At the heart of Sophocles' play Antigone there is an examination of what constitutes a morally right action. Antigone believes that a personal system of ethics, based on the dictates of the gods, takes precedence over the state's standard of what is good or morally right. Her defiance of Creon, the ruler, ends up costing Antigone her life. 2 pgs. 6 f/c. 1b.