2.eusdoes notJustice does notwhat they call lawdid not begin today or yesterdaywhen they say lawthey do not mean a statute of today or yesterdaythey mean the unwritten unfaltering unshakable ordinances of the godsthat no human being can ever outrunthese laws live foreverno one knows how they were bornyou thought I would transgress themfor fear of some mere mortal man's decree?noof course I willdieKreon or no Kreonand death is finedeath has no painto leave my mother's son lying out there unburied that would be painyou say this is follyI say who knows folly better than a foo
Q; Here Antigone is questioning the law; whether what Kreon is saying is the true law or is it just a fake power play, nad undermining the true law of the gods. In a earlier class, we discussed how Greek theater was a way of almost educating the people on how they should act as noble (and god-abiding) citezens - is this a veiled message that the people shouldnt trust their leaders blindly or a statement seeing how Antigone's boldness got her killed a threat to follow?