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Antigone the Good and Bad In reading Antigone many comparative questions can be raised about society then as compared to society now. Although society has changed a few things remain the same. When dealing with the questions, “Antigone knowingly and willfully disobeyed Creon’s edict. Can she still claim to be a good citizen of Thebes?” there are many elements of society in that day and time you have to take into mind> In my mind Antigone can still be a good citizen of Thebes even if she disobeyed Creon’s edict. According to Webster’s Dictionary there are two separate definitions for the word citizen. The definitions are as follows, “1: an inhabitant of a city or town; especially: one entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman 2 a: a member of a state b: a native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to protection from it.” The first of the definitions talks about the inhabitant having rights and privileges of a freeman. Antigone, was a free woman when she buried her brother, and the right to burying him was taken away by Creon to set an example. She hastily buried him, but she did it because of religious laws that the majority of the people in the time foll