I have realized over the past couple weeks that I am a worrier. I do not know if it is something that has developed over time or if I have always been a worrier. I guess I never really realized this about myself until a friend of mine pointed it out to me.
I do not worry about weather I am going to die today, or fail a test. It’s not that kind of constant worrying about random issues. Instead I worry about my friends and family, a specific few to be exact. There is even a certain someone who I worry about probably the most out of everyone, and he is not even in my life anymore. He is not in my life and I still worry everyday about how he is doing.
The type of worrying I do tends to be a long-term thing, instead of something I worry about one day and then forget about the next day. You might say that this is a good quality about me, and to an extent it is. I care about my friends and family more than anything. At times though I wish I was not a worrier. This would be the quality about me that I would like to burn, my “fwame-wesistant suit.”
Or maybe I want to be a worrier, but I also want to be able to turn this quality about me on and off. My worrying often brings me down, like I have a constant weight on my shoulders. I used to feel like it was my responsibility to help my friends, like if they could not help themselves I could help them fix whatever problem they were having. I used to believe this so much that my friends’ problems became my problems and anything that was going on in my life would take the back seat. When I could not help my friends I felt partially responsible for what was going on in their lives. It was exhausting.
A few weeks ago I had an epiphany. I finally realized that I could not help the person that I had focused so much of my time helping. I finally realized that as much as I care for that person, it was not my responsibility to fix his problems. I think this was the first step in the process of burning my flame resistant suit. Although I am still a worrier I now realize that I cannot fix everything and that it is not my responsibility to fix everything. Sometimes I still feel the weight on my shoulders but I am learning to separate the problems in my life from the problems in my friends’ lives. I still worry and I probably always will but I hope that I can separate myself from the weight that comes with my friends’ lives while still being there for them. (480)
Monday, September 14, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Antigone and Creon’s Opposing Viewpoints
Throughout the play, Antigone, Creon and Antigone have opposing viewpoints about who is the supreme power in Thebes: Creon, the king, or the gods. I believe that both of them think that the gods’ will is important; however, Antigone believes that the gods’ are the most important and Creon waivers a bit on his views.
Antigone holds the gods’ laws higher than Creon’s laws. When Creon decrees that no one can bury Eteocles because he attacked the city of Thebes, Antigone follows the gods’ laws. She breaks Creon’s law and vows to give Eteocles a proper burial even though the consequence is death. She accepts that this is her fate before she ever breaks Creon’s law. She feels that pleasing the gods is the most important thing in life.
Creon believes that the laws of the gods are important. However, he does not understand why the gods would ever want Eteocles buried because he attacked their city of Thebes. Therefore, he decrees that Eteocles is never allowed to be buried. He thinks it is what the gods would want. In this way, Creon also believes that the gods are the supreme power; however, Creon has a different interpretation of what the gods want than Antigone does.
Creon begins by honoring what he believes to be the wishes of the gods. Later in the play, after Antigone has broken Creon’s law, he rants about the importance of his position as king. He says that the city is his and that his laws are to be obeyed, whether they are right or wrong. Once his authority is questioned, he changes from honoring the gods to honoring only himself. Another important factor that cause Creon to put Antigone to death is that Antigone is a woman, and men ruled over women at this point in time. It is not until Creon’s actions have killed Antigone, his own son, Haemon, and his wife, Eurydice, that he realizes his actions were wrong and that the gods, not himself, are the ultimate power and he vows to always obey the gods.
In the end of the play, Creon discovers that Antigone had been right all along and that his actions were the cause of death for those he loved the most. He learns that his word is not always right, and is not always the best for the city of Thebes (400).
Antigone holds the gods’ laws higher than Creon’s laws. When Creon decrees that no one can bury Eteocles because he attacked the city of Thebes, Antigone follows the gods’ laws. She breaks Creon’s law and vows to give Eteocles a proper burial even though the consequence is death. She accepts that this is her fate before she ever breaks Creon’s law. She feels that pleasing the gods is the most important thing in life.
Creon believes that the laws of the gods are important. However, he does not understand why the gods would ever want Eteocles buried because he attacked their city of Thebes. Therefore, he decrees that Eteocles is never allowed to be buried. He thinks it is what the gods would want. In this way, Creon also believes that the gods are the supreme power; however, Creon has a different interpretation of what the gods want than Antigone does.
Creon begins by honoring what he believes to be the wishes of the gods. Later in the play, after Antigone has broken Creon’s law, he rants about the importance of his position as king. He says that the city is his and that his laws are to be obeyed, whether they are right or wrong. Once his authority is questioned, he changes from honoring the gods to honoring only himself. Another important factor that cause Creon to put Antigone to death is that Antigone is a woman, and men ruled over women at this point in time. It is not until Creon’s actions have killed Antigone, his own son, Haemon, and his wife, Eurydice, that he realizes his actions were wrong and that the gods, not himself, are the ultimate power and he vows to always obey the gods.
In the end of the play, Creon discovers that Antigone had been right all along and that his actions were the cause of death for those he loved the most. He learns that his word is not always right, and is not always the best for the city of Thebes (400).
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