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The chorus initially is moved to tears by Antigone's procession to the cave where she's to be walled in. The chorus admires her love for the dead, and her death that's due to bravery instead of sickness or wounds. The chorus particularly applauds her choice of death over life in the choice between obeying divine or mortal laws.

At the same time, the chorus suggests that she's paying for the past incestuous, murderous offenses of her father, former Theban King Oedipus. The chorus likewise speaks of her ready temper and her uncontrolled passion. The two character flaws lead her to respect the gods, but disrespect mortal authority. In the chorus' opinion, disrespect of any authority be it divine or mortal is, and should be, punishable.

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