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For those who have tried posting before but couldn't:I have FINALLY enabled anonymous comments. So no more irritating rejoinders saying: anonymous posting not allowed.
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posted by Books inc @ 10:59 PM
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
I have FINALLY enabled anonymous comments. So no more irritating rejoinders saying: anonymous posting not allowed.
:D
What the title says...
About Me
- Name: Books inc
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Biblio-phile, geek, writer, opinionated, wannabe german, bad hair, ron weasley <3, nuts, creative, imaginative, just a little bit of na idiot.
Previous Posts
- Antigone by Sophocles
- March by Geraldine Brooks
- In defence of our beauty
- Welcome to the world of the immature
- I have three blog posts saved in my drafts.And yet...
- The Bell Jar
- Wow. Christianity
- Being a woman
- This world which runs on money...
- Spotting Trains
3 Comments:
trust me it's a pain when the person does not reveal the name ma... like its some secret or something... pah!
On your previous post :
I think that the play Antigone had a very good underlying theme, but no offense, it was not very well organized and the actors couldn't really emote very well.
In my opinion Antigone fought for what she believed in. Though, opinionating is quite dangerous on an as-is basis, I also believe that her belief was based on incomplete truths, and hence her beliefs and her 'rebellion' was futile.
We all fight for the things we want. But how many times are we right in believing what we want to on an absolute level?
It's the same way Islamic Terrorists or Christian Missionaries recruit young innocent kids to do their bidding by making them believe in something that they themselves might not believe in.
PS : Found your blog due to some random blog-hopping.
^ Hey arcane crapper (quite an interesting name that :D)
I totally get what you're saying. But the fact that I'm trying to point out is that rebellion is, in all essentiality, dead. And Antigone's rebellion wasn't so much as futile, as symbolic. She died for her beliefs, for whatever that is worth, and that made her a hero.
I don't know if you're justified in comparing Antigone to Islamic terrorists or Christian Missionaries. Because, there too the children are being subjugated, and as you pointed out, not of their own choice. If they had minds and thoughts, no doubt one of them would rebel soon enough, or be strong to lead a rebellion.
See, no opinion is completely right or wrong, according to me. It's the consequences of that opinion, how many people that affects, and the way in which those people are affected because of that opinion which really matters. And really, who can decide whether an opinion is right or not? Who can administrate that? Or govern that?
Which is why we have laws, I guess. And rules and regulations which we have to follow. But when these rules and regulations go decadent, when governments no longer uphold their sanctity, or are unwilling to change with the times...we need rebellion.
Which is what Antigone did. And it did change Thebes, didn't it? Creon learnt what he had to. And we don't know what happens after (Sophocles did write a sequel if I'm right...) but I guess it's safe to assume that archaic laws were changed.
(And yeah, I know what you mean about the play. It was amateurish and din't hold the attention of most people, by dint of which nobody got the point. Heavy sigh)
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