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By Ashlee Hyman
   When a person choose to defy authority and
    rules because of what you believe is right it
    doesn’t always end well, but that doesn’t mean
    they were in the wrong.
   From the beginning of the play and one of the
    main themes of it was Antigone deciding to go
    against Creon’s ruling and burry her brother.
   She did it because she saw it as the right things
    despite what her fate might be if she did.
   Creon ordered that Polynices remain unburied
    because he was thought to be a traitor and the
    reason for the war Thebes had to suffer
    through.
   Creon’s punishment for any who decided to go
    against his orders was death.
   It happens everyday really. Someone says that
    some else isn’t allowed to do something and they
    choose to fight it no matter the consequences they
    may face.
   In Pakistan a young girl wished to go to school and
    to be eduacated even though where she lived it
    wasn’t approved of. She voiced her opinions and
    chose to fight the rules, and although she had a
    clear idea of how it might end she did it anyway.
    The result was her getting shot in the head with
    the Taliban determined to kill her.
   Antigone wished to burry her brother even
    though she knew it was illegal to do so.
   The young girl wished to become educated
    even though she knew the consequences of
    voices her opinion.
   Antigone ended up dead, and the young
    Pakistani girl was shot in the head.

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Antigone and my world

  • 2. When a person choose to defy authority and rules because of what you believe is right it doesn’t always end well, but that doesn’t mean they were in the wrong.
  • 3. From the beginning of the play and one of the main themes of it was Antigone deciding to go against Creon’s ruling and burry her brother.  She did it because she saw it as the right things despite what her fate might be if she did.
  • 4. Creon ordered that Polynices remain unburied because he was thought to be a traitor and the reason for the war Thebes had to suffer through.  Creon’s punishment for any who decided to go against his orders was death.
  • 5. It happens everyday really. Someone says that some else isn’t allowed to do something and they choose to fight it no matter the consequences they may face.  In Pakistan a young girl wished to go to school and to be eduacated even though where she lived it wasn’t approved of. She voiced her opinions and chose to fight the rules, and although she had a clear idea of how it might end she did it anyway. The result was her getting shot in the head with the Taliban determined to kill her.
  • 6. Antigone wished to burry her brother even though she knew it was illegal to do so.  The young girl wished to become educated even though she knew the consequences of voices her opinion.  Antigone ended up dead, and the young Pakistani girl was shot in the head.