1 “Antigone” is mainly about the conflict between the ruler Creon, who has decreed that Polyneices shall not be buried, and Antigone, who wants to give her brother the proper burial rites. Antigone does not change throughout the course of the play, in fact one of her most defining qualities is her stubbornness and resolve to do what she thinks is right. Antigone serves as a foil to Creon in that she places the Gods’ values over the human rule of law, whereas Creon enforces the law to a fault and loses sight of what is important. Despite Creon and Antigone holding diametrically opposed views, they are alike in their determination not to back down from their beliefs. Haemon attempts to remind Creon that he needs to listen to others sometimes,
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Because of his sexuality, Baowen is taken to a medical facility and subjected to electroshock therapy. However, most of the story is concerned with how the people around Baowen react when they find out he is gay. The reactions of the people around him are also representative of the societal values of the …show more content…
When Chief Miao first tells everyone about the arrests the people only have a vague idea of what homosexuality even is. The room goes silent and the chief explains, “Homosexuality originated from Western capitalism and bourgeois lifestyle (659).” The Chinese authorities are quick to blame outsiders for their woes, as is typical for nearly every society. China as portrayed in this story is in a time of transition. The people work in factories but they still bike to work implying a lack of public transit infrastructure or the economic development for cars to be extremely common. The story takes place in a provincial town and the people have provincial views. As the world is opened up they are opened up to new ideas which can be unsettling. Even homosexuality which had certainly existed in China before is being brought into the light as it becomes more accepted in the world. However, there are still some unknowns which cause people to be frightened as evidenced by when the room goes silent at the mention of it or when Old Cheng refuses to drink out of a cup for fear that hoosexuality might be
Because of his sexuality, Baowen is taken to a medical facility and subjected to electroshock therapy. However, most of the story is concerned with how the people around Baowen react when they find out he is gay. The reactions of the people around him are also representative of the societal values of the …show more content…
When Chief Miao first tells everyone about the arrests the people only have a vague idea of what homosexuality even is. The room goes silent and the chief explains, “Homosexuality originated from Western capitalism and bourgeois lifestyle (659).” The Chinese authorities are quick to blame outsiders for their woes, as is typical for nearly every society. China as portrayed in this story is in a time of transition. The people work in factories but they still bike to work implying a lack of public transit infrastructure or the economic development for cars to be extremely common. The story takes place in a provincial town and the people have provincial views. As the world is opened up they are opened up to new ideas which can be unsettling. Even homosexuality which had certainly existed in China before is being brought into the light as it becomes more accepted in the world. However, there are still some unknowns which cause people to be frightened as evidenced by when the room goes silent at the mention of it or when Old Cheng refuses to drink out of a cup for fear that hoosexuality might be