Individual Freedom Overcomes Social Responsibility
In the never-ending battle between the ideas of individual freedom and social responsibility, individual freedom is the victor. This clash can be seen in Antigone’s trials in Sophocles’ Antigone, Emerson’s “Self Reliance”, and Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience.” Though these writers convey the same idea, they are expresses in many different ways. Emerson wishes all to care about themselves to show their individualism. Thoreau and Sophocles both articulate that one should make their own decisions not let the state ruin their lives. In Antigone, Sophocles shows his wanting of disagreement with the monarch. Polyneices, Antigone’s brother, revolts against Thebes and wishes to overthrow Creon. Polyneices is killed in the battle and left to rot on the battlefield. Antigone is outraged at the decision by the over-bearing monarch to disgrace her family. She plans a disregarding of the edict and a proper burial for her brother. Ismene does not believe in the unlawful action and warns her sister. “You ought to realize we are only women.” (Line 70) Antigone thinks of her sister as a disrespectful sibling. Antigone does not want to scar her family’s legacy any more but Ismene just does not see that. Ismene does not show her individualism but A
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Approximate Word count = 942
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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