Research Paper On Antigone

Is suicide the only way to get out of hard times in life? What about your family and friends, how do you think they will feel about suicide? Are you feeling trap and don’t want to feel that way? In the book Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice committed suicide because Creon who is the ruler didn’t think before doing things. They felt trap. Suicide is a mental illness, so there are three important things about suicide that we need to learn and they are signs and risk factors, rates in different age groups and ways to help prevent suicide. Suicide is people who kill themselves showing one or several warning signs either saying things or doing things. If you have more than one warning sign, you have higher chances of suicide. If a person says “I have no reason to live” or “I don’t belong in this world”, they’re giving you hints. Finding revenge, feeling trapped, feeling hopeless and worthless those are warning signs to suicide. For example, Antigone, Haemon and Eurydice all felt like they were trapped
One way to prevent suicide is to learn about all the suicide signs. Learn about each and every single sign to prevent suicide. Don’t hesitate to talk to your friends or parents about suicide. “Never keep secret a friend's suicidal plans or thoughts.” (Nasp resources, #2) Talking to an adult such as parents and counselors, is the best way to talk about your issues and thoughts of suicide because they will be the one understanding it and they will help you improve to be positive and not think like that. Go to counseling if needed, but also talk to others and listen to their story and learn what they go through. Never isolate yourself from anybody your close with. If you are going through depression, you need to treat it and etc. Therapy will always help you prevent from suicide. When Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice committed, this could have been prevented if Creon had reasons why Antigone should be in a