In societies with corrupt laws and leaders, there are people who are willing to stand up for their moral convictions regardless of the potential consequences. In the 2012 movie The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross and in the ancient Greek play "Antigone, ,written by Sophocles, a strong female main character is present. Katniss Everdeen volunteers in the 73rd hunger games to save her sister while Antigone buries her brother Polynices against the laws of the king, her uncle, Creon and is sentenced to death. Both are girls who put their family before themselves, willing to break the law for what they believe in, and are not afraid to rebel.
In both the movie and the play, Katniss and Antigone show that, their family is the most important thing …show more content…
Antigone’s uncle, the current ruler of Thebes, ordered that Polynices, Antigone's brother, would be left unburied to rot on the pain of death, while Antigone's second brother, Eteocles is buried in honor. Going against Creon's decree, Antigone throws dirt over his body giving her brother a burial, as that is what the gods would want. When asked by Creon why she went against his order, she says “I would never think your pronouncements had such strength that, being mortal, they could override the unwritten, everlasting prescriptions of the gods”(Sophocles 709). Antigone does not intend to be punished for her crimes against Creon because he is just mortal and not a god. Similarly, Katniss breaks The Capitals laws of poaching and leaving one’s district to feed her family. In the beginning of the movie Katniss goes through a fence with a sign saying “DISTRICT BOUNDARY” under it “NO ACCESS BEYOND THIS POINT” (The Hunger Games). She goes through this fence to get the forest, where she can hunt and get animals for her family to eat and for her to trade for the things they need. Breaking the rules and laws sometimes have to be done in order to do the right
In both the movie and the play, Katniss and Antigone show that, their family is the most important thing …show more content…
Antigone’s uncle, the current ruler of Thebes, ordered that Polynices, Antigone's brother, would be left unburied to rot on the pain of death, while Antigone's second brother, Eteocles is buried in honor. Going against Creon's decree, Antigone throws dirt over his body giving her brother a burial, as that is what the gods would want. When asked by Creon why she went against his order, she says “I would never think your pronouncements had such strength that, being mortal, they could override the unwritten, everlasting prescriptions of the gods”(Sophocles 709). Antigone does not intend to be punished for her crimes against Creon because he is just mortal and not a god. Similarly, Katniss breaks The Capitals laws of poaching and leaving one’s district to feed her family. In the beginning of the movie Katniss goes through a fence with a sign saying “DISTRICT BOUNDARY” under it “NO ACCESS BEYOND THIS POINT” (The Hunger Games). She goes through this fence to get the forest, where she can hunt and get animals for her family to eat and for her to trade for the things they need. Breaking the rules and laws sometimes have to be done in order to do the right