Antigone’s devotion to the gods leave her unable to create unique ideas and instead, this causes her to subconsciously put every thought through a filter of her predetermined morals. She does not realize that she has given her freedom to the gods, and she believes that she is the one making the decisions in her life. In all reality, the gods are “possessing" Antigone. Antigone shows this when she goes against Kreon to give Polynices burial rights. As much as this action may seem to be free thinking and something that she is passionate about, it was highly pressured and completely influenced by the expectations set by the gods. The gods have so deeply engrained it into Antigone’s mind that she cannot think of any option other than to lay
