Antigone Hero vs Modern Day Hero

In the story of Antigone, two very headstrong people's beliefs are matched up against each other. Creon, the king, made a law that no traitor to the Kingdom shall have a proper burial, instead they will be left laying on the ground to rot and to be eaten by the animals. Antigone's love for her brother was so great that she went against the law, even though she knew Creon's punishment for breaking the law was death.
Antigone herself possessed a key trait of a hero, courage. Antigone chose to sacrifice her life just to give her brother, Polyneices, a proper burial. This shows that Antigone had much lo...