But one question continuously plaguing scholars is why Dante the poet considers familial relationships important enough to merit such heinous punishment. ... It is often said that fratricide is the worst crime imaginable as "Each is aggressor and victim as they merge into a monstrous, bipartite unity".2 From this quote we can get a closer look at truly awful nature of the crime these two brothers committed, and why Dante is so unforgiving with them. ... When asked by Dante the pilgrim why he so viciously chews at his neighbor's head, Ugolino answers that in life they plotted ...

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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,...

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