Antigone's Tragic Choice: Moral Duty vs. State Law

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Imagine your two brothers have just killed each other in a brutal civil war.

[00:00:05]The new king declares that one brother is a hero and the other is a traitor who must be left in the dirt to be eaten by dogs and vultures.

[00:00:16]To bury him is a crime punishable by death.

[00:00:19]You are a young woman with no political power, but you believe that the laws of God and family are infinitely higher than the laws of a king.

[00:00:29]That is the defiant and tragic reality for our protagonist Antigone.