... flesh for keen eyed carrion birds."'" The imagery that Antigone uses for the ill fate that has befallen her dead brother creates an inhuman, uncivilised picture of Creon in our minds. He is too proud, too rash and he misunderstands the unwritten, infallible laws of human kind. This act also establishes Creon"'"s defiance of the Gods and their laws, confirming his belief in his own law above the laws of the divine order. It is Antigone"'"s pride that takes hold next. However, Antigone"'"s pride is not motivated by her own self-interest. It is a determination to avenge the pride of her family and to bring her brother the respect that all human beings deserve in death. '"'I will bury my brother; and if I die for it, what happiness...We have only a little time to please the living, but all eternity to love the dead.'"' Antigone"'"s love for her brother ...

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