Positive Law vs. Natural Law; Do what you believe is right; This is a phrase common to us all, this is the main focal point of in the play Antigone, written by Sophacles. But how does one define what is right? Is it what we believe in our hearts, or is it what we know is acceptable? Antigone is one...

The struggle with understanding the needs of individual's rights versus the rights of the higher power of government leads to political destruction within the state. "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" (Lord Acton). Sophocles, author of the novel Antigone, ...

Antigone In the Greek drama Antigone there are many underlying conflicts between the two main characters, Antigone and Creon. The central conflict of the play is between ethical and political decision-making. Antigone stands for ethical choices, while Creon represents political decisions. Antigone...