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HAMMAD ALI
Student ID#200332373
Assignment # 1
Due Date # 2013-07-10
“Summary and Evaluation of Arguments Made By Creon”
Character assumes that state laws are very valuable for the protection and survival of the country. He thinks that family and divine laws are not as important as the rules established by the king. The person who breaks these rules should be punished. Moreover, a disloyal person should not be treated in the same way as a loyal and enemy of the country should be left unburied for dogs, cats and eagles after the death.
He argues polyneices was a traitor to the country because he did not like his acts, but his brother Eteocles was loyal so they should not be treated in the same way. Creon believes that the enemy of state is still enemy even after the death so he should have no honour. He explained his evidence for supporting this assertion using facts. Creon mentioned the fact that gods do not bless criminals. Evidence is relevant to what the character argues and has adequate information to support his argument. Creon is fair and has no biasing to one side. He is dealing them with justice and on the basis of acts they did in their life. Character is neither emotional nor unfair according to his basic assumptions. He used ironic and straight forward language for his point of view. The tone of character is serious and consistent. This is a logical and valid argument because Creon is doing justice and punishing the one who is disloyal to the city. Reasonableness dies out due to the harshness of the rule.
The second main assertion of the character is about the punishment of the Antigone for denying the Theban rule established by King about the burial of her brother. Creon wanted to punish Antigone for violating the state law and burying her brother. He supported his argument by providing proper proof for it. He mentioned the fact that this is only Antigone among the citizens who thinks family and divine law are more
Student ID#200332373
Assignment # 1
Due Date # 2013-07-10
“Summary and Evaluation of Arguments Made By Creon”
Character assumes that state laws are very valuable for the protection and survival of the country. He thinks that family and divine laws are not as important as the rules established by the king. The person who breaks these rules should be punished. Moreover, a disloyal person should not be treated in the same way as a loyal and enemy of the country should be left unburied for dogs, cats and eagles after the death.
He argues polyneices was a traitor to the country because he did not like his acts, but his brother Eteocles was loyal so they should not be treated in the same way. Creon believes that the enemy of state is still enemy even after the death so he should have no honour. He explained his evidence for supporting this assertion using facts. Creon mentioned the fact that gods do not bless criminals. Evidence is relevant to what the character argues and has adequate information to support his argument. Creon is fair and has no biasing to one side. He is dealing them with justice and on the basis of acts they did in their life. Character is neither emotional nor unfair according to his basic assumptions. He used ironic and straight forward language for his point of view. The tone of character is serious and consistent. This is a logical and valid argument because Creon is doing justice and punishing the one who is disloyal to the city. Reasonableness dies out due to the harshness of the rule.
The second main assertion of the character is about the punishment of the Antigone for denying the Theban rule established by King about the burial of her brother. Creon wanted to punish Antigone for violating the state law and burying her brother. He supported his argument by providing proper proof for it. He mentioned the fact that this is only Antigone among the citizens who thinks family and divine law are more