Role Of Divine Laws In Antigone

Divine laws & Civil laws are both very constructive as to keeping society in place, but what happens when Civil law clashes with Divine law? In Antigone, Creon creates a law that contradicts Divine law. This creates a lot of tragic conflict throughout the story. Things turn sour when Antigone chooses to follow the Divine law instead of Creon’s law. She decided to bury her brother, Polyneices. Even though Creon’s law goes against it. When Antigone buried him she was aware of the consequences that Creon had once he found out Antigone had done it. Antigone realized how dire the consequences were going to be and she became very hesitant. She attempts to gain pity from the choragus & they react in a very confronting way. The Tragic hero of “Antigone”

by Sophocles is Antigone.
Some might think otherwise that Creon is the tragic hero because he gained stature through the way he meets catastrophe by accepting all the deaths he has caused & Living with his mistakes.
Antigone is the tragic hero because she brought doom upon herself by burying her brother because in the text when Antigone buried Polyneices She knew she was breaking Creon's law. She knew that the consequences were life threatening. She was aware and fearless plus she still made the decision to do it regardless of her sisters opinions
Another reason Antigone is the tragic hero is that she moves the audience to pity. (“Aristotle”)Once she realized how dire the consequences would be she became anxious and tried to gain pity from the Chrogrous. In the text, the very fact that Antigone would be killed for doing something so noble brought pity among the audience. This shows that Antigone brings pity among the audience.
Antigone gained stature through the way she meets catastrophe because in the text the choragus questions whether or not Antigone is stronger than man as a result of her actions. Plus, Haemon even mentioned that people speak greatly of her behind Creon’s back. This shows how she has gained stature as a result of her reactions.