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antigone

In a splendid kingdom such as Thebes, there are many laws and regulations that prevent the citizens from committing certain acts. One would certainly expect these laws to be for the common good of the people. However, the ambiguous laws made by Creon’s government end up doing the complete opposite. This can be clearly seen thorough the character of Antigone. Antigone’s loss of life is caused by ambiguous secular laws, which ironically prevent her from following the divine laws.

Divine laws as George puts it, are the laws made by Gods, for the safety of the citizens. In Antigone the only character in Antigone, that seems to have the knowledge of these laws (23). Her knowledge is demonstrated when she goes alone to give a proper burial to her brother Polynices. And to justify her act, she asks a rhetorical question, “isn’t a man’s right to burial decr

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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