Personal Belief In Antigone

What do people do when their personal beliefs conflict with them doing something they are not allowed to do? People will go above and beyond to achieve their belief. As we see today, Colin Kaepernick and Native Americans are protesting because they think change is needed. Even earlier in time people stood up too. A Greek play called “Antigone” a brave girl goes against the law to achieve her goal. In two articles, and a play people are protesting something forbidden and protesting even though they are being told to do something else, concluding that by taking action in a personal belief is more powerful than being told they cannot do something. In the play “Antigone” and Colin Kaepernick show that by taking action on their beliefs go above things that are forbidden. Colin

Antigone also shows that by taking action on a personal belief is stronger than something forbidden because she goes against the town’s laws to fill her belief. Creon, the ruler of Thebes, places a law on Antigone’s brother, Polyneices, that he shall never be buried, Antigone breaks the law to bury him. In the play Antigone and her sister, Ismene, are talking about the burial of Polyneices because Ismene does not agree with Antigone. Antigone says, “Ismene, I am going to bury him. WIll you come?” Ismene responds and says “Bury him! You have just said the new law forbids it” Antigone responds, “He is my brother. And he is your brother, too.” Later on Antigone says, “Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way.” Antigone proves to the reader that a law will not stop her, and by taking action has made the reader infer that she does not care about her life, nor the power that Creon has. Her beliefs go above and beyond the reasons to live which proves to the reader just how valuable something can mean to someone. As a constitution telling Kaepernick on how wrong it is