What Would Be Worse Losing Your Family In Antigone

What would be worse losing your life for standing up for what you believe is right or losing your family? In the play Antigone, Antigone’s dad Oedipus wasn’t very fortunate he was to kill his dad King Laios and marry his mom Queen Jocasta. Which he had done unknowingly. Then he had four kids with his mom Jocasta they had two girls and two boys, Antigone, Ismene, Polyneices, and Eteocles. When Oedipus and Jocasta found out that he had actually fulfilled the prophecy. Jocasta had committed suicide and then Oedipus blinded himself and had left Thebes to later on die. Which leaving Thebes then gave reign to the next in line being Eteocles and Polyneices. They were to take turns but Eteocles became power hungry and wanted to keep ruling Thebes, driving Polyneices out of Thebes.
Since both brothers had died the next in line would be Jocasta’s brother Creon. Creon had said for Eteocles to have a proper burial but had put Polyneices’ body outside of the city walls because he believed he didn’t deserve a proper burial. As a result, Antigone had wanted to give her brother a proper burial so he could rest in peace and that is what she did. Creon had later seen someone gave Polyneices a proper burial and Antigone had admitted with no hesitation that she was the one to give him a proper burial and many others in the city would agree that he should’ve been given a proper burial. In Sophocles’ play Antigone, Antigone is the tragic hero, because she comes from a noble position, is brought down by a tragic flaw, and faces consequences greater than