This quarter in IGE 121- Rationalism, Revelation, and Enlightenment: The Ancient World there has been a lot of material covering death, suffering, fate, destiny, and good and evil. Three out of the many readings that cover death and suffering would be “Book of Matthew” and “Antigone” and “Book of Job”. A reading of this quarter that reveals suffering would be “Prometheus Bound” and “Book of Matthew”. An additional text that disclose one of themes is the Mayan book “Popol Vuh”. People often ask what the reasons are on why good people have to suffer. There can be many answers to that question, depending on the circumstances. For instance in the Greek tragedy “antigone”, the main character Antigone states that “ It was a brother, not a slave, who died” causing her to go against the King and burying her brother Polyneices (Sophocles, 1.1.517). Antigone knew that if she went against King Creon she would be risking a lot, however she knew what she had to do for her brother and her family. Antigone’s actions cause her to suffer a great deal and “It seems determined that the girl must die” (Sophocles 1.1.576). This Greek tragedy proves that people are willing to do anything for an individual that is significant in that person’s life. People are willing to undergo anything to provide support for someone who is close to them regardless of what they would have to face. In the same fashion the Greek tragedy “Prometheus Bound” reflects on scarification of oneself for others.