Essay relating Antigone and Anthem

"Antigone" and "Anthem" are very similar; mainly because of their main characters Antigone and Equality. They both are fighting for their independence. They are both fighting for what they think is right. Antigone thought that the gods' laws should be followed and that defying them was not right. That's why she buried Polyneices's body, because it was the gods' laws that someone has to be buried. She didn't care about whatever punishment Creon was going …

…And he will bring them back to the new place that he discovered and they will all live together free and independently. "For the coming of the day shall I fight. I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of man. For his rights. For his honor."(pg104) This is how Equality fights for his independence. Hes' going against something that he thinks is wrong just like Antigone thinks Creon is wrong.