Antigone

What is the interpretation of the final choral song?

and the theme of the play

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We must depend on the wisdom of the gods all the way. They have to "have their due" and our happiness depends on putting our lives in their hands. This supports the idea that Creon was wrong in believing that his law would overcome the laws of tradition and the gods.

We must depend on the wisdom of the gods all the way. They have to "have their due" and our happiness depends on putting our lives in their hands. This supports the idea that Creon was wrong in believing that his law would overcome the laws of tradition and the gods.