Many questions are played out as one continues to read the play of Antigone. One of the forever lingering questions is, what was the indefinite reason Antigone chose to defy Creon where Polyneices is concerned? Did she do so out of civil disobedience, primarily domestic, or was she a victim of excessive pride? It's obvious that civil disobedience was not the cause of her actions. In my personal opinion, I feel the reason Antigone went against the will of Creon and buried her brother's body was primarily domestic. Antigone simply wanted to honor the brother whom she loved so greatly and also honor the Gods which she served by providing Polyneices with a proper burial.
             In the beginning of the play, Antigone is found conversing with her sister, Ismene, about the untimely death of both her brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles. As we read further, we find that Polyneices and Eteocles were leading opposite sides in Thebes' civil war to which Eteocles, being the side for Thebes and victor, is considered an honored hero while Polyneices, being against Thebes and defeated, is deemed disgraced by the new ruler, Creon. Antigone goes on to tell Ismene that she only wants to complete the honor, as a sister to Polyneices, to bury her brother properly. "I will do my part,-and thine, if thou wilt not,-to a brother. False to him will I never be found" (Sophocles, 442 B.C.E.). In this statement Antigone proves that the deed which she is about to embark upon, regardless of the ruling of Creon, is not one of civil disobedience (simply because she wanted to disobey the ruling of Creon) but out of genuine love for her brother Polyneices. Notice how she doesn't say that her reasoning for wanting to bury Polyneices was simply because of Creon's decree but in light of it. Antigone goes on to say that Creon cannot keep her from properly honoring her brother. "Nay, he hath no right to keep me from mine own" (Sophocles...