In the play Antigone, Sophocles demonstrates that rigidity of one's own convictions can create terrible outcomes. Creon and Antigone represent a conflict between religion and state. Both characters have flaws that prevent peace between these two social aspects to form. While Creon believes that no one must disobey the human law, Antigone believes that there is an eternal law that is greater than that of a man. Although both hold different beliefs on which law …
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…her brother. Antigone, on the other hand, brings vindication onto herself, saying that "we all die anyway and if this hurries [her] to death before [her] time, why such a death is a gain." Though both hold strong convictions for their own beliefs, they are unreasonable for refusing to take the middle-ground, unable to discover that the world is not just black and white, but that it is a multitude of different shades of gray.