DIMENSION OF JUSTICE IN THE PLAY OF ANTIGONE
LASMAIDA MIKHA THERESIA ROGATE
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DIMENSION OF JUSTICE IN THE PLAY OF “ANTIGONE”
In this second essay entitle ‘Dimension of Justice in the Play of “Antigone”, I would like to compare the understanding of “justice” in Creon and Antigone’s point of view as well as the justice’s point of view according the truth. There are number of reasons why I am interested to analyze the term of justice in this second essay. One of them is that it is a challenging issue to discuss. To support the essay, I am using John Rawls’s theory of fairness.
The first issue to discuss is the term of justice according to Creon. In the play of Antigone, two blood brothers, Polyneicies and Eteocles battled. Polyneiceis attacked his state because he felt that he deserved to lead his father’s legacy empire rather than Creon, his uncle. While Eteocles stood on his uncle’s side because he thought none of them (sons and daughters of Oedipus) that were old enough to inherit the throne of his father’s empire. Both of them died in war. Finally, Creon, the King of Thebes at that time proclaimed his decision. Creon made a decision that he would treat the corpses differently. Eteocles would be buried with the honored and completed ceremony because Creon thinks that Eteocles was shed for defending his nation. Eteocles deserves to be a hero. On the contrary, the corpse of Polyneiceis would be treated oppositely. The body of Polyneiceis would be laid offhandedly in the wilderness without the burial and honor so that the body of Polyneiceis would be a prey of crows and wolves. And for those who touched, moreover buried the Polyneiceis’s body would be executed.
According to Creon, the king will have power after using his authority and power. In this case, he will show himself as an impartial king. He is impartial. Even though Polyneicies was his own nephew, because he was considered to be guilty, so he must get punished. For if he gave a mitigation because of blood relations, he was afraid people
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DIMENSION OF JUSTICE IN THE PLAY OF “ANTIGONE”
In this second essay entitle ‘Dimension of Justice in the Play of “Antigone”, I would like to compare the understanding of “justice” in Creon and Antigone’s point of view as well as the justice’s point of view according the truth. There are number of reasons why I am interested to analyze the term of justice in this second essay. One of them is that it is a challenging issue to discuss. To support the essay, I am using John Rawls’s theory of fairness.
The first issue to discuss is the term of justice according to Creon. In the play of Antigone, two blood brothers, Polyneicies and Eteocles battled. Polyneiceis attacked his state because he felt that he deserved to lead his father’s legacy empire rather than Creon, his uncle. While Eteocles stood on his uncle’s side because he thought none of them (sons and daughters of Oedipus) that were old enough to inherit the throne of his father’s empire. Both of them died in war. Finally, Creon, the King of Thebes at that time proclaimed his decision. Creon made a decision that he would treat the corpses differently. Eteocles would be buried with the honored and completed ceremony because Creon thinks that Eteocles was shed for defending his nation. Eteocles deserves to be a hero. On the contrary, the corpse of Polyneiceis would be treated oppositely. The body of Polyneiceis would be laid offhandedly in the wilderness without the burial and honor so that the body of Polyneiceis would be a prey of crows and wolves. And for those who touched, moreover buried the Polyneiceis’s body would be executed.
According to Creon, the king will have power after using his authority and power. In this case, he will show himself as an impartial king. He is impartial. Even though Polyneicies was his own nephew, because he was considered to be guilty, so he must get punished. For if he gave a mitigation because of blood relations, he was afraid people