Antigone And Martin Luther King Analysis

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Over the course of history society has undergone problems with one another in which groups of people or individuals have struggled in determining what is ethically correct and what is not. Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr. are both from different time periods, however they face similar adversities. Both Antigone and King are faced with unjust laws emplaced by the individuals in power in their society. Both these individuals desire the same goal, which is to fight against the injustices done to them in their society, and they attempted to achieve this goal by rebelling against the unjust laws emplaced on them and accepting the consequences that their beliefs would bring. Nonetheless, Antigone and King’s arguments are both different in the …show more content…
King organizes his argument by stating his beliefs and supporting it with evidence such as allusions to the past people and appealing to their logic. King tries convincing the audience with ethos and supports his stance by quoting St. Augustine that “an unjust law is not a law at all”. In addition, King supports his stance with St. Thomas Aquinas’ quote that “ an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law”. King quotes both St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas to convince the audience that his stance on unjust laws is correct and should be supported by the audience due to the credibility that these individuals provide. These individuals fought for the same cause as King is and is persuading the audience to follow his stance on his problem. He further supported his argument by comparing himself to political figures in the past and how they fought for the same problem such as Abraham Lincoln. Throughout his letter he keeps a calm tone to demonstrate that he is not afraid of the consequences that lie ahead of him because of his actions and he uses loaded words such as “extremist, persecution, injustice, advocate, etc… ” to show he can be respected by the audience and gain their trust in proving that his argument is
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