The play Antigone reveals several important conflicts exist in Ancient Greek society. Sophocles includes a major conflict that is between human law and divine law. In Antigone there are two characters that support each of the law. Creon, a the king in Thebes, believes in human law which certainly provides him the right to create law. Antigone’s guideline is opposite from Creon, she supports Divine law which is the law that were build by gods. Through Antigone and Creon Sophocles describes the conflict between human law and divine law, these two laws represent Ancient people’s view towards their destiny and their belief to god.
Human follows a set of rules to survive in Ancient time. They treat the rules as common sense and obey without hesitant. Creon announces Polynices is a traitor therefore “Creon has laid him in the earth” (Sophocles 60). In divine law, a dead person must be buried after death. Creon’s arrogant attitude encourages him to build his own law and against the gods. He believes he is the king, who has the highest authority in Thebes. His understanding of his place is unclear, he is unprepared for changing divine law into human law whereas he forgets divine law has been recognized as a tradition in Ancient Greek Society. …show more content…
Antigone neglects her safety to ask Creon to bury Polynices. She believes in divine law and disobeys the new law created by Creon, “I will bury him myself. And even if I die in act, that death will be a glory” (Sophocles 63). Antigone refuses to see insects eating Polynices’ body, she wants Polynices to rest in peace. Antigone pursues the divine law for Creon and convinces
Human follows a set of rules to survive in Ancient time. They treat the rules as common sense and obey without hesitant. Creon announces Polynices is a traitor therefore “Creon has laid him in the earth” (Sophocles 60). In divine law, a dead person must be buried after death. Creon’s arrogant attitude encourages him to build his own law and against the gods. He believes he is the king, who has the highest authority in Thebes. His understanding of his place is unclear, he is unprepared for changing divine law into human law whereas he forgets divine law has been recognized as a tradition in Ancient Greek Society. …show more content…
Antigone neglects her safety to ask Creon to bury Polynices. She believes in divine law and disobeys the new law created by Creon, “I will bury him myself. And even if I die in act, that death will be a glory” (Sophocles 63). Antigone refuses to see insects eating Polynices’ body, she wants Polynices to rest in peace. Antigone pursues the divine law for Creon and convinces