Antigone Quote Analysis

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“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in the loyalty to each other.”by Mario Puzo means that your family is only as strong as it’s loyalty to each other.
This quote can be supported by “Antigone” because the family of Antigone because If Creon does not kill Antigone he will be showing his family’s strength(bond) because he is going against his own word and civil law, that he created, to save the life of his own niece.
This quote can be supported by “Antigone” because if Creon does not kill Antigone he will disobey his own law, by not punishing Antigone for Breaking his Civil law. By not stoning Antigone to death he will be showing the strength of his family because he will be swallowing his own pride to feel compassion

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