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Respect for the gods, family and the afterlife are the motivations of Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone must choose between obeying and disobeying a recent law that contradicts divine will and Theban traditions. She chooses her actions to be motivated by respect for the gods and for family. She says that mortals spend more time dead than alive and that she must be able to look her family in the face when they all meet again in the Underworld of the afterlife.

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