The Family Bond Love for a family member can never be destroyed. In the story Antigone, by Sophocles, the bond between a brother and a sister is tested. Antigone, daughter of Odepius, puts her own life on the line in order to respectfully bury her dead brother. Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, has proclaimed that Antigone’s brother Polyneices is not to be buried because he fought against Creon in the civil war of …showed first 75 words of 765 total…

…showed last 75 words of 765 total…not be pushed away from it. Creon and Antigone simply have two different perspectives about what is important. Creon believes that respect for himself and respect from his people are two of the most important things in life, but Antigone realizes that respect for family is simply more important. There is a strange bond within a family that simply cannot be broken. It is a bond so strong that not even death can destroy it.