Which best identifies the conflict that motivates antigone's actions and explains how this conflict is resolved?
a. state vs. rival state; antigone gives up her citizenship in thebes and moves to athens.
b. obedience to human law vs. obedience to divine law; antigone acts in accordance with the divine law and accepts the human fate that befalls her.
c. loyalty to family vs. loyalty to state; antigone chooses loyalty to state and defies her family's demands.
d. desire to individual freedom vs. service to the good of the state; antigone gives up her individual freedom in order to serve the state politically.

The correct answer is B. Antigone dramatizes the clash of nomos, human law (valid by convention) and physis, natural law (valid by necessity, since it is the will of the gods). Creon orders that Antigone's brother Polinices shall not be buried, going against Greek religious custom and belief, which stated that every person should be appropiately buried. Antigone, obeying divine (natural) law, buried his brother and defied Creon's decree.

since most of current immigration into the u.s., both legal and illegal, is coming from latin america. it would be very difficult to imagine or rationalize a country my fellow citizens are trying desperately to flee into, would pose a threat to my prosperity or freedom. since the u.s. has a long history of intervention, but no record of permanent occupation, i would not feel oppression is the main objective.  

the largest free trade nation, along with the largest gdp in the world wanting to expand it's economic policy on us, and including us, could only be positive. the u.s. government has no interest in, or way of simply forcing american culture on us. and has no track record of it. other nations that adopted american social culture, or "americanization" did so voluntarily, mainly through the choice of allowing american businesses and u.s. citizens to come into their nations, as free operatives.

not to sure thinking it would be a hope this