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That she deliberately breaks a Theban law and that the punishment is death is the reason why Antigone is to be put to death in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, the Theban law forbids the burial of those disloyal to Thebes in the recent struggle between the twin brothers Eteocles and Polyneices. Antigone buries Polyneices, whom Theban King Creon considers disloyal to Thebes in life and in death. Antigone knows the consequences of her disobedient acts and makes no attempt to save her life once caught by the guards and interrogated by Creon.

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