Law v. Morality

In Antigone, Antigone knows that it is illegal for her to bury, or even touch, her dead brother who is rotting in a field. She asks her sister, Ismene, if she will help her bury their brother, but she refuses. Ismene does not want anything to do with her dead brother, because she knows that it is against the law. Antigone is upset with her, then decides to take action anyway without Ismene. Here is how the dilemma of morality versus law is presented. Antigone chooses morality where as Ismene chose law. Neither is necessarily right or wrong; it's a personal choice. But, Antigone goes to her dead brother lying in the field and attempts to give him some sort of burial. I honestly do not think that I would have gone to bury him. I am a person who is too rule abiding and don not think I could bring myself to break a rule. However, I do understand that certain circumstances could change my mind. An example of that is when I had to speed one time to rush to the hospital.

I sped 80 mph through Kellogg and Webb while frantically trying to get my mom to Wesley. She had whacked the top of her finger almost completely off with a weed whacker. My heart was racing, because I was only 14 and not even really supposed to be driving. But, this was an instance where I felt that breaking the law was necessary. Granted, me speeding is not as great a risk as Antigone was faced with, but I am happy to say that this is the closest encounter that I have had with deciding between morality and law.