“Isn’t a man’s right to burial decreed by divine justice? I don’t consider your pronouncements so important that they can just…overrule the unwritten laws of heaven (Sophocles).” "A husband dead, another can be found, a child replaced, but once a brother's dead, no other brother can be born or grows again (Sophocles)." Antigone’s fierce loyalty her family and the gods become her hamarita, her downfall. Antigone, as well as Gandhi, prioritize an individual sense of duty over the normative values of a community and refuse to ‘understand’ the limits placed upon them by society (Sparknotes). They demonstrate the use of civil disobedience, outstanding courage and a willingness to become outcasts.
Antigone’s tragic flaw is that she is too passionate and strong-willed for her own good. She insists on burying her brother, Polyneices, even when the king forbade it. When asked why she ignored his demand Antigone replied, “I dared. It was not God’s proclamation” (783, 64-65). Antigone is telling Creon that rather than listen to his man made laws that she would rather follow the higher authority of the God’s.
14 November 2012 Rebuttal to Brittney Baker’s “Same-Sex Marriage and Religion: An Inappropriate Relationship” The movement for the legalization of same-sex marriage has today become a prominent part of western culture. Twenty or thirty years ago the idea was virtually unknown (Lewis 33). This was due to the fact that American society was predominantly influenced by Christian values. Over the years non-Christian values have gradually replaced Christian values. In addition, there has been a growing emphasis placed on equal rights.
Because Antigone had nothing left to live for, while knowing the sentence of stoning, Antigone defied King Creon’s edict in order to fulfill her duty. Bound by her dead brother’s last wish for a proper burial, Antigone could do nothing more than respect and honor spilt family blood. The defendant, Antigone, was also compelled to commit this laudable act by the higher and more demanding laws of heaven. When faced with King Creon’s irrational edict and the edict of morals and the gods, Antigone chose the righteous and selfless
If this situation occurs during the marriage, it shows that the couples are unwilling to procreate. Because one of the members of the marriage are not willing to accept the children that God has granted to them, their vows are either not followed or stated incorrectly; therefore invalidating the marriage. Here states some conditions stated by Pope Francis in his apostolic letter, Motu Proprio, where an annulment would be viewed as acceptable within the Catholic Church. In his article, he stated “an obstinate persistence in an extra conjugal relationship at the time of the wedding or immediately following it; the deceitful concealment of sterility, or grave contagious illness, or children from a
They believe in total integration and know and respect the two books of God. Entwistle (2010) closes the book by focusing on Facncis Bacon's analogy of God's two books and the Ally model of integration. He informs the reader that the Ally model is the only correct way of integration because when science and faith do not match up, science is just proven wrong, but God always has an explanation. The author's final statement tells the reader to look at the "...road ahead, and how integrations must be a shared responsibility that
Humphrey he discusses his beliefs against gay marriage. He strongly believes that in marriage and every marriage the opposite sex together as one is a natural relation unlike same sex couples. He says that same sex activists are trying to grant homosexual couples and marital status, and are not only causing a problem in America, but within churches as well. Humphrey specifically states, “For the defense of marriage in both civil society and church, Christians must look to-and guard-the deep theological foundations of marriage,” he strongly believes he has to protect the tradition of marriage. He believes that theological foundations are already under attack, and states that on June 3, a church in Canada made the decision to bless same sex unions in formal ceremonies.
She reveals that she does not need any sort of “autocritee” to support her experiences of marriage, “of tirbulacion in marriage, of which I am expert in al myn age” (ln 179) yet goes on to cite various classical and biblical characters, all of whom are men, to compare herself to. This notion of comparing herself to men with authority illustrates the Wife of Bath’s struggle during the Middle Ages to gain her own autocritee due to the societal oppression of women. The Wife of Bath continues to cite biblical textual authority to support her morals of marriage contradicting her opening passage of her prologue. If in fact she had her own authority on the morals and actions of her marriages, she would not need the support of biblical comparisons. On King Solomon she exclaims “I trowe, he had wives many oon, As wolde God it leveful were to me, To be refreshed half so ofte as he” (ln 36).
“For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened” (Romans 1:21). Scriptures says, “For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator…For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the
He did not tell the people about his sin like Hester Prynne's was told. This sin made it unable for him to preach and bring a good change into people's lives because he was impure. People looked at him with great trust and saw him as a man of god but he betrayed that trust by giving into his feeling of lust for a short period of time. He is a impure minister of hidden dark secret which is against the rules of god, religion, society, and being a man of faith. The Scarlett Letter delivers a messege into our lives and teaches us an important rule in life.