Antigone and Bill ClintonAntigone, in Greek legend, was the daughter of Oedipus. When his brothers Eteocles and Polyneices killed each other, Creon, king of Thebes, forbade the burial of the rebel Polyneices. Antigone disobeyed him, performed the rites and was sentenced to death for what she had done. Now the question arises: "Did Antigone act appropriately?". Was it just to go against the wishes of his uncle Creon and go ahead and bury the brother who should be left to the vultures? Would it be better to leave the situation as it is? Could he go on with life and try not to think about how he had left his blood out in the open? Could Antigone act as if she didn't care? For the Greeks of the time, the afterlife was much more important and sacred than living life itself. Everything they did while they were alive was to please the many gods they worshiped. They built temples for their Gods, made statues to symbolize their Gods, and had a different God to explain things that we now say were an act of mother nature. It may seem rather silly to us to study their beliefs and compare them with modern ones. I'm sure the Greeks would have considered us pagans and would have put us to death for our ways and beliefs. I think Antigone thought her act was brave and valid. I myself would not have risked my life to ensure a proper burial for anyone, whether in modern times or then. Going against authority and breaking the laws given by the monarch was simply a senseless act. When someone dies, we know that there is nothing else anyone or anything can do for them at that point. Too bad the Greeks didn't believe it. As I stated before, the afterlife was more important to the Greeks than living life itself. The Greeks seemed to spend much, if not all, of their lives preparing in some way for their afterlife. The lives they led then were consecutive to please the Gods. I feel he deserved his punishment because he knew what the fate of his actions would be. Just because Antigone thought she was doing the right thing doesn't mean it was right.