She is confronted by Ismene, townspeople, the guard, and Creon but she stays true to her religious beliefs. Creon tried to make her see the burial rites issue from his point of view by saying that one brother died defending the country but the other died destroying the country. In response Antigone states, “That may be, but Hades still desires equal rites for both” (592-593). Without wavering, Antigone keeps to her original Greek Gods argument, thus still a religious figure. Even when Ismene tries to share the punishment in burying their brother, Antigone sticks to honesty and doesn't want to please someone who didn't believe in what she believed was right.
Antigone expects Creon to bury her brother just because they are family. " " Antigone has different beliefs then her uncle, Creon. She does this, to some extent, to defy Creon but also to allow Polynices to have a good after-life. “A higher law exists than that of of man’s, and that is the law of God.” (Woods 73). Antigone believes that without burying her brother he will not have a good after-life.
Latisha Hollis Soc120: Introduction to Ethics & Responsibility Instructor: Vahik Ovanessian August 29, 2012 Lenn Goodman believes that in the story “Some Moral Minima” was wrong for some of the issue he presented in the story. Lenn Goodman believe that everyone women, men and child should have the right to live freely been humanity. Goodman believes that judger shouldn’t be passing unless you know that what you are doing is morally wrong. I agree with Goodman on the issues that he discuss on terrorism, rape, polygamy, genocide, slavery and incest. There is no justification for killing for no reason or taking advantage of a person for sexual reason.
The first of these dangers is susceptibility of Americans to extreme individualism, and isolation from the community. Secondly Tocqueville fears that American’s would develop an excessive desire for material things. Moreover, he believes democracy would cause American’s to lose the ability to think for themselves and, instead conform to society. Tocqueville’s final concern of Democracy was that an intense aspiration for total equality would in turn create a society who sacrifices many rights. Tocqueville argues that the only thing which will keep Americans away from these dangers, which would undoubtedly lead to despotism is religion as source of moral education.
He also compares the church to a mother in the sense that we try to cover up our mothers faults. When the church makes a mistake Catholics try and compensate for the mistake. The church was also acting like a parent when the sex scandal occurred by shielding its members from it. Pope Francis provided legitimate reasoning in his comparison of the church and mother, but there are also reasoning for why this comparison is not sufficient. Responder ATF45 comments on this report of the church as a mother.
Therefore they would not question their role. Marxist also believe religion is ‘the opium of the people’ it provides false promises to the subject class for the afterlife, they believe if they complete this life fully with no complaints they will be rewarded in heaven. Feminists also believe religion is a conservative force, but unlike Marxist who say it keeps the ruling class in power they believe it contributes to maintaining patriarchy. Christianity provides evidence of how religion is maintaining patriarchy, God is traditionally a man ‘our father’, and Eve was created as a ‘helpmate’ for Adam, each of these two examples are telling us that women were not seen as important and they are showing that women are inferior to men. Functionalist
“Pompeii”: My Interpretation... I believe that this song metaphorically speaks how life can be compared to the ancient city of Pompeii. In Pompeii, they never took the cautions of the volcanic eruptions much like how we don’t prepare ourselves for the unknown in life.ALso speaking, this could also mean that you work so hard to achieve something but then your life’s work just seems to collapse or “engulf” you much like lava from a volcano. This could be linked to how dreams can’t always be reality. Or, in a way, we can make decisions to stay away from situations that lead us astray, but sometimes we take the wrong path and by this, cause us much destruction.
In Sophocles’ Antigone, the main character Antigone chose to disobey Creon’s edict and bury her brother. She did this because she wanted to respect her brother’s dignity and rights as a human being. Antigone states that she would rather be caught betraying her king than betray her dead brother. She shows her loyalty when she states that “I won’t be caught betraying him… I’ll do my duty to my brother.” (Antigone 58-59) After hearing Antigone say this – her sister, Ismene, states that they should not disobey the king and not go through with burying Oedipus. Ismene’s argument was that “we must remember that by birth we’re women, and, as such, we shouldn’t fight with men.” (Antigone 77-78) Antigone with such a passion of honoring her brother states that no matter what, she will follow through with her mission.
The father is Arthur Dimmesdale a religious minister who the society considers as a righteous person. Hester refuses to confess who the father of her child is because of the fear that she may lose her. Here once again the society limits Hester from making a decision freely. In conclusion, the laws of the country force us to act accordingly whereasare the moral conduct accepted by the society must also be followed to prevent oneself from being shunned by the society. Thus although we may have the right to make our decisions we are still bound to the laws and norm set by the
If Aeneus had not landed on those African shores, Dido would have had no reason to die in the way she did. Though Aeneus’ responsibility is severely mitigated by the fact that he really does nothing actively to cause her death. As he himself says, “he never touched the bridal torch.” Dido and Aeneus were never officially married, nothing was officially promised. Aeneus’ only crime is ignoring the well know axiom of today – and I’m sure ancient Troy had a similar version – that, politely said, urges men to be wary of the mental state of their partners. No matter Dido’s intentions, Aneus had to continue his fate.