Antigone Panel Presentations

One of the projects that I enjoyed from class was the panel presentations. Each person was placed into a group of either five or six other people in order to discuss views of reasons for a character’s actions throughout a piece of literature. The panel presentation topic we discussed was a character's actions throughout the play, Antigone. This project assisted in my learning and understanding of the two sides of actions. For example, my group talked about the actions of Creon. One person gave background information about the character and his actions while two people discussed why he did the right thing and two people discussed how he was wrong in his actions. Some people believed that Creon’s actions were for the safety of the people of Thebes and others believed that he was just a cruel and bitter dictator. Doing this project made me realize that my first instinct to dictator-like actions was that he was an unpleasant and unlikeable person. While talking and learning more about each side, I realized that even though someone acts out in a poor way, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are wrong. There are always reasons to each side of a story and of someone’s actions. You may think that certain actions are wrong in a situation, but you shouldn't judge someone’s actions before you’ve heard their reasoning for it.