What Is Antigone Right Or Right

The definition of moral is this: “Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.” But, what is right, and what is wrong? Is there a straightforward, universal answer to that? The play Antigone addresses this. The two main characters are both acting upon what they see as morally just and right. However, while they both have the same intentions, their actions conflict heavily, and situate them on opposite sides of a matter. Because of this, there is not a clear good or evil person; almost every aspect of the playwright is up to the reader’s interpretation. But, it is not impossible to make a compromise between two people about their values, even if it seems the values could not be more

Antigone is the daughter of the late king Oedipus, and Creon is the king of Corinth. The conflict that these two face is the burial of Polyneices, who was Antigone’s deceased brother. Creon was not allowing Polynices to be buried, because he had fought against Athens. To Creon, this was correct: “And yet you dared to overstep these laws?” (Sophocles Line 458) Creon was furious at the fact that someone would dare to disobey the law. To Antigone, however, burying Polyneices was the only correct thing to do; “He has no right to keep me from my own.” (Sophocles line 50) Because of Antigone’s stubborn loyalty to her family, she ultimately died. Did she have to die? No. Because neither character was willing to see where the other was coming from, it lead to an unnecessary

The mentality of considering the other side of an argument was something that Greek Sophists were founded upon, as well. I myself will always place my family over law, because of what my family has done for me. But, in the future, if I ever find myself placed in a spot between the family and law, maybe it is not always a good thing that in a heartbeat I would choose my family and disobey. In the end, every single person on this Earth is different. Everyone has gone through different experiences, and had to face different tribulations. These events form morals; and with the different events come different morals. But, it is rare for a situation to have a point-blank right and wrong, evil and good. This can be confusing, and as addressed in Antigone, can lead to pride and very negative results. But can an optimistic and a pessimistic person find common ground, somewhere? Yes, they can. All it requires is pushing pride aside, and replacing that pride with humility towards to other