Which universal theme is best represented in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes."
Some hours later, Creon in the palace was startled by a
shout, "Against your orders Polyneices has been buried." He
hurried out to be confronted with the guards he had set on
the dead body and with Antigone. "This girl buried him," they
cried. "We saw her. A thick dust-storm gave her her chance.
When it cleared, the body had been buried and the girl was
making an offering to the dead." "You knew my edict?" Creon
asked. "Yes, "Antigone replied. "And you transgressed the
law?" "Your law, but not the law of Justice who dwells with
the gods," Antigone said. "The unwritten laws of heaven are
not of today nor yesterday, but from all time."
Children make sacrifices for their parents.
Women can be capable leaders.
Morality outweighs human laws.
Parents make sacrifices for their children.