Write about the conflict between Creon’s decree and Antigone’s allegiance to a different law.

“Whose Law?”
Write about the conflict between Creon’s decree and Antigone’s allegiance to a different law. Describe the two kinds of laws and Antigone’s and Creon’s positions and explain which position is more appealing to you. You must use at least 2 quotes from the play in your discussion of the two kinds of law.
Had you been in the original audience for this play in Athens, what would have been your reaction to this play? What political course might you have followed upon leaving the theater? That is, would you have been on Antigone’s or Creon’s side, or somewhere else?

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