The Tale of Genji
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Antigone/ Socrates Tragedy Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others, and in other hand the meaning of fear is an experience of anxiety. In the situations of the story of Antigone, her death is one tragedy happened, where she show to the people of heroic action that she had done for her brother. She want to inform to all the people that we need to practice some respect and put up our dignity even though were dead. Antigone also show to her Sister Ismene (as women power) that you have to stand of what you believe for, do not be afraid to fight the right thing to do. She wants to spread the word that she violate the order of the King Creon about the dead body of her brother. In this way people would know that is about time to do some change about the society....
Reflection of Antigone
The main themes represented by Antigone are love, family, power, law and order, mortality, divinity, and sacrifice. The story begins with two brothers on opposing sides of a war, where both brothers lose their lives. As a result, one of the brothers Eteocles, is honored for their death but the other, Polynices, isn’t. As a tradition, Creon, the new king says the rebel brother’s body cannot be cleansed appropriately and must remain unburied on the battlefield. As a Catholic, the body of the deceased must be respected. In our religion, we believe that it is better to bury rather than to cremate as it subsides with the idea of respect for the dead. In my opinion, it isn’t fair to leave Polynices out on the battlefield, dishonored and disrespected. In loyalty, Antigone, their(the brothers) sister, takes Polynices, gives him funeral rites, and ultimately buries him. However, when she is caught, her sister, Ismene, is then questioned and claims that she...