![]() ![]() This essay seeks to illuminate whether the claim that the play Antigone demonstrate that there is higher law than civil law is in deed true(Walsh par. Antigone strongly believes that the laws of Gods are higher than the laws of the state and that she does right by following the laws of the Gods. ![]() When Antigone goes for support from her sister Ismene, she only gets disappointed when she tells her that she fully supports the law of the state. ![]() Antigone believes in the law of God and has a strong resolve that she has to burry her brother Polyneices even if Creon refuses. Creon who doubles up as the state categorically says the state abhors burying of the dead and even touching their remains. This is seen on several occasions when the characters Creon, Antigone and Ismene fail to agree on whether Polyneices on death should be buried, live alone touching him. The play Antigone exhibits the conflicts that arise due to lack of understanding on which law should take precedence between the law of the state and the law of God. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |