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In Sophocles: Antigone
Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the former king of Thebes. She is willing to face the capital punishment that has been decreed by her uncle Creon, the new king, as the penalty for anyone burying her brother Polyneices. (Polyneices has just been killed…
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influence on Hegel’s view of tragedy

In tragedy: Hegel
…for Hegel is, understandably, Sophocles’ Antigone, with its conflict between the valid claims of conscience (Antigone’s obligation to give her brother a suitable burial) and law (King Creon’s edict that enemies of the state should not be allowed burial). The two claims represent what Hegel regards as essentially concordant ethical…
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