... they want to follow when they commit civil disobedience. When Creon asks Antigone if she felt she could just overstep his law, she answers, "Because it was not Zeus who ordered it the unchangeable unwritten code of Heaven; This is not of today and yesterday, But lives for ever, having origin"" (Sophocles 17-18). Antigone provides the reason that she broke ... in burying a body. Similarly in Snowden's case when President Obama learned that the Justice Department had secretly obtained phone logs for reporters at The Associated Press and Fox News, he ordered Attorney General Eric H. Holder...

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... is that obedience puts one at risk of death. He has not said at all that one must obey anyone in authority, no matter what they command. Socrates has been ordered to philosophize by Apollo, his superior in ethical matters. He knows himself that doing philosophy every day is the greatest good. Hence he knows that not to philosophize would be ... in ethical matters or in wisdom.It is his inferior, as his many examinations of the jurors or their peers have shown. Moreover, he knows that what the court has ordered him to do is wrong. Even though he has received conflicting orders, then, the...

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... for the servant and when the servant appears, the messenger recognizes him as the herdsman from whom he received the child, years earlier. The old servant confesses that Queen Jocasta ordered him to destroy the boy, but that out of pity he gave the infant to the Corinthian to raise as his foster son. By searching for the truth and trying ... ...

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... though one may struggle to do everything correctly, "if something is written" than it will happen. The only negative character in this story is Oedipus´ actual father who ordered to have the boy killed and then in a karmic twist got killed by his son as foretold, the rest of the characters have no personal blame for what was to ... ...

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... their individual good to better the good of the community. The difference is that in Exodus, the individual is accepted, while in Antigone, it is the complete opposite. "Then Moses ordered Israel to set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur" (Exodus, 15:22). In Exodus Moses emerges as an individual that leads the Israelites ... ...

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... had been spoken to him about these matters previously, Oedipus had chosen not to believe and understandably so. True revelation comes to Oedipus through the same slave that had been ordered to kill him as a baby. Since Oedipus had no knowledge of his birth parents, he cannot be accused of knowingly fulfilling the prophecy. He had no understanding of Laius as ... ...

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... Antigone that greatly surpassed the power of Creon and the State. When Creon asked Antigone, " you made free to overstep my law?" (Sophocles, 17), Antigone replied by stating, "Zeus who ordered it, Nor Justice, dweller with the Nether Gods, Gave such a law to men- (Sophocles, 17). It can be seen here that Antigone not only greatly respects the powers of God ... ...

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... . Laius orders him out of the way at a crossroad, but Oedipus's pride, anger and temperament drives him to kill Laius for what he perceives as an insult. "the leader roughly ordered me out of the way It was the driver that thrust me aside and him I struck" Oedipus at that stage, should have been careful about who he kills, and what ... ...

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... , cleverness, and talents, and his success and achievements greatly). When he left Corinth, he met an entourage on the way to Thebes. There, the "leader" of the horse-drawn carriage ordered him "out of the way". Oedipus lost his temper and killed everyone in the entourage due to his foolishness, which led to his being crowned King and ultimately his pride ... ...

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... of this first: Would any sane man prefer Power, with all a king's anxieties, To that same power and the grace of sleep? Certainly not I."" (66-70). But Oedipus had earlier ordered Creon's banishment, proving that power does truly reign in the name. Creon must beg Oedipus to change his mind. I see that Creon truly knows the power that Oedipus holds above ... ...

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... his prophecy read. The oracle prophesized that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. In order to prevent this from happening, Laios and Iocaste pierced Oedipus's foot and ordered a shepherd to abandon him on a mountainside. The shepherd pitied the child and gave him to a herdsman from Corinth. The herdsman then gave the child to Polybus and Merope, the childless ... ...

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... his prophecy read. The oracle prophesized that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. In order to prevent this from happening, Laios and Iocaste pierced Oedipus's foot and ordered a shepherd to abandon him on a mountainside. The shepherd pitied the child and gave him to a herdsman from Corinth. The herdsman then gave the child to Polybus and Merope, the childless ... ...

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... his prophecy read. The oracle prophesized that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. In order to prevent this from happening, Laios and Iocaste pierced Oedipus's foot and ordered a shepherd to abandon him on a mountainside. The shepherd pitied the child and gave him to a herdsman from Corinth. The herdsman then gave the child to Polybus and Merope, the childless ... ...

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... Oedipus eventually learns the true nature of things, he is not reluctant to accept it. However, it is too late for him to seek refuge since he has already been ordered that whoever murdered King Laos shall be either killed or exiled. Oedipus accepts self-inflicted banishment: "OEDIPUS: Creon, drive me out of this country as quickly as may be. To ... ...

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... you are the one he speaks of - know your evil birth and fate! (OR 1182-1186) The power of fate is further emphasized as Oedipus is able to escape his ordered death, and he begins his controlled life in a world where he can still kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus becomes a young man, many other events occur showing ... ...

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