Mckay And Antigone

The poems “If we must die” by Claude Mckay and “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley relates to the play Antigone because they all have something to do with dying in honor and control who you are. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices’ body. Ismene refuses to help her because Ismene is afraid of getting the death penalty. Antigone says if she dies from trying to bury her brother Polyneices, she will die in honor knowing that she will do anything to have her brother die peaceful and the way he is supposed to. The poem “If we must die” best represents to Antigone because Antigone wants to die doing a good deed. The men wants the same thing. They both strive to achieve their goal even if it means dying.
“If we must die” by Claude Mckay exemplifies the importance of dying with honor. The narrator says “like men, we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!” This means the allies will not give up without a fight. If the men die, they die in honor. The men would fight back even when they know they have no chance in winning. In line 14, it says “Pressed to the wall”. The narrator makes the men sound uncomfortable, pushed, pressured, etc. The narrator says “hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, while round us bark the mad and hungry
The narrator proposes “Beyond this place of wrath and tears, looms but the horror of the shade, and yet the menace of the years finds, and shall find me unafraid.” This means that even though he is hurting, he will not be afraid to die. Although he has a bunch of tears, he will fight through the pain. He is not afraid to go through the consequence of being afraid and sick. In lines 6 through 16, it shows that he is the master of his fate and the captain of his soul. This means he controls his every movement no matter how big or small the problems are. He is not afraid of dying because he knows eventually he will