Psychologically crushed by a series of events that tarnished her family name and claimed the lives of her father, mother, grandmother and her two dear brothers, Antigone commits a crime that sends Creon, king of Thebes, and her uncle respectfully, into an outrage. Tempered with anger, Creon eventually orders the execution of Antigone by way of exile in a sealed cavern where she hangs herself; a glorified death (Antigone pg 63). Although Antigone appeared to be on her last threads of sanity, the reasoning for her actions were completely thorough throughout the passage. She believed that her brother deserved a proper burial despite the circumstances of war, her sister refused to help, subjecting herself to the power of the throne, and Antigone believed that no one should ever dishonor the laws that the gods have put in place. With a truly remarkable performance, Antigone pays homage to the power of the gods and the honor of Polynices, her fallen brother's soul. She makes it completely evident that life on earth is mere in comparison to life after death among your beloved.
             Cast away in exile by their father some time long ago, Polynices, Antigone's brother returns with a small army of collected troops to battle his rival brother, Eteocles for the title of king following the suicide of their father, Oedipus. At the conclusion of a bloody war that claimed mostly the lives of citizens of the town, the most significant lives that were taken were the two heirs to the throne, both brothers. However, one brother, Eteocles, who fought for the state of Thebes, would have his death honored in the most fashionable and respected way, releasing his soul into the afterlife. On the contrary, by order of Creon, who had claimed the throne through the rites of lineage, Polynices body was "to be left unwept, unburied, a lovely treasure for birds that scan the field and feast to their heart's content" (pg. 60). Well aware of the punishment that would ensu...