... were of differing eras and so took diametrically opposite stances when it came to their views of the gods and their place. Both playwrights wrote in a time when the people were changing. The gods were considered no longer what they once were, people were starting to reimagine their place in the world, it was at this point that Sophocles attempted to push the traditional value system on his audience. To do this, he shows the perils of disobeying the immutable laws of the gods, in the case of Antigone it is the honouring of the dead. Sophocles was born into a rich and opulent family, he was happy with his place in the world and with the initial forays into democracy that the Athenian republic was making. This was a way of life and liberty that he wished to preserve, so when he saw that men were questioning their beliefs ...

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