Antigone

The Bad Citizen Being a good citizen often involves doing something out of the ordinary to help others. Sometimes, that involves going against the will of others to do what the good citizen might think is best. Although this is traditionally the case, the biggest factor in being a good citizen is great respect for the nation in which one lives. If one wants to be a good citizen, he or she might go out …

…the law is able to be challenged. We might even go far enough to consider what she did good citizenship. Unlike American law, the law in Thebes is not able to be challenged. In fact, the people of Thebes feel strongly that what Antigone did was wrong. Good citizens do what will benefit the entire country or land of which they are citizens. Antigone did not do this, and therefore, is not a good citizen.