Question

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 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. which universal theme is best represented in the excerpt? children make sacrifices for their parents. women can be capable leaders. morality outweighs human laws. parents make sacrifices for their children.

Explanation:

The excerpt shows Antigone defying human - made law to bury her brother, believing in a higher moral law. This emphasizes that morality is more important than human - made laws.

Answer:

Morality outweighs human laws.