The Burial At Thebes Analysis

Post-Debate
I believe that Antigone is right to bury her brother Polyneices and that Creon is wrong to deny the burial of Polyneices. In the play, “The Burial at Thebes,” there is a fight between the two main characters Creon, who is the king of Thebes and Antigone, who is Creon’s nephew. Antigone and Creon throughout the play, fight for the burial rights of Polyneices, who is Antigone’s brother. In the introduction of the play, it states, “The sons agreed to alternate the rule of Thebes, but Eteocles refused to give up the throne.” (viii) This phrase proves Antigone is right as Polyneices deserves the right to be buried as he did not break the agreement. The only one who broke the agreement was Eteocles, yet he was still allowed to be buried. Although some may argue that Antigone is wrong because it states, “Polyneices attacked Thebes with the help of forces from Argos. They [Polyneices and Eteocles] killed each other in the fight.” Although Polyneices attacked his own country we
The reason Antigone is right morally is because she is sticking up for what she believes and does what she believes is right. A phrase from the play that proves her beliefs are right is when it says, “This is law and order in the land of good King Creon… Whoever isn’t for us is against us in this case. Whoever breaks this law, I’ll have them stoned to death.” (viii) This quote shows that Antigone is willing to do anything to fight for what she believes in. Through her action, she is also showing others that they should stand up and fight for what they believe in. Although some may say that if everybody stood up for what they believe it would result in a rebellion. This may be true, but if everybody rebelled and then finally came to one conclusion there would be no more fighting after this and there would only be peace. Antigone's argument is correct, while Creon's argument is