Themes

Question 1

Laws of Man

Answer 1

• Creon’s law against burying Polynices

Question 2

Laws of Gods

Answer 2

• The law of the gods that you must be given a proper burial or you won’t go to heaven

Question 3

Women

Answer 3

• Ismene is a microcosm of the women at the time the play was written
• Antigone is the complete opposite of how women acted at the time the play was written