Brief introduction of antigone's works

Antigone is the heroine in the play. The story takes place in Thebes. Creon gained the throne after the fall of Oedipus. One of Oedipus' sons, Eteocles, gave his life to protect the polis, and another son, Polenkos, betrayed the polis and colluded with foreign countries to attack Thebes and died. After the war, Creon held a grand funeral for Eteocles, while Polenx was killed on the battlefield. Creon ordered that anyone who buried Polenkos should be put to death. Antigone, the elder sister of Polenx, resolutely buried her brother on the grounds of following dogma, so she was ordered to be put to death by Creon. At the same time, Creon met a fortune teller and said that he had offended the gods. Creon regretted it. When she went to save antigone, she was already dead. Creon's son, antigone's fiance, stood up and attacked Creon and committed suicide. Creon's wife heard that her son had died, blamed Creon and committed suicide. Creon realized that he had caused the tragedy himself.

Antigone is a classic of ancient Greek tragedy, and there have been different interpretations of its metaphorical meaning. In the play, when antigone confronts Creon, a sentence is often quoted by jurists: "The unwritten law made by the gods is eternal. Its existence is not limited to today and yesterday, but eternal. No one knows when it appeared." "I don't think your command is so powerful that you, a mortal, dare to go beyond God's unwritten eternal law. Not today, not yesterday, they exist forever, and no one knows their origin in time! " This has become a classic in the debate between natural law school and legal positivism.