What led Antigone to civil disobedience against her uncle creon

Antigone 's civil disobedience 1

Running Head : ANTIGONE 'S CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

What led Antigone to civil disobedience against her uncle Creon

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Antigone 's civil disobedience 2

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I believe that Antigone 's trust in religious laws and in life after death led her to disobey

her uncle Creon 's laws , which was based on bias and unfairness . Her disobedience was

considered civil disobedience because it was for a moral cause and was loud , apparent

and non-violent

and declared one against the existing laws made by Creon . Creon 's

government was based on oppressing common people and Antigone was left with only

one option to protest against the laws non-violently . Also her strong desire to perform

proper burial for her brother 's body led her do so because according to her it is very

important to bury the dead so that his soul finds a smooth way to heaven and gets a better

afterlife too

Antigone 's civil disobedience 3

What led Antigone to civil disobedience against her uncle Creon

According to me Antigone 's civil disobedience against her uncle Creon was due to the

unfair and unjust rules of her uncle . Creon was a dictator and he forced the people of

Thebes to follow the rules made by him . He himself differentiates and is unfair when he

arranges for the burial of Eteocles in the sacred way but at the same time bans burial of

Polynieces ' body . This was the main...