Creon. Why did you try to bury your brother?Antigone. I owed it to him. -Creon. I had forbidden it.Antigone. I owed it to him. Those who are not buriedwander eternally and find no rest. If my br~ther "".erealive, and he came home weary after a long day s huntmg,I should kneel down and unlace his boots, I should fetchhim food and drink, I should see that his bed was readyfor him. Polynices is home from the hunt. I owe it to himto unlock the house of the dead in which my father andmv mother are waiting to welcome him. Polynices hasearned his rest.Creon. Polynices was a rebel and a traitor, and youknow it.Antigone. He was my brother.Creon. You heard my edict. It was proclaimed through-out Thebes. You read my edict. It was posted up on thecitv walls.Antigone. Of course I did.Creon. You knew the punishment I decreed for anyperson who attempted to give him ~)Urial.Antigone. Yes, I knew the pumshment. _Creon. Did you by any chance act on the a~sm?pbonthat a daughter of Oedipus, a daughter of Oedipus stub-born pride, was above the law? .Antigone. No, I did not act on that assumption. _Creon. Because if you had acted on that assumpt10n,Antigone, you would have been deeply wrong. Nobodyhas a more sacred obligation to obey the law than thosewho make the law. You are a daughter of lawmakers, adaughter of kings, Antigone. You must ~bserve t~e law