... say the least prayer for him; he shall lie on the plain, unburied; and the birds and the scavenging dogs can do with him whatever they like " (Antigone Parados I. Strophe 1. Scene 1. Lines 31-36). King Creon's decision parallels that of "Roe v. Wade, legal case, decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme ... deed that he is on the side of the State,--he shall have my respect while he is living, and my reverence when he is dead " (Antigone Parados I. Strophe 1. Scene 1. Lines 37-40). Polyneices's quarrel with his brother, Eteocles, resulted in Polyneices exile. Thereafter, Polyneices returns to...

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