Thursday, March 21, 2019

Civil Disobedience in Famous Literature Essay -- Plato Socrates Philos

Civil Disobedience in Famous literary productionsA society or a people cannot let a regimen lead them blindly. With misrepresentation comes a whole new plaster cast of unjustness. The strong are the ones who do not give into demands placed upon them if they do not agree those who refuse to conform to society those who stick to their beliefs, no matter the cost. In many cases, those people are the ones who practice well-mannered disobedience. Martin Luther King, Henry Thoreau, Socrates All advocated that they should not be denied their freedom, and all were considered disobedient. The government rules itself not by appealing to mans sense, intellectual or moral, nevertheless only through his body, his senses. It is not armed with superior wit or honesty, but with superior physical strength. (Thoreau) At a certain point, government does nothing but put fear upon its subjects, so that they would rather copy the law than risk the consequence of not. Such an example in seen in Sopho cles renowned play, Antigone. In the story, Ismene portrays the role of a submissive sister, whos obedience to law blinds he...

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