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Antigone is a story about listening to your heart rather than abiding by the established law. When her brother is killed in battle, Antigone goes against King Creon's law that forbids anyone to bury him. However, Antigone believes there is a higher law that needs to be recognized. So, she buries her brother, even against the wishes of her sister and the wishes of Creon, but it is what she believes is right. Throughout the story, the idea of whether Antigone's actions are right or wrong is wrestled with. There are two sides, Antigone's and Creon's. Antigone's sister does not support her in her act and Creon's own son is against him as well. It seems blood does not take sides. Interestingly, the Chorus takes the side of Creon, saying "You have passed beyond human daring and come at last into a place of stone where Justice sits....Reverence is a virtue, but strength lives in established law: that must prevail." What defines right and wrong? What makes each character take the sides they take? And when can one throw aside state laws and go by a moral code instead? These are some questions that Antigone sparks.

There is no real answer to this question, I think it varies from person to person. There are times when the law should be taken very seriously and there are times, such as Antigone's situation, where it is necessary to take alternate action. Antigone had to bury her brother or he would have been lost in the Underword.

Creon is displayed as the villan in the story. He has sound leadership qualities and rules as a great king, in terms of his enforcement. The law he made about Polyneices is not necessarily unjust because he was an enemy of the country. However, it was a little harsh to punish Antigone for sprinkling dust over he brother for closure and insurance for him in death. This harsh punishment was what brought his downfall in the end. He, himself was punished with the suicides of three people. Creon, in the end, gets his retribution.