Why was his spirit tormented and unable to cross the River Styx? Because this King, King Creon, wanted to make a point to his people. The point that he is cruel, unfair, self-centered, pompous, stubborn, and incoherent king, who is not fit to rule. King Creon’s unfounded command is seen in all his actions and decrees. His fickle favor toward his servants, and not to mention his family, proves his inconsistency and instability.
He uses the symbol of the telescreen to establish the theme of movements and actions, therefore reiterating the idea that Oceania is a totalitarian state. `` It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself- anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide``(page65). The constant censorship of a citizen`s life stops them from thinking or acting against the party, thus meaning that they live constantly in fear of being both physically and psychologically hurt.
These invisible crimes are used to serve malicious self-interest and to manipulate others to fear the law and to question themselves. This infests the god-fearing community with terror of the government and works people into a frenzy where the accused must confess or face punishment. It is uncompromising and doesn’t allow room to negotiate ones innocence, giving way to emphasizing fear further. “Miller’s play is a condemnation of an administration that uses religious intolerance as a way to wield control and repress its’ citizens.” Furthermore, the allegations the questions are leading. The phrase “The Devil can never overcome a minister” gives the ministers unearthly powers over the “invisible world”, further highlighting the status-quo and engendering awe and fear.
The society breeds ignorance of the physical change of a “true image” that is not subsequently developed, influences the fear of deviations. Firstly, Joseph Strorm is very strict and examines differences in appearances thoroughly to send people to suffer in the fringes afterwards. Joesph was struck when David stated
Naturally,For he knows the explanation:Its sedition,Working through bribery".Creon is the type of person that need bribery inorder for him to do the right things for society. Creon ruled the entire state but does not listen to the societys good intensions. "For me, a man who rules the entire state and does not take the best advice there is,but through fear keeps his mouth forever shut..."Creon may rule the entire state but he keeps his mouth "forever shut" becasue he is afraid of the
It was then declared that Love Canal was and is still considered a very dangerous area to be near and to live on. “ Love Canal will likely long endure as a ‘national symbol of a failure to exercise a sense of concern for future generations'(Sam Howe Verhovek). In my own opinion, I believe that Love Canal should not now, nor ever have anymore houses or facilities built on it. Love Canal was and is a place that had many illnesses among its people. “residents exhibited a ‘disturbingly high rate of miscarriages ... Love Canal can now be added to a growing list of environmental disasters involving toxics, ranging from industrial workers stricken by nervous disorders and cancers to the discovery of toxic materials in the milk of nursing mothers.’ (Love Canal).
An eternity of realized earthly wrongdoings that have caused eternal consequence is the hell of hell. A life lived viewing oneself as the center of the universe and rejecting the love of God will cause overwhelming remorse. This, Strobel argues, is the true punishment: the acknowledge of immense wrong to a loving God and eternal regret and anguish. Strobel also argues that though the concept seems MU—why such an intense consequence for something seemingly unequal?—the actuality is that rejection of God is the greatest offence. To rebel against an all-loving Creator God is the ultimate form of rebellion and the most self-centered earthly decision to
These loses know how to bring great regret and guilt to Creon. Creon suddenly experiences his horrible anagorisis. He realizes that had he only listened to Haimon, Theriesies, or Charagos sooner, the people closest to him would not have left him. Although his hubris once maintained fear in his people, it eventually results in a significant loss of respect. In this unimaginable position of sorrow there is nothing Creon can do to fix anything at all.
Darne Duckett English 10/3 Fitzgerald 2014 September 25 ORB project Voice Quote 1: Hate is a hard feeling to overcome, and hate can take us to a point where we are not even ourselves anymore. “I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him”. Booker T. Washington was truly expressing voice and how he feels through this quote. His voice speaks to me saying that any person, cannot complete any actions to make him hate them. If he lets himself get out of control so much that he hates someone, then his inner self and soul breaks down or degrades.
As punishment Polynices will suffer as the example for the people, that no matter who you are, royal or not the full force of the kings’ power will be use against you. This is common practice for anyone that is new to a position of power especially when one is such as the story of “Antigone”. We see a clear example of Creon trying to hide the fact that Antigone was the one to disobey him by telling the guard to not say anything of the news. A King that is irrational would have not tried to calm the problem or solve it and would make Antigone a public example just like Polynices. King Creon does not even have a chance to truly make Antigone understand his point before she takes matters in to her own hands and take her own life.