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Antigone-Higher Law Vs. Laws O
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Laws of the City-State vs. Higher Law as Seen in Sophocles' "Antigone"
In Ancient Greece, after 800 bc., new ideas came to the forefront concerning the governing of society. These ideas led to a more organized leadership and a government whose decisions were primarily based on majority rule. This ....
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....er's place in the after-life, regardless of his loyalty to the state. Antigone valued the will of the Gods over loyalty, a cornerstone of the city-state system.
Antigone probably also felt that her right to freedom as a citizen of the city state was being compromised by Creon. Antigone voices this opinion to her sister, "It is against you and me he has made this order, yes against me." . With both the will of god and the rights of her citizenship as her defense, she goes to die by the order of.... |
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