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Name of books:
1)Antigone by Sophocles
2)The Book of Job from the Bible
3)Galileo by Berthed Brecht
answer 2 of them in terms of essay for each Questions pls an essay of 2 pages at least.
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Running head: PHILOSOPHY RESPONSES
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1. Antigone
After the death of Oedipus the king, his two sons, Eteocles and Polyneices are to rule in
turns for a term of one year each. Eteocus was to rule first for one year after which he was to
handle over to Polyneices. At the end of his term, Eteocus was influenced by his uncle Creon not
to give out the kingship to his brother Polyneices. This resulted in a civil war where the two
brothers (Eteocles and Polyneices) killed each other (Griffith, 1999). After the death of the two,
Creon takes over the kingship.
A major conflict occurs after Creon takes over the throne because he issues a decree that
Polyneices will not be buried and anyone who buries him will be killed. On the other hand, he
accords Eteocles a decent burial. According to Creon, it was Polynieces who led the troops to
invade Thebe. Antigone the sister to Polynieces is not pleased with this decree and she discloses
to her sister, Ismene that she must give Polynieces a burial that the dead deserves. Esmene tries
to discourage her but Antigone defies the law and goes ahead to bury Polyneices.This brings
forth a major conflict between Creon and Antigone.
Where Creon becomes angry and orders the sentry to look for the man who did that. He
did not think that a woman could do such a thing. When the culprit is finally brought before
him, he is shocked to see that it's none other but his niece, Antigone. Antigone did not deny the
crime and she claims that she was only ob...