The Play Antigone By Sophocles - 1085 Words

The play Antigone by Sophocles provides multiple themes to the reader. One of which is Individual vs State as Antigone goes against Creon s rule. This act of defiance is due to the feeling by an individual that what they believe is correct over that of a states law. This theme when applied to modern times can be interpreted as government vs personal freedoms. A person will always act on the values that they have and on those values souly, even when that is against the laws set in place. This idea of personal freedom is not only something that was evident in the play but is an key element of human nature. Ever since the creation of organized governement people have always felt like their personal freedoms have been oppressed. Whenever a†¦show more content†¦In Antigone, Sophocles creates Antigone as a character that holds her core values and beliefs very highly. He does this because it provides the reader with someone that they can aspire to be because Antigone has her life i n check. She knows that her values are not something that can be messed with and that she holds them higher than that of the law. Antigone s response to Creon s ruling was what Creon says is quite irrelevant. He is my brother. I will bury him (Sophocles 42-43). This is very important because it means that although the law says that Antigone should not doing anything for her brother she knows that this is wrong and that she does not need to follow it. She is going to do what she knows is right for her brother and doesn t care about the consequences that are going to follow. An example of this in modern times is the response that Kim Davis had when she was told to issue same sex marriage licenses. Kim Davis was a county clerk in Kentucky and was in charge of issuing mariage licenses. Once Kentuky had approved same sex mariage she was going to be required to issue them. This would be an issue for her because this would go against Davis s beliefs. In response to Kentucky s ruling on iss uing