

In the play, the conflict between Antigone and Creon transcends family tragedy and transforms into a confrontation between two radically different worldviews as Antigone is a young woman who refuses to compromise and rejects "half-truths" and the comfortable silence offered by the system while opposing her stands the pragmatic power of Creon for whom the law is the ultimate morality. The play raises sharp questions regarding where the line is drawn between state necessity and human dignity, whether happiness is possible where truth is forbidden, and how necessary such radical dichotomies are for the future of a country