Compare the tension that arises between legality and moral justice in “Shooting an Elephant” and Antigone. Develop a clear position using both texts.

1. Contrast the effects of power on Creon in the play and on Orwell’s narrator in “Shooting an Elephant.” How does the political power in each story shape Antigone or Orwell for the better or for the worse?

2. Compare the tension that arises between legality and moral justice in “Shooting an Elephant” and Antigone. Develop a clear position using both texts.

3. Orwell’s narrator and Creon share the same dilemma. Each commits a violent act that he thinks he must do because of his political role. Who is more moral? Why? OR— Antigone and Orwell’s narrator find themselves at a moral crossroads. Who is more sympathetic?

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