Antigone: Afterlife

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think Antigone thought her act was courageous and valid. I myself would not have risked my life to ensure a proper burial for anyone, whether it was in modern times or back then.To go against authority and break the laws given by the monarch was a plain senseless act. When someone is dead we now know there is nothing else anyone or anything can do for them at that point. It is too bad the Greeks did not believe that. As I stated before, afterlife to the Greeks was more important than living life itself. The Greeks seemed to spend most if not all of their lives preparing in some way for their afterlives. The lives they led back then were consecutive to please the Gods. I feel that she deserved her punishment because of the fact that she knew what fate was to come of her actions. Just because Antigone thought she was doing the right thing does not mean it was right. Many criminals believe they are doing the right thing at the time of their actions, some do even after they are facing ...

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were just human beings regardless of what they thought they were and they too made mistakes on judgment calls but still the people have to obey, respect, and stand by their kings because they are the almighty lawgivers of the land whether the people like it or not. The same type of thing goes on in today’s government with our president. If we are not fond of him , which many are not, that does not give us the right to ignore his laws or the laws of this country.By the way she treats her sister in the very beginning for not wanting to be an active and willing participant in their brother’s burial, one can tell she is definitely a strong-willed individual ready to stand up for what she ...

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