Antigone is guilty for breaking the law. She knew that she was going to get
in trouble for it, but still did it. She can’t go against the law and think it is alright.
There is no way that she didn’t know she would be punished for burying her brother. She even said “... But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death,” (Sophocles, 1, 1, 57-59). This is evidence to show that she knew what she was getting herself into, by burying him. Ismene even reminded her that the new law forbids it. There are many reason why Antigone deserves what happened to her. Many people had warned her of the punishment she would encounter.
Antigone kept telling Creon to kill her, but you can tell that she didn’t want to die. “I knew I must die, even without your decree: I am only mortal. And if I must die Now, before it is my time to die, Surely this is no hardship: can anyone Living, as I live, with evil all about me, Think Death less than a friend? This death of mine Is of no importance; but if I had left my brother Lying in death unburied, I should have suffered. Now I do not.” (Sophocles, 1, 2, 73-81). When she says this she tells Creon to kill her and that she won’t suffer now because she buried her brother. Antigone would say that to Creon, but she kept thinking that it was not fair for her to die, just because she buried her brother.
Therefore Antigone should have gotten her punishment and she deserved it.
There is no way that she didn’t know she would be punished for burying her brother. She even said “... But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death,” (Sophocles, 1, 1, 57-59). This is evidence to show that she knew what she was getting herself into, by burying him. Ismene even reminded her that the new law forbids it. There are many reason why Antigone deserves what happened to her. Many people had warned her of the punishment she would encounter.
Antigone kept telling Creon to kill her, but you can tell that she didn’t want to die. “I knew I must die, even without your decree: I am only mortal. And if I must die Now, before it is my time to die, Surely this is no hardship: can anyone Living, as I live, with evil all about me, Think Death less than a friend? This death of mine Is of no importance; but if I had left my brother Lying in death unburied, I should have suffered. Now I do not.” (Sophocles, 1, 2, 73-81). When she says this she tells Creon to kill her and that she won’t suffer now because she buried her brother. Antigone would say that to Creon, but she kept thinking that it was not fair for her to die, just because she buried her brother.
Therefore Antigone should have gotten her punishment and she deserved it.
