[she does not] deny it, [she] admit[s] that the act was [her]” (Antigone 443) and calls upon the higher forces saying that God didn't even write the laws of men. Antigone accepts the death penalty from the beginning, which shows her good will in the act, and also the main key to civil disobedience. Although she ultimately shows some regret, not for the action itself but for dying without being married or having an inheritance, she profoundly demonstrates that her love for Polyenises is greater than any woman's desire to live or have a life.