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The scene thorough lines 450 to 540 involve Creon and Antigone in a furious argument. With Creon’s ruthless attitudes he condemns her for her actions however, Antigone seems to be indomitable and fights back. They’re arguing due to the fact that Antigone wants to bury her fallen brother, Polynicies, while Creon has prohibited the burial. In Creon’s mind, everyone from Thebes should hail the estate and obey his orders, while many disagrees with him, only Antigone has the courage to follow the gods rules and honor her family. “Because it wasn’t Zeus who pronounced these things to me.” Proclaimed Antigone after being questioned why wouldn’t she follow his laws. The discussion is very striking in many senses; for example, the fact that a human …show more content…

When interrogated why wouldn’t she follow Creon’s laws she proclaimed that “I would never think your pronouncements has such strength that, being mortal, they could override the unwritten” which means that considering her thoughts that gods are above estate, why would she follow his rules. This provokes great anger in Creon and due to that, the chorus makes a comparison with her father by saying: “She’s clearly the fierce daughter of a fierce father, she doesn’t know to bend with the wind.” This saying has a meaning that she is resistant and that she is different than …show more content…

“…even if she were closer than my sister’s child, closer than any who shares my family’s chapel, she and her sister will not escape the worst fate” by saying that, he believes she will stop with the arguments and simply follow his laws however, it’s quite the opposite what happens next. She mocks him even more by questioning, “Do you want something more than killing me?” Later on into the scene, they start discussing the death of Polynices and Eteocles, while Creon believes that Polynices shouldn’t deserve to be buried and that the gods wouldn’t like him because he is bad person. “The good don’t want to share honors with the bad” However, in the other hand Antigone replies by saying that both of them should be buried, this causes Creon to enrage and exclaim “No woman will rule while I

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