Sophocles' most famous play, Antigone, is known for the role of pride. One of the questions that arises when reading this play is who is right when it comes to Polyneices' burial. German philosopher Hegel argues that "Antigone" is a play that presents a conflict between two equally important moral powers. One is a royal king who honors the gods by ruling over Thebes but has also just passed a law forbidding anyone from burying Polyneices, brother of Antigone and Ismene. The other is the son of Oedipus Rex and Jocasta who feels the need to honor the gods by burying Polyneices. Although these two important figures both claim to observe the laws of the gods, only one of them actually behaves in a pious manner. Antigone's actions demonstrate that although both brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, died at each other's hands at the same time, Creon only paid due respect to Eteocles because he died protecting the country. However, for Polyneices he issued "a proclamation [forbidding] the city to honor him with burial, to give him death" and to allow "his corpse, carrion to be torn apart by birds and dogs, an obscenity before the eyes of the citizens" (lines 227-231). Although it is typical for people in exile to have a different burial than ordinary Theban citizens, Creon's barbaric instructions for Polyneices' burial are more than immoral. Instead of being buried outside the city, Creon's orders are not to have him buried at all. This is a very twisty ending because when people die they need some type of burial to enter the underworld, so Creon's enactment of this law meant that Polynices' soul would be lost and homeless. Creon's bizarre instructions are rooted in his personality as a king and have less to do with Polyneices himself. Instead of being an honorable Theban king, Creon let his pride get in the way, ruining his leadership skills. His arrogance is so exaggerated that he mocks the gods more than once. After proclaiming Antigone's death, he first mocks Zeus by stating "let [Antigone] weep for mercy, sing her hymns to Zeus who defends all ties of kindred blood" and again when he says "let her pray to her god who worship" (lines 735-736) (line 875). His outrageous mockery here is an example of how hateful he is and has no respect for his citizens or the gods they worship. It is safe to assume that Creon thinks he has taken the place of a god because of his position as king. However, Creon ultimately discovers that he was wrong to proclaim and condemns Antigone for standing up for what was