Wrestling With Civil Disobedience Introduction It is prevalent that citizens around the world feel the need to follow their moral compass rather than the laws their state administers. When faced with a certain dilemma that causes any citizen to choose between following his moral conscience or following the rules mandated by the state‚ he is prone to following the law out of fear of the consequences if he chooses not to comply. However‚ there are those who prove to be an exception to this assumption
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represent Haemon is In Heaven by JYJ. The song fits Haemon with his feelings for Antigone and how he kills himself because Antigone dies. A couple of lyrics from the song are‚ " Don’t go‚ don’t leave me‚ can’t you stay by my side?‚" these lyrics connect with how Haemon does not want Antigone to die. A lyric that represents how Haemon is quick to kill himself instead of listening to his father is‚ "lies‚ all lies- I don’t hear anything." In the song there are lyrics that express how Haemon killed himself
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’s son‚ Haemon‚ was engaged to marry Antigone‚ but he along with the rest of the city thought Antigone ’s death was unjust. Even after Teirsias‚ the blind prophet‚ warned Creon to release Antigone and bury Polyneices‚ Creon remained reluctant. Finally‚ Teirsias told Creon that the gods were going to punish him and Creon became worried. By the time he got to the rocky chamber‚ it was too late: Antigone already hung herself. Creon found his son sobbing next to her and when he told Haemon to come
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time to display it for everyone to see. Throughout the play‚ Antigone continues to demonstrate a strong sense of pride to her own family values and those of the Gods‚ Creon demonstrates his own sense of pride and it becomes his own worst enemy‚ and Haemon shows his own self pride to overcome his fathers arrogance. The pride that Antigone shows throughout the whole play is something that is to be admired by many. Placing her own personal and familial values above the laws of the state is an incredible
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treasures‚ to burn their land‚ and scatter its laws to the winds”. Creon ‘s opinions are reasonable before Teiresias gives out the correct interpretation of gods’ wills. If Antigone realized the limit of her wisdom‚ she would hesitate to kill herself and Haemon and Eurydice would not die either. Her self-certainty causes the whole tragedy in a sense. Not only Antigone’s action‚ but also her incentive to break the law is blamable. She claims that she buries her brother because of priority of divine
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Structure is needed for a society to thrive. Without it‚ people would do anything they pleased‚ with little consideration or concern for others. Structure‚ usually in the form of laws created by a person of power‚ is what keeps a group of people together‚ and allows for peaceful order between these individuals. Laws‚ however‚ can sometimes be corrupted by the one that is governing them. Although these laws may go against what is good for the people‚ fear can often times effect the way a population
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A famous German philosopher named Hegel claimed‚ “At the heart of the Greek tragedy is the spectacle of right vs. right.” The central idea of the tragedies was not about who was right and wrong‚ because those two would be effortless to separate from each other‚ but on who was considered the most right‚ which would many times be difficult to tell apart. Throughout the tragic play‚ Antigone‚ written by the ancient Greek playwright‚ Sophocles‚ Antigone was proven to be the most right. This can be verified
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and Antigone. These two morally based individuals feel they have a civil duty to uphold to the person whom they are defending. The jurors of Twelve Angry Men are faced with deciding the fate of a teenager who supposedly shot his father. Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Creon are to choose with whom their loyalty resides--the State or the gods. Courage presents itself in people who fight for a cause greater than themselves. King Creon believes that fighting for his kingdom shows true power and courage. Creon’s
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Haimon delivers a successful argument urging his father to reconsider his decision to kill Antigone. When he first approaches his father‚ Haemon appeals to his father’s sense of morals and values by cautioning him to use reason in his decision-making. He does this by explaining to Creon how he is not capable of ¨knowing everything¨(Sophocles). He says this to try to knock some sense into Creon that no one can make these huge decisions without a little help and advice. It is important to Haimon
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be king‚ Creon made a deal with them which was that the sons take turns with each other being the king for a year. Creon had his own blood-related son‚ Haemon‚ who in a scene argues with Creon‚ “Antigone is as much your daughter as I am your son…you‚ to your own son‚ are seeking to take away what I love most without reason” (1.3.8-91)? What Haemon was meaning was that Creon loves Anitgone as a daughter. Creon‚ before blinded by power and pride‚ ruled by love and not by will power. Another way how
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