Antigone

Creon and Antigone both have two different ideas of law and justice. They both strongly agree and stand firm in what they believe in. Creon’s justice is mainly about the law and the state.  “But whoever shows by word and deed that he is on the side of the state,- he shall have my respect while he is living, and my reverence when he is dead” (Antigone 193). Creon depends on obedience & see’s the earth as a political place. He also believes that the state is king. “My voice is the one voice giving order in this city” (Antigone 215). Creon shows that nothing else matters to him but law of the state and the power that he upholds.

Antigone on the other sees justice as love. Antigone is more so about fighting for the one she loves. “It is my nature to join in love, not hate” (Antigone 206). I would consider Antigone more of a protector. She welcomes and respects the dead. She sees the earth as a she would see her family. Antigone laws and justice lies in fighting for what is right and fighting for the love of her family and love one.