Good antigone thesis

Possible thesis statements for why Antigone is more justified in her reasoning than Creon might sound like the following: Antigone's reasoning is more justified than Creon's because Antigone seeks to obey and honor the laws of the gods, while Creon instead seeks to maintain his public honor and authority over his state.

One brother fights for Thebes (Creon's side), and the other fights against. Both brothers are killed, but Creon forbids anyone to bury the body of the brother who fought against Thebes. Antigone feels a sense of duty to her brother as family and gives him a proper burial.

Human nature on contrasting ideologies using examples from “Antigone” and “Winter’s Bone.” Compare Creon’s speech from “Antigone” and George W. Bush’s speech. Compare “Medea” by Euripides and “Antigone” by Sophocles.

Evaluate death in Sophocles’ play “Antigone.” According to Nelson Mandela, “in life, every man has twin obligations – obligations to his family, to his parents, to his wife and children; and he has an obligation to his people, his community, his country.” How do the characters in Sophocles’ “Antigone” approach these twin obligations?