Essay about the theme of Independence in Antigone

Antigone is the main character in the tragic play that is looking for her independence. Her main quest for independence is to bury her brother. "Ismene, I am going to bury him."(pg 492, line 31) She wants independence form the law. The law says she mustn't give her brother a proper burial, but Antigone believes that her brother deserves the burial. Antigone basically does what she feels is right not what anyone else thinks, and this is her quest for independence, to be able to do what she believes in.
<Tab/>One conflict that gets in her way to her quest for independence is he…