According to Thoreau’s statement, Antigone was justified to defy Creon, the unjust leader, because she was defending what she believes in. Creon had begun to be corrupt and she needed to stop him from further destroying their empire. Antigone knew her brother, Polyneices, deserved a proper burial and refused to have Creon tell her otherwise. She makes her point very clear when she is speaking to Ismene about her plan when she says, “Ismene, I am going to bury him… Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way.” (Sophocles 2-3) Thoreau states that a just person is someone who defies an unjust government to achieve fairness, and Antigone fighting for her own bloodline’s burial is a perfect example of what Thoreau was saying. Right as Creon came
