Antigone: Civil Disobedience
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The short play, Antigone, was written in 441 B.C. by the Greek playwright
Sophocles. It deals with some of the most basic problems that affect a society.
One of them is Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience both a right and
responsibility of a person to fight an unjust law.
Government is given ....
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.... the gods, even though it
was declared illegal by Creon. “Look on me, you noble sons of Thebes- the last
of a great line kings, I alone, see what I suffer now at the hands of breed of
men- all for reverence, my reverence for the gods!” (page 106) This quote
illustrates how Antigone believed that the power of the gods was greater than
the power of any king. If she had obeyed Creon, she would have disobeyed the
stronger power of the gods which could have had more of a devastating resul ....
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Word count: 283
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
