Q: Why does the sentry bring Antigone to Creon despite knowing she will be executed? Is the death penalty a fitting punishment for Antigone's crime? Explain. How does she defend herself?
A: The sentry brings Antigone to Creon because he does not want to be blamed for her crime. He knows that he could possibly be killed, so he ensures that his head is not on the chopping block by bringing forth the actual conspirator.
I do not think that the death penalty is a fitting punishment for Antigone's crime. She only wanted to give her brother respect with a proper burial. Plus she did not do it because she favored her one brother over the other one. She would have buried Eteclos if he was left unburied, but since he was buried she knew she had to give the same respect to her Polyneices.
Antigone accepts the punishment openly and without any regret. She knows it is all ridiculous, but she accepts things the way they are. That is her way of defending her beliefs.
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