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A 3 page paper which examines Sophocles’ tragic heroine’s deep commitment to the concept of justice. No additional sources are used.
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tragic figures in the history of Greek classical literature, the strong-willed young woman would disagree. After her mothers suicide and fathers banishment from Thebes, the region suffered under her
uncle Creons authoritarian leadership, and was plunged into a constant state of civil war, which literally pitted brother against brother. One of Antigones brothers, Eteocles, fought in Creons army
while the other male sibling, Polynices, fought for the opposition. When both brothers are killed in combat, Creon decreed that Eteocles would be accorded with a heros funeral rites
while the body of the rebellious Polynices was left to openly decay and serve as animal and insect food. Antigone is furious by what she perceives to be flagrant
injustice to her brothers memory as every soldier who dies in the line of duty should be accorded the same proper burial. She confides to her sister Ismene that
she will see to it that Creon rights the grievous wrong he did to Polynices by holding him accountable in the name of justice. Antigone makes it clear that
she intends to disobey the King by performing the burial rite herself and that while she would appreciate Ismenes support, she will pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance.
With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to justice, Antigone eloquently announces: "I intend / To give my brother burial. Ill be glad / To die
in the attempt, -- if its a crime, / Then its a crime that God commands. I then / Could face my brother as a friend and look /
Him in the eyes. Why shouldnt I make sure / I get on with the dead rather than with / The living? There is all eternity / To
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