Importance Of Laws In Antigone

Most people usually follow the laws but, what happens when the laws interferes with your moral beliefs? People should follow their morals laws and do what is right for them not what the law wants them to do. Antigone ignored the law when she believed she could bury her brother. But since Polynices, her brother, was a traitor who died in war, the law does not allow. Antigone does what she believes is right even if that means death for her. The law is ignored in the play “Antigone” by Sophocles multiple times. For example, Antigone ignores the law when she is told she can not bury her brother, Creon breaks the Gods laws for what he believes is right, and Creon’s son, Haemon ignores his father words when he is told he will kill Antigone.
Antigone buries her brother even though she is not allowed to according to Creon. When Ismene is trying to talk Antigone out of burying their brother, Antigone says “I will bury him myself. And even if I die in the act, that death will be a glory. I will lie with the one I love and loved by him an outrage sacred to the gods!’’ This proves that Antigone is not following Creon’s law and doing what she believes is right. She buries her brother but that leads into her dying. She believes so much in her morals and in the God’s laws that she is willing to die if that means her brother has a proper death.
Creon’s son, Haemon does what he believes is right, he tells his father he will never see him again if his fiance, Antigone is killed. While Haemon and Creon are in a argument about Antigone, Creon states “Do you want me to show myself weak before the people? Or to break my sworn sword? No i will not. The women dies.” This proves that, that Creon is going to kill Antigone even if Haemon does not agree with his decision. Haemon loves his fiance so much that he is willing to no longer talk to his father, but that was not enough for Haemon. He can not live without Antigone so he ends up killing himself