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Personal loyalty to family and the gods versus impersonal dedication to job and to government are what Antigone and Creon respectively represent about loyalty and laws in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone acts from the heart. She defends her family, her gods and her cherished Theban traditions. In contrast, her uncle King Creon operates from the brain. He thinks in terms of the numbers of losses and wins in carrying out the responsibilities of his job as king and in running the city government of Thebes.

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