In the play Antigone, Sophocles' writing can be very controversial. It explains different perspectives of justice through the fate of the characters in the play. Both Creon and Antigone would claim to have the law and the gods on their side. They provide acceptable evidence of the truth of their reasoning and thinking about the right way to exercise justice. Creon is certain that his ability to be king will justify leaving Polyneices unburied. On the other hand, Antigone sees justice as the ability to bury one's brother. The conflict explodes with their inability to compromise on the definition of justice. Justice has a different role to play in each individual's life because gender differs from man to man and society sometimes looks down on women. Justice must be done and women must have the same divine rights as men. At the beginning of Antigone, we see Antigone struggling with the conflicting expectations between divine law and the law of man. The problem throughout the play is that Antigone believes in divine law while Creon believes in human law. In the first scene, Antigone tells her sister that she is going to defy Creon's law and bury her brother. Antigone says: “He has no right to keep me from my own” (Sophocles 1008). She believes in divine law even if it means breaking the law of men. Creon did not order anyone to bury his brother. Antigone knows that this is not the right choice according to divine law and that she should be able to bury her own brother, but Creon believes that no one should break the law that he has imposed on everyone. Ismene responds: “The law is strong, we must yield to the law, in this thing and in the worst. I bet the dead will forgive me, but I am powerless: I must submit to the authorities” (Sophocles 1009). Antigone ...... middle of paper ...... ice cream she made. Antigone was a difficult girl to defend, but unfortunately that wasn't enough to stop Creon in his evil and unjust ways. Justice is something extremely sacred to the human race and has always been an important factor in people's lives throughout history. Not to mention its importance in Antigone's life. If people think about it, she lived for justice. What has the full authority of divine law or the law of men and how significant is it that Antigone is a woman defying a man in this era? This is the real question; divine law always triumphs over human law because it is morally and honestly accepted among human races. Works Cited Santirocco, Matthew S. "Justice in Sophocles' Antigone." Philosophy and literature. 2nd ed. Flight. 4. NP: Johns Hopkins UP, 1980. 180-98. Print.Sophocles. Antigone. Boston: McGraw, 2004. Print.