POLI 231 Lecture Notes - Tyrant, Hubris, Unintended Consequences
7 Apr 2013
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Antigone: conflicts in the play, family vs politics. She also has family ties with creon, niece, bride of his son. She"s angered by her sister, because ismene"s stand differs from her own political stand -> politics: men vs women. Creon sees antigone"s opinion as a challenge to his manhood. >if the order is disturbed, everything might result in chaos. Creon beliefs in sacrifice for the group, the public interest. He sees personal opinions, that differ from the public interest as selfishness. His state perspective implies authority for order, because thebes was just rescued out of chaos, a civil war and could fall back there: religion vs politics. Antigone sees her political rights, but appeals to a higher authority. She respects divine laws higher than human, manmade laws, aka creon: moral vs legal. Moral, just, right, legitimate is not the same as legal. Example: slavery, nazi germany, legal laws, proposed by the government or ruler might be unjust: young vs old.
