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Antigone's Rebellion Against The Law

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Antigone is a Greek tragedy which presents questions of what one should do when one is presented with the dilemma of behaving according to one’s morality and values or behaving according to the law. There is no absolute good nor absolute bad, instead, the world is composed of a complex combination of both. Ergo, Antigone’s rebellion against the law cannot be classified in either of these extremes. However, she weighted the advantages and disadvantages of her planned action and smartly selected what was of greater value for her. Although the law should be obeyed to maintain order and security, sometimes is should also be questioned and broken. The main reason being that law is made by humans, and the human being is flawed, thus usually law is
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