Ismene wants to keep this between her and Antigone only as to not risk Antigone’s life. Ismene is tied between family and state, whereas Antigone is completely for family before state. Antigone becomes furious when Ismene thinks that they should keep it between themselves, Antigone wants her to scream it from the rooftops who had buried Polynices. This shows that Antigone is more confident with her decision and is clearly the braver one of the two sisters. While playing Antigone I tried to give her a little more attitude than Ismene.
Maybe what Antigone cherished cherishes most was is her position of loving justice rathermore than her own brother. She chooses to commit suicide was is just for her crazy extreme love of those abstract principles rather than sympathizing for a concrete living being. And fFor their sharp contrasts, I get evidences from 3 arguments, their different beliefs, different behaviours and different attitudes towards women.. First, let’s consider their respective inner beliefs. In Antigone’s heart, she firmly
So in order to be truly accurate one needs to look at the definitions of words and determine which word is the best. She has accepted the fact that people will still call her “disabled” and “handicapped” and “moreover, [uses] them [herself].” People aren’t willing to accept certain realities that exist like “death, war, sex, sweat or wrinkles” and certainly not “crippledness”. So because of that simple fact she “would never refer to another person as a cripple” and [uses] [it] to name only
She does not think of others and how they feel as an outcome of her actions because she only cares about herself and on how she can please herself at the moment. She really doesn't what race she is being seen as because it only depends on the moment, on how she is feeling and which is best for her. Clare said once that “being a mother is the cruelest thing in the
Antigone was also willing to change into a better person. She tried to get the idea of her “cursed” family out of her head, and attempted to stand up for her family by burying her brother. Even though her sister, Ismene, refused to help Antigone, Antigone still kept her mind on the goal. “You (Ismene) have made your choice; you can be what you want to be. But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say this crime is holy…” (Prologue.
Her intentions may be pure as she wants the best for Phoebe, but it doesn’t deny the fact that she’s also doing that for her own self preservation. Secrets that are kept for one’s own, selfish intention cause pain to other, no matter who they are. A different time secrets caused pain to others was when David comes back after days of being away with a pregnant girl named Rosemary. When Paul’s trying to convince his mother to let him stay home from school he describes her as talking calmly and with red eyes from crying (276). Norah is obviously hurt that David has come back with a pregnant girl as she assumes that Rosemary’s pregnant with David’s child.
Mary’s attitude, driven by fear of judgement and persecution, ultimately define her as a character, giving nobody ‘cause to dislike her’. The simple observation that Mary would not wear certain clothes based on how she believed people would perceive her makes clear Wolff’s view that portions of Mary’s life has become directed by social pressure and judgement, causing the audience sympathise with her due to her inability to be independent. This sympathy comes from the fact that due to this life constructed by fear Mary believes that she is ‘dying faster than
And they have been criticised for over-focusing on her personal life at the expense of the substance of her policies. [5] We all know that she is unmarried, but have a partner; she is not religious and doesn’t want to have kids. I also think that the media for sometime too it too far when they focused on her background, such as the history of her partner instead of her policies. Anyway, in her biography titled “The Making of Julia Gillard”, Jacquelline Kent portrays her as a hard worker with plenty of intellectual energy and a willingness to tackle big challenges. Jacquelline portrays Julia as a decent human being who is brave in the face of the ups and downs of political life.
Antigone is so determined to honour her brother, and equally certain that her path was the correct one that she believed that the punishment she would receive would ‘...not be any pain’ and would’ve been had she ‘...left [her] mother’s son lie there unburied.’ Antigone appeared to be unafraid of death, as she believed she lived in ‘...daily torment’ due to the inherited family “curse”. To Antigone, her death was unavoidable, and honourable thus she was able to bear the
She’s no saint though, she can also be demanding, moody, and stubborn. We can argue about something of little importance and if she’s wrong there’s no way of getting her to admit it. She can get on my nerves more than anyone in the world and she knows just which buttons to push. Despite our arguments, I still love her. Not only is she my mother she is my best friend.