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Naturally Just and Legally Just

Antigone is a classic, tragic, Greek play which tells a philosophical story of the title character. This play was first written in 441 B.C. by Sophocles and later reproduced by Jean Anouilh. The story starts when the King of Thebes, Oedipus, gave up on his kingdom after he discovered he had unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. He had two daughters, Antingone and Ismene, and two sons, Polynices and Eteocles, with his mother. The throne was passed down, after Oedipus’ death, to be shared between Antigone’s brothers, Polynices and Eteocles. Both of Antigone’s brothers desired to be the only one in power which started a feud, while it was Eteocles’ turn as King. They murdered each other during the battle. As a result, Creon, Antigone’s uncle, became the King of Thebes and ordered that Eteocles deserved a proper burial. However, Creon issued an edict that because Polynices was a traitor he didn’t deserve proper burial......

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