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Pros And Cons Of Antigone

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Greetings Devin! Once again, I would like to express how much I enjoyed reading your insightful post for this week's discussion forum. The ideas you highlighted for both Medea and Antigone were some that I also found to be the case in my own discussion post. Moreover, we both even chose Antigone as the individual who we thought had the strongest argument. With that said, I would like to explore your post further and compare it to some of the ideas and points I had in my own post. Right from the start, you clearly express that Antigone's purpose in the Greek play, Antigone, was to give her brother Polyneices a proper burial. Of course, you also included that this purpose was going against the law, since the current king, Creon, had decreed that Polyneices would receive no proper burial due to raising an army against their nation. Thus, we end up seeing clear …show more content…

As you mention in your post, Antigone supported her actions of properly burying her brother by referring to how Creon's decree was the law of man, not the law of the gods. It is through the law of the gods that Antigone states that all those who die deserve a proper burial, because in death there are no more grudges and hatred. Thus, when Creon called Antigone's actions as insulting to her dead, heroic brother Eteocles, Antigone summarized that Eteocles would not care as he has left the material world. Another point that you addressed in your post about Antigone that I found intriguing was how you also mentioned that while the laws of man can change, the laws of the gods will be eternal. This point clearly reflects the difference in values between men and gods, and it also portrays a sort-of universal concept to society about the proper burial of all deceased regardless of their actions. Overall, your analysis of Antigone's

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