In the play Antigone, Sophocles' writing can be very controversial. It explains different perspectives of justice through the fate of the characters in the play. Creon and Antigone would both claim to have the law and the Gods on their side. They bring acceptable evidence of the truth of their reasoning regarding their thoughts on the right way to execute justice. Creon is certain that his ability to become king will justify leaving Polyneices unburied. On the other hand, Antigone sees justice as the ability to bury her brother. The conflict explodes with their inability to compromise on what the definition of justice is. Justice has a different role to play in every individual's life because gender differs from man to woman and society sometimes looks down on women. Justice should be served and women should have the same divine rights as men. At the beginning of Antigone, we see Antigone struggling with the conflicting expectations between divine law and man's law. The problem throughout the play is that Antigone believes in divine law while Creon believes in human law. In the first scene, Antigone tells her sister that she will defy Creon's law and bury her brother. Antigone says, “He has no right to keep me from my family” (Sophocles 1008). He believes in divine law even if it means breaking man's law. Creon did not order anyone to bury his brother. Antigone knows that it is not the right choice according to divine law and should be able to bury her brother, but Creon believes that no one should break the law that he has set before everyone. Ismene replies: “The law is strong, we must yield to the law, in this and in the worst. I bet the dead will forgive me, but I am helpless: I must yield to those in authority” (Sophocles 1009). Antigone... in the center of the paper... ice she made. Antigone was a tough girl to stand up for herself, but unfortunately she wasn't enough to stop Creon in his evil and unjust ways. Justice is something extremely sacred to the human race and has always been an important factor in people's lives throughout history. Not to mention how important he was in Antigone's life. If people think about it, they lived for justice. What has full authority divine law or man's law and how significant is it that Antigone is a woman challenging a man in this age? This is the real question; divine law always triumphs over human law because it is accepted morally and honestly among the human races. Works Cited Santirocco, Matthew S. "Justice in Sophocles' Antigone." Philosophy and literature. 2nd ed. vol. 4. Np: Johns Hopkins UP, 1980. 180-98. Print.Sophocles. Antigone. Boston: McGraw, 2004. Print.