... works correspond with his views. One play that displays a relative theory is the Greek playAntigone? written by Sophocles, one of the greatest thinker's of his time.Antigone? has some of the same thoughts and ideas thatLetter from Birmingham Jail? suggest. Although there are some similarities to Dr. King's views, the playAntigone? does not ... passed by Creon as being unjust was there. The law was in violation of, as Dr. King expressed in his essay, higher law. Antigone's argument that not burying her brother's body was an injustice of the gods is an example of higher law. This gives her ...

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... care of children. Women all around are recognizing her as almost more than an equal and they're rising up. Through the civil disobedience teachings of Gandhi, MLKJ, and Sophacles's Antigone these societies women that want to protest can understand violence is never the answer.This can apply to today because in a protest violence can lead easily influenced people to hate ... goal of all evolution until we stop harming all other living beings we are still savages. " Nonviolence is a true element of protest which is proven in Sophocles play Antigone. In this play, Antigone defies an unjust...

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... effect in his essay, all told, he spent only one night in prison. He was released the very next morning when a wealthy relative paid his taxes. Thoreau borrows a line from Antigone that sums up his experience well, "It costs me less in every sense to incur the penalty of disobedience to the State than it would to obey"(11). For those ... ...

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