Examples Of Duty In Antigone

Through the course of Antigone, a play by Sophocles, various characters justify their actions based on their own perception of duty. A strong example of one of them is Antigone. In the play, Antigone experiences a series of moral tests. She has to choose whether to abide by the laws of Thebes or take her own path and follow moral laws and obey the gods instead of the King Creon. She chooses to go against Creon and follow her own moral laws and bury her brother. All though later punished for her denial of the law, Antigone ultimately made the correct decision.
In Ancient Greece, it was a moral code to bury anyone and everyone, friend or foe. In the play Antigone, By Sophocles, Antigone has to choose between following this ancient duty or acquiesce