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Antigone/Creon ?'s To Ponder

1) Antigone sneaks out at night which was forbidden at the time, conspires with her sister to perform illegal activities, and openly challenges and insults the king solely based on her principles. Regardless of the extremity of her punishment, was Creon wrong or unjust for punishing her? Or were her actions justifiable?

2) “(Creon) has no right to keep me from my own” (Line 59)
Where is the boundary between religious laws and political laws? Is one superior to another, and, if not, who is to decide when two laws contradict each other? Eg. Marriage rights in the US, cultural rights, etc.
3) Creon says “Whoever places a friend above the good of his own country, he is nothing. I have no use for him. Zeus my witness” (Lines 203-5), yet he places his very own pride above the good of the country. Was he unintentionally/unconsciously lying? Even today, are there any leaders who maintain power and righteousness? Or does this level of power always lead to corruption?
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