Murder In Sophocles Antigone

Was Antigone`s decision to bury her brother just? In the Antigone by Sophocles, king Creon issues a decree that whoever tries to bury the body of Polyneices (Antigone`s brother), shall suffer a penalty of death by stoning in the presence of the assembled citizens. Antigone refuses to follow this law because she believes that it`s more important to follow the god's principles than to obey a man. In the book, she tells her sister, Ismene : "I will bury him myself. If I die for doing that, good: I will stay with him, my brother; and my crime will be devotion. The living are here, but I must please those longer who are below; for with the dead I will stay forever. If you believe you must, cast out these principles which the gods themselves honor". (Braun, Robert E., Sophocles Antigone,[p 90]) I think Antigone acts justly since she`s
He tells his son, Antigone`s husband-to-be: " I won`t be a leader who lies to his people. No: I will kill her. Let her sing a song to Zeus for the bonds of blood. If I rear a disorderly family I am feeding general disorder. Anyone who is a good man in his house is a just man where the state is concerned. Any man who breaks laws, uses violence against them, thinks he can give orders to stronger men, gains no praise from me" [p 800]. He also says "Nothing is worse than lack of leadership. It destroys nations, drives men from their homes, smashes armies, makes allies defect. But when men are ruled right their obedience to authority saves their lives. That`s why we have to defend orderly people, and never let women get the better of us. If we must fall, better to fall to a real man and not be called worse than women." [p 820] I think that Creon wants to look like a just ruler. If he makes an exception for Antigone, he will be accused of being biased. However, a just ruler should make exceptions if they are for the best. He should take into account a person`s duty to their