Creon is then warned by Teiresias, the blind prophet, that the gods are on Antigone's' side and that they will punish Creon by taking away one of his children by death. After the threat, the chorus starts to rethink their actions and they decide that they should listen to the prophet and bury Polyneices and free Antigone. Before Creon can do anything to amend his previous actions, a messenger delivers the news that Antigone and Haemon have both taken their own lives. Creon finally realizes after two lives have been taken that his own actions have caused all of this chaos. After Eurydice, Creon's wife and Haemon's mother, hears of the news she is so distraught and angry with her husband that she curses him and takes her own life as well. Creon acted against the gods and lost his child and his wife as a result.
The issues of this play are still just as evident now as they were during the time of the play. One of the main issues of this play is Individual versus State; Conscience versus Law; Moral or Divine Law versus Human Law. This is one of the most prominent issues because each issue describes the differences in views between Antigone and Creon. The conflict is between the individual and the power of the stat. Another one of the issues is the threat of tyranny throughout the play. Creon subtly abuses his power throughout the play. The last main issue throughout the play is that Antigone is a woman, and Greek women's freedom was extremely limited at the time. Antigone's rebellion is especially threatening strictly because it upsets the gender rules and hierarchy of Greek society.
The statement "Law is not necessarily Justice. This is because Law is an imperfect (i.e. human) mechanism. But the function of the law is to maintain the peace of the community- and this peace is the ultimate human good, because the alternative to the peace of the community is brutal, violent anarchy. Therefore, it is the duty of all good citizens to obey the law, even though they might disagree with It.
