shall lie down with him in death,

and I shall be as dear to him as he to me.” (Sophocles 55).

Antigone ignores the laws because she does what she thinks is right for her, which

demonstrates Divine Law vs. Human Law. “But oh, Antigone, think how much more terrible than

these our own death would be if we should go against Creon and do what he has forbidden”

(Sophocles 43). This shows that Antigone has to think about what her life will be like after she

bury’s her brother. She buries both of her brothers because she did not just want to bury only one.
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Divine law vs. Human Law is shown in the story of Antigone through her being a strong,

determined, and stubborn individual. Antigone believes that no matter what her brother did she

still thinks that he deserves respect. “You may do as you like, since apparently the laws of the gods

mean nothing to you. “They mean a great deal to me” “but I have no strength to break the laws.”

I will bury the brother I love (Sophocles 61). Creon is the king, Antigone is disobeying his laws,

and he wants her to be gone. “I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my

citizens’ rights” (Susan B. Anthony 1). This relates to Antigone because she knows what she has

done and what the consequences are.

Antigone is a brave person she stood up and said what was right for her. “We are fighting

for the things which we always carried nearest to our hearts for democracy, for the right of those

who submit to authority to have a voice in their own government” (Carrie Chapman Catt 2). This

relates to Antigone because she fought for what she loves which is her brother.
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