We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong. There are good laws and there are occasionally bad laws, and it conforms to the highest traditions of a free society to offer resistance to bad laws, and to disobey them. (qtd. In Civil).
This suggests that one cannot totally rely on the law, but must use it only as a tool to guide what is right. Civil disobedience is the breaking of man-made laws, as opposed to understood "good" natural laws. Anarchy, on the other hand, is the desire for an absence of any form of political authority. One may be led to believe civil disobedience is the same as anarchy because of the many similarities. On the other hand, there are more differences between the two than similarities. In the play Antigone, it is clearly an act of civil disobedience when Antigone decided to bury her brother rather than to follow the king's law.
Although most man-made law is good and right, sometimes a lawmaker can make a bad decision, thus affecting how a state behaves morally. A classic example of this is in Antigone, when Antigone breaks a law to please the gods. She did what was right in the eyes of most, instead of that which was right in the eyes of a selfish and arrogant king. Gandhi once stated, "Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies," (qtd. in M.K.) and this is a perfect explanation of Antigone's "heinous" act.
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In addition to the decision of officials in a kingdom being not as morally right as it could be, the ancient gods had much to do with civil disobedience. In fact, the gods are the reason there is civil disobedience, because if there were not any gods, anything a king or high-ranking official thought to be right would serve the whole country. If one did not please the gods or went against what one had said, that person would surely be punished justly. This holds true in Antigone by light of the empire falling because of King Creon's disobedience toward the gods" law to bury all dead.
This type of conflict is shown in Antigone an helps present the character traits of the antagonist, Antigone. ... Antigone was also very strong minded. ... Antigone was also very strong willed. ... Antigone chooses to defy this law. ... Antigone believes that Ismene is a coward while Ismene believes that Antigone is foolish. ...
Antigone stands poised at the river separating herself from civil disobedience. ... Antigone's unrepressed emotions give voice to her dissatisfaction with Creon's dictum. ... Antigone's morals render her unable to see her tragic flaw. ... Antigone impels Creon by defying his order, and seals the fate of her life. ... Antigone's convictions bear a burden on her that she is not strong enough to lift. ...
In the play, "Antigone," the main character Antigone goes against all authority in an effort to give her brother, Polynices, a proper burial. ... Antigone has no respect for authority. ... Antigone also claims, "What Creon says is quite irrelevant" ( ln 4). Thus, Antigone does not respect government or Creon as a sovereign. ... "We can't live by Antigone's alone, but if we have no Antigones within us we are spiritually barren" (Cornell). ...
Later in the act, the Sentry enters again, this time with Antigone. ... Creon asks Antigone if this is true. ... Creon aims to justify his decision to let Antigone's dead brother rot. He also wishes to validate his choice to punish Antigone. ... I believe Antigone's act was morally correct. ...
Pride is part of what makes Antigone heroic. ... This is between Antigone and Polyneices. ... Antigone doesn't mind doing anything on her own. ... Antigone has no problem working by her self either. ... I think Creon feels he must defeat Antigone because she is a woman. ...
In Antigone, by Sophocles, Antigone is the tragic hero of the play, rather than Creon. ... Sophocles wants us to see Antigone as the tragic figure. ... He can either kill Antigone, or spare her life. ... Antigone is in a different position. ... Antigone chooses wisely in defying the law. ...
However, in the play Antigone, Antigone goes against the beliefs and defies the powerful tradition of male domination. In the play, Antigone's life was filled with pain and sorrow. ... Even after all of this, Antigone had even more pain to deal with. ... Antigone didn't fear death, but instead faced it with great bravery and strength. ... That is why Antigone is such an influential character in the play. ...
The Antigone Essay Through "Antigone", the play, Sophocles lets it be known that family is more important than authority. ... Antigone felt awful that Creon was doing such a wrong thing. ... Antigone took a moral stand and buried Polyneices. ... Antigone was Haemon's true love. Haemon committed suicide once he lost Antigone. ...
Antigone is not from a normal family. Her family feels very strong in what they believe in. Especially Antigone and Creon. Antigone did things that other people wouldn't normally do. Some people wouldn't defy authority to do what they believe is right. Creon did things that people wouldn't do. I thi...
Bigger than her body Antigone was right, yet so was Creon. ... However Antigone defied the king. ... The gods sided with Antigone. ... Creon is protagonist against Antigone, who is the antagonist; at the same time, Antigone is the protagonist with Creon as her antagonist. Antigone's actions were justified by divine law. ...
