Is Antigone Morally Right

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All life is important. Even if you do things that are bad, all life is worth living. They may mess up but that’s what jail is for. Antigone should have never died because she was trying to bury Polynices what was morally right. She was trying to keep her family together, and she was a good girl.
Antigone was doing what was morally right by trying to bury her brother even though he tried to attack the city. All he was trying to do is earn his spot as king of Thebes and Antigone could tell that. And at the beginning of the story Antigone tells Creon that he made the law not to bury Polynices. (pg. 29). But Antigone knew that wasn’t right so she had to bury him because it was morally right and not just what Creon wanted. Who would not want to …show more content…

She even says she had a duty to her family and humanity (pg. 29). If both of your brothers die and it is just you and your sister, you would want to keep your sister and you together. That is exactly what she is trying to do in this play. All she wanted to do is keep her family together, her whole family is falling apart and she is just trying to save it.
Antigone was a good girl. She did what was right no matter what the consequences. She knew she was going to die and accepted her fate (pg. 44). She knew she was going to die even before she buried Polynices. And when the time she had to accept it and instead of her having a slow death, she decided to do it quickly. Everything she did in the play, she did for a reason, a good reason.
That is why Antigone shouldn’t have died. Because she was doing what was morally right by attempting to bury Polynices. And she was trying to keep her family together because all she wanted to do is be happy and have her family all together by burying Polynices. And last but not least, Antigone was a good girl for doing what was right even when she knew the harsh consequence of death. In all three of these, she was trying to bury Polynices even though he went against the town and that to me, shows she has a heart and cares about

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