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The existence of law in society remains paramount, yet its function and effectiveness are dependant on the people who create, define and enforce it. Conflict arises in Sophocles' Antigone, when two opposing propositions, those of Antigone and King Creon, engage in a contest that can have no winner, since what would be won is a balance between them, and a compromise of their individual sacred law. Taking heed of the exterior dilemma, the burial of Polynices, the underlying tension lies in the interpretation of the law and the definition of law itself. Antigone's description of law focuses around the idea of an unwritten code of honorable conduct with exceeding precedence, whereas Creon's description of law focuses around the idea that the King knows what is best for his citizens; therefore the King is the law. Law is an outline of conduct for a society, provided by a ruling power....

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