Love Is In The Text

Ileen Marie C. Gervacio
IV-Truth
Themes
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
The Power of Unwritten Law
After defeating Polynices and taking the lot of Thebes, Creon commands that Polynices be left to rot unburied, his flesh eaten by dogs and birds, creating an obscenity for everyone to see (Antigone, 231). Creon thinks that he is justified in his treatment of Polynices because the last mentioned was a traitor, an enemy of the republic, and the security of the state makes all of homophile lifeâ€"including family life and religionâ€"possible. Therefore, to Creons way of thinking, the right(a) of the state comes before all other duties and values. However, the subsequent events of the impart demonstrate that some duties are more fundamental than the state and its laws. The duty to bury the dead is part of what it means to be human, not part of what it means to be a citizen. That is why Polynices rotting corpse is an obscenity rather than a crime. incorrupt dutiesâ€"such as the duties owed to the deadâ€"make up the body of unwritten law and tradition, the law to which Antigone appeals.





The Willingness to Ignore the Truth
When Oedipus and Jocasta begin to embark on close to the truth about Laiuss murder, inOedipus the King,Oedipus fastens onto a particular proposition in the hope of exonerating himself. Jocasta says that she was told that Laius was killed by strangers, whereas Oedipus knows that he portrayaled alone when he killed a man in similar circumstances. This is an extraordinary endorsement because it calls into question the entire truth-seeking process Oedipus believes himself to be undertaking. Both Oedipus and Jocasta act as though the retainers story, once spoken, is positively charged history. Neither can face the possibility of what it would mean if the servant were wrong. This is perhaps why Jocasta feels she can tell Oedipus of the divination that her intelligence would kill his father, and Oedipus can tell her about the similar prophecy given him by an oracle (867875),...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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