Antigone And The Adjustment Bureau Essay - 1066 Words

Treyvor Hess Ms. Gottner PreAP Hour 5 20, December, 2017 Comparing â€Å"Antigone† and The Adjustment Bureau Characters’ Choices and Consequences Many movies are based off of books so they are very similar, but have you ever noticed that a movie and a piece of writing completely unrelated can have many similarities. One that was recently brought to my attention was between the movie Adjustment Bureau and the play â€Å"Antigone†. The play and movie have a couple similarities but one that sticks out to me is the characters choices and consequences. The main characters I noticed was David Norris and Creon. They both were major parts in their piece of art so they made many choices that had consequences. They both had something to do with politics†¦show more content†¦They have a couple things that really stand out, one being politics and another I noticed being the act of defying a higher power. Creon defied a seer in his story. Creon goes and decides to defy Tiresias, a very old seer. Tiresias is a seer which means they can predict the future and warn people about what is to come for them if it is bad. Now Tire sias has been in this game for a long time, probably even dating back farther than Creon’s parents. Tiresias definitely knows what he’s doing. Tiresias tells Creon of a sight he had about Creon. It is very bad for Creon it is a sight telling of his whole family dying but Creon doesn’t want to believe it. Creon disgraces Tiresias and is very rude to him. Creon defies Tiresias and gets his whole family killed in the process. Defying a higher power did not go so well for Creon but for David it went pretty well. David defied the Adjustment Bureau. The Adjustment Bureau is a Bureau of immortal people that have a plan for everyone’s lives and are supposed to keep them on track so they basically make your entire life. Although many things could happen to take your life off track, but they’re there to make sure your life stays on track. The Adjustment Bureau tells David not to see this girl Ellis, who he has fallen in love with because of the Adjustment Bu reau messing up and not keeping his life on track. Although David is in love with this girl so he would do anything to be with her so he defies the Adjustment Bureau and tries to