Antigone
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III. Human Limits As indicated above, both Creon and Antigone claim to have reverence for the Gods, but seem to be truly directed by their own concerns and obsessions rather than with discerning the will of the Gods The play celebrates human power, for good and ill, but warns us to recognize human limits which are best exemplified by death. The proper response to our limits is to weave human and divine law together (376-410).
III. Human Limits As indicated above, both Creon and Antigone claim to have reverence for the Gods, but seem to be truly directed by their own concerns and obsessions rather than with discerning the will of the Gods The play celebrates human power, for good and ill, but warns us to recognize human limits which are best exemplified by death. The proper response to our limits is to weave human and divine law together (376-410).