Letter to Birmingham Jail ,by Martin Luther King, and Antigone ,by Sophocles ,are stories that follow the same suit. They both are different versions of civil disobedience. Antigone's disobedience is driven by the mistreating of her brother Polynesis, which eventually lead to her death. King's disobedience was driven by the mistreating of his race of people. He was sick to death of the way "Negros" were being treated, and had enough.
Antigone's brothers were fighting for the throne and couldn't take sharing the responsibility. They killed each other, and Polynesis was declared never to be buried. Antigone could not see her brother like that and buried him anyway. Her punishment was to be publicly stoned to death. She welcomed her punishment, and all the community thought the punishment was unjust. King was fighting for the freedom of his people, and the right to do the same and whites in America. He was threatened to be thrown in jail along with others for protesting. He took......
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