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  • Essay / Comparison of the Apologies translated by Paul Woodruff...

    Antigone fought for her brother's rights and Socrates believed he had to prove to himself that what God had told him was correct and to do so he others had to be included. Ismene was Antigone's sister who pushed her away when she needed her most. Since there was a brother there who hadn't been buried and all she wanted was for her to help give her brother a proper burial because family is what matters the most, but instead Ismene was afraid and didn't want to have a presence, but it didn't stop. Antigone to do what was right. Because her faith was strong, she attracted a supportive audience. “No woman has ever experienced such an unjust fate (it is said) even though what she did deserves honor and glory. » (page 30, lines 694-695) proves that what Antigone did was good and not bad and they are happy with what she did. Compared to Socrates who, for 70 years, defended himself against his accusers, he did not let their bad words prevent him from proving what the god of Delphi had brought him, so that the court would believe him, he s was expressed. . After Socrates finished pleading his case of corruption of youth and impiety of worshiping another god, the jury announced the number of votes. 280 found Socrates guilty and 221 found him not guilty. Socrates assumed that no member of the jury would consider his plea, so for him and also for him, there was a fair amount of