Two Examples Of Civil Disobedience In Antigone

In an instance of a utopian society, every law would have a very solid, moral, and ethical pretense while achieving the best it can for the people. Sadly we do not live in a utopian world, and some laws created by our governments our very poorly thought out or intentionally placed for malicious reasons. In situations where these negligent laws are enforced, there are a multitude of ways to change them, or bring attention to them. As Power states, “Let us first discuss conventional oppositions. These are politically oriented interest groups, public parties and other specialized political structures that can with with legal protection object to the administrative behavior, policies, or even the existence of the regime.” But in some cases these

One such example is found in the story of Antigone, she is moved by her morality to have her brother buried despite the law of Creon. She follows one of the widely accepted elements of civil disobedience, she does not fight the soldiers upon her capture and even admits to breaking the law to Creon. In a case like this the agent did not necessarily harm any other party and accepted her punishment. In this case her arrest and trial brought forth to Creon’s eyes his hubris and inability to accept his wrongs. Gandhi also employed civil disobedience for his cause. The best example of Gandhi's use of civil disobedience is his salt march. Him and his followers set out to protest the salt laws by creating salt from seawater. According to History.com, “The march resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including Gandhi himself.” Another case of civil disobedience is that of Rosa Parks. Famous for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. In this case of civil disobedience there was almost no political way to change these laws. Although black males were technically given the right to vote by 1870 due to the 15th amendment a majority of southern African Americans could not vote. According to the Library of Congress, “Through the use of poll taxes, literacy tests and other means, Southern states were able to effectively disenfranchise African Americans. It would take the passage of

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