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Antigone: The Obedience of One's Morality

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Religion

 

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April 8, 2015

 

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Antigone believed, as did most people of her time, that a dead person's soul could not rest if that person's body was not buried. Creon, the King, ordered that the body of Polyneices, Antigone's brother, be left to rot unburied because he had died attacking the city, a traitor. This presents a huge problem for Antigone; she feels she must obey the laws of the gods and bury her brother, but the penalty would be earthly death...
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This presents a huge problem for Antigone; she feels she must obey the laws of the gods and bury her brother, but the penalty would be earthly death. Antigone's moral values were so important to her that she was willing to die in order to uphold them. She reasoned that her reward (or punishment) after death would reflect the nobility of her decision--and the reward would last much longer than her terrestrial life...
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Antigone: The Obedience of One's Morality Mishima And Sophocles Have The Main Characters, Antigone And Ryuji, Contribute To Their Own Deaths In The Works “antigone And “th Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea”? Antigone Vs. Creon Antigone/Creon ?'S To Ponder Antigone (creon As The Tragic The Similarities Between Creon And Antigone Similarities between Creon and ANtigone The Similarities Between Creon And Antigone The Similarities Between Creon And Antigone The Deaths of Antigone and Creon Why Antigone is Much More Important Than Creon Creon and Antigone as Tragic Heroes Creon As The Tragic Hero Of Antigone Creon's Hubris in the play Antigone CREON: ANTIGONE'S TRUE TRAGIC HERO
 

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