Jordan Resor

Period 2

In Antigone, Sophocles uses Antigone to show the

importance of the Laws of Conscience, and the positive and
negative outlooks on them. The Laws of Conscience are personal
beliefs and feeling an individual has toward something. Antigone
and Malala Yousayfzai have both spoken out for their own laws of
conscience.
Antigone stood up to the king for what she felt was right.
Antigones brother, Polyneices, died and it was forbidden to bury
him. Antigone felt that this was no way to leave anyone. She
believed that this was the right thing to do, and went against the
kings word and buried him. She knew that she would be
punished and she did it anyway. This shows that she felt very
strongly of her laws of conscience and did it to make things right
with what she believed in. When she got caught she showed that
she was honored what she had done and felt it was worth it. She
was proud of herself for fulfilling her laws of conscience.
Antigone embraced her death because she knew she had done
right.
Malala Yousayfzai is a teenage girl from India that spoke out
against the Taliban for what she believed in. Malala lived in India

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where girls are not allowed to get an education. She strongly

disagreed with this, so she snuck an education, and promoted it.
This is what Malala really believed in, and she wanted to get
everyone involved. Her laws of conscience believed that
everyone deserves to get a chance at an education. Sadly the
Taliban did not take this kindly, and shot her. Luckily she
recovered and is still going around through different places
promoting education. She actually just won the Nobel Peace
Prize. All of this happened just because one Indian teenager
spoke out for what she felt was right. She is now helping girls
get a chance at education all across the world.
The Laws of Conscience are very important to everybody,
even though each persons belief is different. Malala and
Antigone both stood up for their laws of conscience against
someone way more powerful than them. They also both got
punished for speaking out, but it didnt stop them from
continuing. That shows how far people are willing to go for their
beliefs.