How can one person make such a big impact on life? Big or small, we’re all faced with decisions and choices that aren't at all easy, all those choices have consequences and some even have rewards. Some big choices that could affect our life like what education we want, rather or not we go to college and as a country, we make a decision on who runs the country. we can see this in Shakespeare's Julius caesar, and the story of Antigone. In the story of Antigone, we see that Antigone is faced with a really big and personal choice to make, her brother who is dead is being held legally to where he can't be properly buried. Causing him to suffer and never-ending his agony, this being so if challenging her to make the choice of either going against Creon’s rule and his leadership and burying her brother to end his suffering and then later possibly facing consequences herself. Or letting her brother suffer in agony for eternity. So deciding to properly bury her brother, she was trailed by Creon and was gonna be exiled from the country for doing so. Just like all decisions in any life her choice had an outcome and has affected others. And at the end of Antigone, we …show more content…
We see people thirst for power, while others are worried for Rome's republic. In the result of these two feelings, they want to put their idea into action. The conspirators knew though that the only way they could do that was by getting Julius’ best friend Brutus to join them because he was well known as an honorable man. With Brutus even killing him and in on it, it serves the conspiracist well cause it makes their cause look better. With the death of Julius Caesar, we then see the result in that causing a civil war within the country. Brutus is always questioning if he ever made the right choice with helping out with the conspiracy. We see that he often wonders what would happen if he decided to just say
To continue, Antigone is faced with a lot of pressure and disapproval from other people after she went against the law to bury her brother. When Creon questioned Antigone asking, “So you chose flagrantly to disobey my law?” Antigone responded explaining how she knew about the law but felt it was wrong to not bury her brother. She then stated, “For this, I have no twinges of regret,” (Sophocles 210). Through Antigone’s confident thought through response to the king, readers can infer that unlike Creon, Antigone is proud of what she did.
Creon is faced with the decision of whether or not he should let Antigone live. Society plays a huge role in Creon's decision making, his own conscience told him to sentence Antigone. He even resolved the idea to put her in a tomb and let the gods decide whether or not she would live. Creon´s final decision to let Antigone go was after much persuasion from his son Haemon, Tiresias the prophet, and Chorus. Although it was mostly from the fact that the townspeople found out what happened to Antigone and Creon, having too much pride, wouldn't let people believe he made the wrong
Throughout the entire play Antigone is unafraid of her fate if she defies the king. She did not deny it when King Creon asked her if she really attempted to bury her brother. She referred to death as her fate multiple times. However, King Creon is often presented as someone incapable of seeing reason. He ignores the reason of his niece and a son.
The definition of moral is this: “Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.” But, what is right, and what is wrong? Is there a straightforward, universal answer to that? The play Antigone addresses this. The two main characters are both acting upon what they see as morally just and right.
She willingly buried her brother, so she deserved the consequences. Antigone had her mind set from the beginning and she knew she wasn’t changing it. Unlike Antigone, Creon’s story arouses fear amongst the people because he was a strict leader. His story also aroused empathy because of the loved ones
Tradition is a theme found in both the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and the play Antigone by Sophocles. In both stories tradition is used as a tool to force people to conform to the “norm” of society. In “The Lottery”, the people of the town revolve around their annual lottery. Everyone is quick to help each other get ready for the event and also show no remorse for the end of the ritual. Nobody objects to the continuation of the lottery, although Mr. Adams brings up the rumor that a nearby village were talking about giving up the lottery but he was quickly shut down by Old Man Warner.
In the classic play by Sophocles, Antigone is a tragic story of the bold Antigone who defied her uncle, King Creonʻs, edict by burying her brother, Polyneices, who died attacking the city of Thebes, trying to take the power away from their brother, Eteocles, who refused to share the throne with Polyneices. Even though Antigone knew that going against Creon and burying her brother would not end well for her, she still choose to risk her life to do what is right. After being caught breaking the law, Antigone is appointed to be locked away, isolated in a cave until she dies, but she hangs herself at the end. At the same time, things for Creon are not looking good, as everyone around him seems to be against him in his decision for punishing Antigone. Everyone Creon cares about kills themselves from a curse that is put on Creon for not following the Godsʻ laws.
When Brutus was talking to the conspirators Brutus was going back and forth think if he should help the conspirators kill Julius Caesar. He was going back and forth because he was thinking of the power he could have and could rule Rome. The reason behind Brutus killing Caesar was for the better of Rome. If Brutus would not have killed Caesar, Rome would have turned into a dictatorship, and in turn it would have ruined Rome and all of its people. Brutus did not kill Julius just for the power to rule Rome, he killed Julius to save Rome from Caesar’s dictatorship.
People complain that Brutus is just as bad as Caesar, yet Brutus does it for justice of the people. While others explain that the Roman empire will fall due to Brutus’s actions, others will say that he has a high respect of the citizens, and the citizens would know he did the deed for the better good. While some may bicker about Brutus making predictions about the future, he is simply trying to prevent tyranny to get ahold of Rome and the empire. Brutus is the perfect example of anyone in the world, who wants to do the better good for everyone. Should Brutus join the conspiracy against Caesar?
In addition, Antigone has her own struggle, faceing her uncle King Creon, by herself. Moreover, Antigone was declared the death penalty, on behalf of giving her brother funeral honors. This is a very unruly move, because her brother is considered a traitor to the king and people, which ultimately means he shall not be buried. However, it shows King Creon that Antigone would do anything to modify the law, as well as risking herself, just so her brother has a proper funeral. To emphasize, Antigone responds to King Creon, “ If I die young, I say I’d gain something” (Sophocles 20).
Although both Antigone, from “Antigone” by Sophocles, and Martin Luther King Jr. from “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” engage in acts of civil disobedience and fight for what they believe to be right, the way they go about these acts is quite different. Each of their reasons, actions, and consequences can be seen as opposites. Antigone refuses the help or involvement of others, which can be seen as a selfish act directly against the king while Martin Luther King Jr. involves the entire community to help the greater good. Antigone is a character who stands up for what she believes in to a point of direct civil disobedience toward the king, Creon. She puts the laws of the gods over the laws of her authority.
Is it justified to kill someone because they have gained too much power and are going to use it for the worse? Brutus has a very bad circumstance on his hands, he can kill Caesar and possibly be executed for his actions or he can let Caesar become king and watch Rome fall. There are many reasons why Brutus should and should not join the conspiracy. Brutus says, “I know no personal reason to spurn at him But for the general.” (II,i,11).
Arguably she made a heroic decision, but deciding what her intent was behind those decisions is questionable. Undoubtedly one of Antigone’s motivations was to be certain that both of her brothers were resting
Creon gives Antigone multiple opportunities to excuse herself through familial bonds but she refuses. She accepts the chastisement because she is proud of her dedication to her family. She exclaims: “But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down” (Prologue.55-56). Family is more important than everything, even more important than law. Antigone risks her life just to give her brother an honorable burial.
By dying with her brother, Antigone feels like she would be more content than living on her own knowing that her brother is not being respected in his death. Similarly in Anouilh’s version of the play, Creon shows that his actions and his decisions are motivated by family loyalty as well. Creon attempts to save Antigone’s life from his own capital punishment since she is family to him. During Antigone’s imprisonment, Creon speaks with her,