Friday, May 2, 2014
Antigone
The question of "is Antigone a good person" is far to general. I think Sophocles shows us through Antigone that even good people do bad things. Are we determined to be good or bad based on one action or our many actions? Did everything Antigone do up until harming others and her pride fade away the good she did to her brother by burying him? I think she was a good person, not a perfect person, but a good person. Her intentions initially were of good nature. Sometimes when pride gets in the way we can make foolish decisions, but that decision can't forever define us. As it was talked about in the discussion forum being good is not simply "A" and "B" and now you're good. It's a much tougher tale to sell and each situation is completely different.
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