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Literature and LawComparing Different Justice S stems in An igone & Bill B dd, Sailo and O he S o ie
When it comes to executing punishments for wrong doers, what would be the correct
laws to follow that would bring forth justice? The novel, Bill B dd, and O he S o ie written
b Herman Melville, and the pla An igone written b Sophocles focus on the severit of crimes,
t pes of punishments, and different perspectives of what is the right legal s stem for
punishment and justice. An igone and Bill B dd, Sailo and O he S o ie have similar views on
punishments and crime, but the difference lies in the justice s stems and laws. An igone has two
justice s stems conflicting with each other while Bill B dd, Sailo and O he S o ie have onl
one justice s stem. The judicial s stem is different between the two texts, however the two texts
are similar with authoritarian views on the laws.
In both texts, Antigone and Bill are punished for crimes that went against the state
policies, however Antigone onl committed a crime based on the man-made laws. It can be
argued that Antigone has not committed a crime based on divine law, but since Creon is the ruler,
he is able to prove that Antigone is a criminal for going against his laws the laws he finds
valuable and right . Similarl , Bill is falsel accused of mutin and ever one knows he is
innocent, but there is onl one set of laws he must follow or else the order of the state will be
corrupt. Order of the state being the regime and laws the sailors must follow. So, Bill is seen as
a criminal b the drumhead court and Captain Vere, however in the novel a brief passage
mentions how Bill can not be entirel guilt for killing Claggart since he is envious of Bill and
accuses him of mutin . In the novel, it questions the legalit and severit of Bill s crime, Well,
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