Civil disobedience is a heartfelt endeavor that puts someone's own life at risk to be of service to others, in this case Antigone is sacrificing her safety in order to pay respect to her fallen brother: “Go to what you please. I go to bury him. How beautiful to die in such pursuit!” (Roche 194). Antigone’s civil disobedience is just one example of the many committed and just like Antigone, Julia Butterfly Hill also stood up for what she believed in. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, civil disobedience is “the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.” Antigone and Julia Butterfly Hill both emanate this idea and are selfless women who have benefitted their communities for the greater good.
Julia Butterfly Hill and Antigone are both humble women who make the effort to put others needs in front of their own. Julia Butterfly Hill is an environmental activist who, when the life of a tree was in jeopardy, decided to take the situation into her own hands. She lived in the tree for 758 days in harsh conditions using survival skills to stay alive and ultimately put the tree’s life before her own. The importance of …show more content…
After Antigone gave her brother a proper burial ceremony, Creon found out that she was the one who had done it. Creon entombed Antigone and she was left to die after doing the morally right thing, burying her brother properly. Similarly, Hill was the victim of consequences for the time she spent living in “Luna”, the tree she helped save. She was also continually threatened by the Pacific Lumber Company loggers and security guards there; even after her 758 day stay was over, vandals went at the tree with a chainsaw to protest. Civil disobedience, may although be doing the right thing, can cause a great deal of backlash usually directed to the person who committed
Julia Butterfly Hill and Antigone are both humble women who make the effort to put others needs in front of their own. Julia Butterfly Hill is an environmental activist who, when the life of a tree was in jeopardy, decided to take the situation into her own hands. She lived in the tree for 758 days in harsh conditions using survival skills to stay alive and ultimately put the tree’s life before her own. The importance of …show more content…
After Antigone gave her brother a proper burial ceremony, Creon found out that she was the one who had done it. Creon entombed Antigone and she was left to die after doing the morally right thing, burying her brother properly. Similarly, Hill was the victim of consequences for the time she spent living in “Luna”, the tree she helped save. She was also continually threatened by the Pacific Lumber Company loggers and security guards there; even after her 758 day stay was over, vandals went at the tree with a chainsaw to protest. Civil disobedience, may although be doing the right thing, can cause a great deal of backlash usually directed to the person who committed