Antigone vs Unabomber
Antigone vs. Unabomber The main conflict in the story Antigone, written by Sophocles, when Antigone supports her brother’s illegal burial relates to the events that took place when David Kaczynski turned in his brother, Theodore Kaczynski, the “Unabomber,” to the Federal Bureau of Investigation because both scenarios deal with a major decision between family and society’s law. Antigone, the daughter of King Oedipus, is the protagonist of the play, Antigone. ... Since Polyneices, Antigone’s brother, tries to demolish the state, he is recognized as a traitor. ... Antigone’s conflict between human law and divine law causes the tragedy (Sophocles 693-695). When Ismene is asked by her sister, Antigone, to help out with the burial, Ismene replies, “Bury him! ... ” If Antigone were to bury her brother, she would either face exile or murder for refusing to comply with the law. Antigone wants to disobey this law because of her immense loyalty to religious law and her family, even though it is against the society’s law. ... If Antigone weren’t to go against the law, she would not cause chaos within the society and she would be avoiding death.