Antigone Personal Beliefs

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Antigone, the Defender of Religion and Personal Beliefs
Dying for the ones you love is a big step, but Antigone is willing to for her brother and what she believes in. In the tragedy Antigone, Antigone did just that. She died for her beloved brother by burying him when her actions were against the law. Antigone did what she thought was right and defended herself against the king, who made a law against religion and did not stick with the law. She believed that people must be buried and have death rights to pass over, the kingdom also thought this. Polynices was her last brother and she was willing to do anything to honor him. Antigone was right when she decided to bury her brother because she defended her religion and personal beliefs, honored
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Since the king made a law against burying her brother because he labeled Polynices as a traitor she decided to bury him to follow religion. Her religion states that someone needs to be buried to pass into the afterlife and if that person is not buried, they cannot pass over and the family is faced with consequences. At the time, Creon was going against religious rule. Antigone argues “Nor did I think your edict had such force that you, a mere mortal, could override the god’s.” Antigone brings this up in her argument against Creon, explaining that he should be following the god’s rules and he decides to change them when he himself is not a god or demi-god and therefore Creon has no right to change religious …show more content…
He was afraid to take back the law, even after he learns he is at fault and went against the gods. Taking back the law could show a possible weakness and could hurt his pride. Both ways people will agree and disagree with what he is doing and some people will always perceive what he is doing as a weakness. Creon then admits that the reason he doesn’t want to change the law is his pride “I know it myself -I’m shaken, torn. It’s a dreadful thing to yield...but resist now? Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? That’s dreadful too.” (1218-1221). The king is worried more about his pride than the people of Thebes including his own