![]() As a citizen, she ought to obey the state laws but she does not. Her loyalty to her family and to divine laws conflicts with the state rules. The king’s obligation to his state leads him to forsake his duty to his family and ends up imprisoning his niece, Antigone when she defies his orders.ĭespite the Kings’ orders, Antigone proceeds to bury her brother, Polyneices. He says, “There is nothing worse than disobedience to authority”(An. Creon bases his action on Polyneices disobedience to state laws. Conversely, Creone chooses state obligation over family duties.Ĭrone passes judgment that everyone should leave Polyneices’ body lying unburied in the battlefield as prey for vultures and worms. Antigone chooses to obligate to her family and overlook her state duties. ![]() This brings conflict of obligation to family or to the state between Antigone and Creon. Polyneices a brother to Antigone and Creon’s’ Nephew betrays the state by fighting his brother for the throne. How the conflict between Antigone and Creon is about dutyīoth Antigone and Creon are obligated to their family and to the state. Antigone’s act sparks a conflict between her and her uncle, Creon. She takes it upon herself to bury her brother, Polyneices. Antigone, a sister to the two brothers does not take this well. Creon rules that everyone should leave Polyneices’ body lying unburied in the battlefield as prey for vultures and worms. Following the death of the two brothers, their uncle Creon takes over the throne.Īs king, Creon deems it right to honor Eteocles, the rightful heir to the throne and put polyneices, the rebel to public shame. Eteocles brother Polyneices refutes this and the two engage in a civil war for the throne where they both die. ![]() This story begins after banishment of Oedipus, the king of Thebes. Significance and interpretation of Antigone
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