Antigone Letter To Creon

I stand here before you today to quiz my acceptance into the Elysium Fields. I, Antigone believe my actions were the correct thing to do. My loyalty to family and the Gods help me come to the conclusion that my brother could not be left unburied. Divine law stated that no family member shall the left unburied. Denying burial to my dearest brother polyneices would disgrace his body furthermore his soul would be unrest for eternity. Creon my power hungry uncle created a law denying his burial going against the law of the Gods. He argued my brother was a traitor, but he was family. We are just mortals who live to serve the Gods and follow their laws. Rather than leaving him naked on the battlefield for the dogs to tear cut and scavengers to pick
My brother, a man of Thebes, was not allowed to be buried by his own family. Even if my decision was fallacious, which it wasn't, I had the Gods and the people of Thebes on my side. Both disagreed with the decisions of Creon. Even Haemon, Creon’s son explains, Whoever thinks that he alone possesses intelligence, the gift of eloquence, he and no one else, and character too…such men, I tell you, spread them open—you will find them empty” (791-794). He told his father he can’t challenge the law of the Gods and the Thebans just to assert dominance. I did no wrong, as any Theban. I knew the risk of dying and I was willing to make the sacrifice so my brother’s soul would rest in piece. Choosing to be loyal to my brother was an easy decision to make because the Gods have told us to be loyal to our family. After my decease, wise spoke to a Creon telling saying, “You are sick, Creon! You are deathly sick!”(839) Tiresias explained the birds were fighting in the sky because the law of the Gods. The people did not want me to die, they believed I did nothing wrong. The Thebans agreed that I was fulfilling my sisterly duty because he was Family and Family matters. With all the troubles over the ages in our Family, I wanted to make our family whole