Antigone

fighting, standing up for the state,
being a good citizen, obeying authority - good

shunning duties to the state, going into exile - bad
money corrupts!  money bad! (73)

dictatorship
ruling for self instead of people (97)
in the most non-compassionate way

hypocrisy
"what wounds cut deeper than a loved on turned against you?" (93)
father to son
yet
the father betrays his niece and nephew

justice (or lack there of)
sentry
wrongly accused (75)
scapegoat
passion, revenge

sentry
self interest over others (8)
in the most non-compassionate way

familial ties
strong bond
protecting family honour
rituals and oaths to gods
trump
over state

state must honour this honour
else it must suffer the wrath

death, holding on to principles and honour
death in own hands than by torture

Afterclass thoughts: I really enjoyed this text and I confess that I took the side of Antigone.  I am biased in that I see quite a bit of Antigone in myself.  I didn't know that 'antigone' means 'unbending' until Brenda pointed it out (which I am glad she did).  While I agree that both Antigone and Creon to some extent were doing what they deemed to be necessary (I like Paul Crowe's concept of avoiding the words "doing the right thing") and Brenda very persuasively presented a strong case for Creon, I nonetheless still have much more admiration for Antigone's strong will, standing by her principles (One could argue that I am allowing my passion to subdue my reasoning, I suppose...).

I do not quite see Polyneices as a traitor.  I find traitor to be too strong of a word.  Dissenter, yes.  Traitor, no.  I am picking on semantics, I suppose...  My mind has been on current global events in which dissenters are labeled as unpatriotic, traitor, etc.  Unfairly, I might add.  If your gut feeling, your principles tell you that what the state is doing is wrong, do you not have a right to oppose this?  I am not saying that what Polyneices did is right.  Rather, he has his own reasons for his actions and I think it is not accurate to label him as a traitor.

Creon's display of Polyneices' body is reminiscient of mulitated bodies/body parts left out in public areas in times of war or discontent to serve as an example to others - defy me (the state/king/etc.) and this is what will happen to you and/or your loved ones.  I have very deep ethical concerns with such behaviours and confess that this one action alone puts Creon in my bad books.

I also have qualms with punitive justice (e.g. in relation to Brenda's second question).  Jumping ahead to Mencius' philosophy which sits better with me.  The proper way to govern is to tend to the people's needs.  You win people's admiration and hearts over by being kind, not by setting examples (display of a "traitor's"body or by killing the person who dared to give the "traitor" a proper burial.