What is the central conflict in the play Antigone and how is it resolved?

The central conflict in Antigone has to do
with the object of one's reverence:  the laws of man, or the laws of the gods.  Antigone argues
that the laws of the gods are much more important than the laws of man, so she resolves to bury
her brother Polyneices even though Creon has ordered that anyone who tries to bury the body will
receive the penalty of death.  Creon believes that the laws of man are above all, and he does not
make an exception in this regard.  What appears to be Antigone's struggle at the beginning of the
play slowly shifts to Creon's struggle as his son begs him to reconsider his rule.  Haemon is
supported by Teiresias and the people of Thebes, but Creon does not bend until it is too
late.