How Did Antigone Break Creon's Law

In Antigone as the Law of the Gods fights King Creon’s law to obey the law of the Gods. The problem starts when Oedipus’s sons Eteocles and Polyneices had to share one throne. Polyneices and Eteocles murder each other during their battle for the throne. Since their were no other male heir to Creon being the new king made a new decree that Polyneices’ body wouldn’t be buried because he was a traitor for attacking his homeland, but the divine law says that if a body isn’t buried by sundown the soul or ghost of the person will stay present on the earth eternally without resting in peace. Antigone wants to follow the law of the Gods instead of following Creon’s human law. Antigone has to face the consequences of Creon’s Law if she wants to bury

Antigone thinks that Creon isn’t rightful King, and she thinks that everything was happening too fast, first the curse on her father, now her brothers are dead, and Creon is new king (815-816). Antigone is not breaking Creon law it is just the one that has a conflict with the law of the Gods because she obey the Gods greatly. Antigone believes that the laws of the Gods are above the human law. Antigone does not care about her life, because she knows that the punishment is death. Antigone says: “But I will bury him: and if i must die/ I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down / With him in death, and I shall be as dear / To him as he to me” (816). Antigone is thinks that when she dies for this human law, she will be honored in death for burying Polyneices. When Creon put Antigone in the stone vault to die on her own time. She just can’t take it anymore and she kills herself. Stubbornness made Antigone lose her own

Creon see Antigone as a person who is scheming against him for his crown because she bury Polyneices. Creon did not want to seem weak as the new king, and he wanted to make an example out of Antigone this is why Creon sent her to death. His family and the blind prophet warn Ceon of his actions, but he was too stubborn to care about the consequences of his actions. Creon explains and that Haemon should not care because that she is just a normal women now not even family when she bury Polynices. Creon say: “Do you want me to show myself weak before the people? / Or to break my sworn word? No, and I will not / The women dies. / I suppose she’ll plead “family ties.” Well let her”. (840). Then Creon was visited by the blind prophet Teiresias. Teiresias tells Creon that his actions as king have affected all people of Greece: “This was a sign from heaven. My boy describes it, / Seeing for me as I see for others. / I tell you, Creon, you yourself have brought / This new calamity upon us” (850). Creon tried to save Antigone, but it was already too late. Creon’s downfall is when loses his son, wife, and his willing to rule Thebes because didn't want to change his opinion when putting Antigone in a stone