The desire act nobly can easily become entangled with ones own sense of pride and self-righteousness. In turn, a so called noble acts can become no more than an attempt to meet one's own goals or to "make a point.  In the play "Antigone,  written by Sophocles in 441 B.C., the titular character straddles the line between noble martyr and and self-centered attention-seeker. She is the daughter of Oedipus, facing the shame of her family and the death of both her brothers. One of her brothers, Polynices, is declared guilty and sentenced to be left unburied, meaning his soul will have to wonder the Earth forever. Antigone makes the decision to bury him anyway, knowing that she will most likely be put to death. Some would argue that her willingness to die for the sake of saving her dead brother's soul makes her a brave and noble. Other claim that her desire to die for her crime has less to do with loving her brother and more to do with her own shame at what has come to her family and desire to "make a point  concerning the strict rule of Creon, the king of Thebes. While she does die for what she views as a noble cause, Antigone's desire to make a spectacle of her own martyrdom is evidence of her self-centered and self-righteous attitude, making egomaniac the most accurate description of her character. Although she does express some genuine desires to die for the sake of justice, Antigone's obsession with becoming a martyr is fueled by her own sense pride and self-righteousness. From the beginning of the play, Antigone is devoted to dying for her cause. She tells her sister Ismene that she will bury their brother Polynices no matter what. In response to Ismene shock, Antigone proclaims "I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy.  She acknowledges that she is breaking the law, but at the same time believes that her crime is justified, as she has the Gods on her side. This quote certainly supports the statement