Ms. Peifer
English 10 IB Hr. 5
November 26, 2008
You honor, we are here today due to a misunderstanding of the blind phorpet Teiresias. Antigone has done nothing, but bring this kingdom justice and wellness. The exact day, Teiresias testify to find Antigone burying his brother Polyneices. But, did Teiresias see Antigone pull Polynieces out of the dirt, clean him and buried him? The answer is no. Due to the burial rights, no family should left a member behind unburied. Antigone did the right thing and buried her brother. What Thebes found was Antigone at the scene of the crime just pouring wine on what looked like the burial of Polyneices. But, Antigone was guilt of loving and caring about her brother. " He’s to have no funeral or lame, but to be left unburied and unwept, a sweet treasure for the birds to look at, for them to feed on to their heart’s content"(Sophocles 27- 30). Her sense of love for her family has turned her bad that led to today's case. The Case of Antigone vs. The kingdom of Thebes.
Antigone did what she FELT that would be better for her brother. Her brother couldn't leave the kingdom of Thebes because his soul couldn't turn to ghost or human. "Yes. I’ll do my duty to my brotherand yours as well, if you’re not prepared to. I won’t be caught betraying him" (56- 59) —He couldn't be reincarnated without his body buried. But that the mystery of today case. The question: Who should suffer? Let me ask you, you honor; A person who has done what that released Polyneices' soul to rest in peace or the person who is letting Polyneices' body suffer even though he died already?
You honor, due to the law of Thebes, We, the Defendant ask you one, to plead in the favor of the Defendant. Two: Antigone is not guilt by doing traditional family burial rights for her brother Polyneices. Three: That what Teiresias say did not prove that Antigone has buried her brother by pouring wine on top of his body.
Sophocles. “Antigone.” Sophocles Antigone. Trans. Ian Johnston. 9 Aug. 2008. Vancouver
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