In plays and in real life people believe in fate. They believe that their life and choices are predetermined and nothing can change them. In Antigone, Antigone believes that her fate is a bad one. She thinks that since she was born due to an incestuous marriage between King Oedipus of Thebes and his mother Jocasta she will forever be cursed. Antigone goes against direct order from the kings and buries her brothers body and when summoned to explain why she did so Antigone says that natural law is above the law of the king. When Antigone mentions natural law she is talking about something similar to fate something that is out of control of mortals and will always be present. In the end Antigone makes her fate a self profiling prophecy by committing suicide when the king was going to let her go free.