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
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.
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.
(71) Antigone knows its illegal to bury her brother but for the sake of whats right she must. For example, when she says she will die a noble death” for I shall not not suffer aught so dread as an ignoble death.” She said to Ismene she would die noble. Ismene
The biggest boundary was of Sethe who has to make things right in her world. Sethe has to overcome the fact the she killed her own child and that her baby thinks that she needs to be punished for the deed. Although committing the murder out of love, Sethe has been unable to forgive herself. The various boundaries in Beloved are responsible for determining the outcome of the novel in the end. They represent the will and need to survive in Sethe, Paul and Denver and the lesson that they may harm us but when overcome, they secure our happiness and prosperity.
It is something that is not easily dealt with and sometimes may seem unjust. It helps us become better people by accepting death and learning from it. <br> In Antigone, she kills herself because she kept her promise and buried Polyneices body. She died for a cause. A cause that she did not need to die for but since Creon did not think.
The fact that Antigone is now alone is this process does not slow her down at all; not even after Ismene warns her that the consequence of her actions could be death. “Our own death would be if we should go against Creon.” (Line 46, Pg 774). Due to Ismene’s lack of help, Antigone is feeling betrayed by her sister, but will continue on without her. “But as for me, I will bury the brother I love.” (Line 69, Pg 774). Later on when Antigone has buried her brother, Polynieces, she created yet another betrayal; this time on King Creon.
Also, he values his duty as a leader. Both Antigone and Creon are unyielding, and they refuse to change their decisions. For example, Antigone refuse to listen to her sister although she has told Antigone that they are women, and they can't do anything about it: (Remember we are women, we're not born to contend with men.). Another similarity is that Antigone and Creon have sealed each other’s fate. That's when Antigone decides to bury her brother although she knows that anyone who disobeys the laws will be stoned to death inside the city walls.
Macbeth had a great deal of trouble putting his trust into people other than his wife after the success of this murder. She is the one person that Macbeth wanted to protect by all means and even stated “unsafe the while that we/Must lave our honors in these flattering streams/And make our faces vizards to our hearts/Disguising what they are” (III.ii.33-37). Essentially this was his way of letting his wife have an understanding of the events that were to soon take place without causing her to think too much of it. A somewhat deceptive way of putting it indeed, but it would keep others from having suspicious thoughts about the Macbeths. This is a prime depiction of how Macbeth is already uneasy in life and that he will turn to crime to solve a minor problem.
His insecurities should have been about the people around him trying to bring him down and judging him instead of his wife deceiving him. The fact that Desdemona loves his regardless shows she is a moral woman. This should have been considered by Othello more than the words of Iago. Othello being naïve is a surprise because warriors of his kind should always be on the watch for