Families have no rules to abide by, therefore family responsibility is more important than abiding by the law. ... By openly acknowledging that she was breaking the law Antigone proved that family obligation is much more important. ... Creon himself best described the tragedy, which he brought upon himself in a quote saying, "Nothing you can say can touch me anymore. ... Yet Creon must live his life out by himself, serving the most severe punishment of all: waking up each morning and looking at the face of a murderer. ... Antigone sums it up best, " But I will bury him, and if I must die,...

• Word Count: 1046
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The characters are ordinary people like us, taken from the lower and middle classes of society, who struggle with everyday problem, such as poverty, sickness, crime, family strife and other problems within marital and paternal relationships. ...

• Word Count: 9352
• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School