Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Antigone v.s. Creon

From each person's point of view I could see why their decisions would be ethical to them, but since I'm not, I would side with Antigone. Even though Antigone went against Creon's wishes, her decisions seemed the most moral. The reason why I side with Antigone, is because she did not just think short term, but she was smart and thought long term. She did not fear the punishment of Creon, but the punishment of the gods, and in doing that, she went with her best option, which was burying her own brother. She clearly knew that if she were to burry her brother, the punishment was death. Creon did not hesitate to oppose death on Antigone, and her sister. Creon went a little to far with the punishment when he also sentenced Ismene to death. Although at the time this seemed best to him, I think this was not the smartest idea. He may have struck fear into peoples heart, but he definitely did not win their hearts.

1 comment:

  1. So would you say that Creon went too far? How do you know what too far is? Where does your sense of justice come from? Why do we align ourselves with the victim of royal decree instead of the beleaguered king? Something to think about....

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