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All the women characters in Antigone are related to Creon in a way. Antigone disobeys his order, and buries the dead body of Polynices. Ismene tries to stop her sister as she is scared of Creon and the consequences associated with Antigones act. Eurydice lives behind Creon and follows his every command. Creon the basically the reason for the death of both the women characters.
Therefore, we can conclude that through the analysis of the women characters in the play, we have seen that each of them share a contrasting personality. Sophocles tried to portray the image of three different types of women that exist in the same society. Antigone reflects the pure example that women can come out of their cages if they dare to speak up against the prejudices. The ideal image of a girl is set to the character of Ismene, which is gentle, compliant and weak. Antigone breaks this barrier by standing up for herself and going against the rules of Creon. Even though Eurydice is portrayed as a weak personality at the beginning, it is only after her suicide that her strong character is revealed.
During various stages of our lives, It is common for us to create different goals for various outcomes. However we plan, execute and put enormous efforts towards these goals but fail to hit the bulls eye. Be it lack of competence, resources, direction, discipline or anything which might be impacting the results. Often it is observed that we focus on the major steps to ignore the importance and impact of the comparatively smaller but important steps in the process.
This is a summary to the book Atomic Habits by James Clear, which highlights the importance and impact of these small steps which we often ignore while working towards our goals. This book discusses the fundamentals of human behavior, the lasting principles we can rely on year over year.
In this article I am sharing my understanding of the book Atomic Habits along with a few quotes/excerpts from the book. I see this book a practical guide to achieve goals in our lives. My recommendation is to go slow with the book and build the habits as you read through the chapters. Moreover, I have read this book multiple times and it always act as an irresistible practical guide to me whenever I had to pick on a difficult goal or habit.
The book Atomic Habits is all about changes that seem small and unimportant at first, and will compound into remarkable results if I am willing to stick with them for years. We all deal with setbacks but in the long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits.
With the same habits, well end up with the same results. But with better habits, anything is possible.
This book is about what doesnt change. Its about the fundamentals of human behavior.
The book begins with the importance of starting, no matter how small it is to start, followed by a brief discussion on Why tiny changes make a big difference, and gradually discusses about a routine or behavior that is performed regularly and, in many cases, automatically.
The philosophy of searching a tiny margin of improvement in everything we do, also known as the aggregation of marginal gains is what makes the big difference in the results.
The intention is to make a tiny improvement everyday and wait for these compounded results to unfold. The difference a tiny improvement can make over time is astounding. Certainly, improving by 1 percent isnt notable; rather it isnt even noticeable most of the time ; but it can go significant , especially in the long run.
If I can get 1 percent better each day for one year, Ill end up 37 times better by the time Ive done.
Conversely, if I get 1 percent worse each day for one year, Ill decline nearly down to zero. What starts as a small win or a minor setback accumulates into something much more.
Making a choice that is 1 percent better or 1 percent worse seems insignificant in the moment, but these choices define the difference between who we are and who we could be. In short, a single change in our routine is capable of leading our lives to a very different destination.
Our outcomes are a lagging measure of our habits, and not once-in-a-lifetime transformation. For instance:
Habits are a a double-edged sword. Bad habits can cut us down just as easily as good habits can build us up, which is why understanding the details is crucial. I need to know how habits work and how to design them to my liking, so I can avoid the dangerous half of the blade.
Here is an excerpt from the book about positive and negative compounding of habits, which helps clarify that my habits can compound for me or against me:
Positive Compounding | Negative Compounding |
Productivity compounds Knowledge compounds Relationships compounds | Stress compounds Negative thoughts compound Outrage compound |
One of the core reasons for a large number of people like us to fail in the process of building habits is that we make a few small changes, fail to see the tangible result of these changes, and decide to stop there.
It is important to learn here that we have to stop thinking about the goals and focus on the system instead. As the author says:
Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
If successful and unsuccessful people share the same goals, then the goal cannot be what differentiates the winners from the losers.
If followed closely, it is easy to understand that achieving a goal is only a momentary change. Imagine of a messy room and we set a goal to clean it. If we recollect all are energies to tidy up, then we will have a clean room for now. And if we maintain the same set of habits that led a messy room in the first place, soon well be looking at a messy room with us planning another burst of motivation to declutter it some day.
Were left chasing the same outcome because we never changed the system behind it. We treated a symptom without addressing the cause. The author summarized it really well that goals create an either-or conflict: either we achieve our goal and are successful, or we fail and we are a disappointment. We mentally box ourselves into a narrow version of happiness.
In addition I learnt that the purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game. True long term thinking is goal-les thinking. Its not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement. Ultimately, it is our commitment to the process that will determine our progress.
One of my favorite section in the book reads Three layers of behavior Change which can be quickly summarized with the following quotes from the book:
Changing Our Outcomes: This level is concerned with changing the results like losing weight, publishing a book, winning a tournament etc.
Changing Our Process: This level is concerned with changing our habits and systems. Implementing a new routine, decluttering the desk, developing meditation practice etc.
Changing Our Identity: This level is concerned with changing our beliefs: our worldview, our self-image, our judgements about ourselves and others.
It depicts that outcomes are about what we get. Processes are about what we do. Identity is about what we believe.
Many of us begin the process of changing our habits by focusing on what we aspire for(goals), and that leads us to outcome-based habits. The alternative is to build identity based habits. With this approach, we start by focusing on who we wish to become. Here I would like to quote my favorite example of the book.
Imagine two people resisting a cigarette. When offered a smoke.
The first person says, "No Thanks, I'm trying to quit." It sounds like a reasonable response, but this person still believes they are a smoker who is trying to be something else. They are hoping their behavior will change while carrying around the same goalma.org second person declines by saying, "No Thanks. I'm not a smoker". It's a small difference, but this statement signals a shift in identity. Smoking was part of his former life, not his current one. He no longer identifies him as someone who smokes.I feel the book can be referred as a guide to build habits for the readers . The book is suitable to every age group and is a recommendation to everyone around who aspire to be better version of themselves and somehow struck with a few routine challenges.
This book further contains information that helps building habits in routine and I found it very effective. It had allowed me develop multiple habits that I always aspired for. Even, me writing this article to share my views with you all right now is an outcome of a habit I developed while reading this book in second iteration 🙂
Have you already read the book? Ill be happy to know about your views about the book in the comments section.
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Antigone by Sophocles is one of the most recognized tragedies of English literature. This play presents us with three different female characters. Each of these characters vary in terms of character and personality. Sophocles has beautifully presented these characters with a distinct personality and provided a contrast with each other.
The three women characters of the play are Antigone, Ismene and Eurydice. Antigone is the lead heroine of the play, after whom it is named. Antigone shows the strongest personality compared to the other two. She is a brave girl who doesnt live under the fear of anyone. She is not oppressed, but an independent woman who never shies away from following her heart. Antigone isnt afraid of Creon or his laws, and owns the courage to openly defy them. Antigones character is the perfect example to promote the aspect of women empowerment. When Creon declares that her brother Polynicess body would be left in the open to rot; Antigone decides to provide her brother a proper burial by herself. Antigone asks help from her sister Ismene to give their brother a proper burial, because according to her, every human deserves a proper burial after death. However, Ismene refuses to help her sister.
Ismene shows no sign of courage or bravery like her sister. Instead, Ismenes character is a contrast to Antigones character. She is a coward, who prefers to live under the dominance of men, rather than speaking up against it. Ismene underestimates the value of women, and believes that women cant stand up against the males. Her character is submissive. Her ignorance is visible in different parts of the play, especially when she says, You ought to realize we are only women, not meant in nature to fight against men. When Antigone asks her for a helping hand to bury their brothers dead body, Ismene clearly refuses to help her. She even tries to convince Antigone to change her mind. She lives under a sense of fear of Creon, and thinking about the consequences of the burial terrifies her.
The third character is of Eurydice, who is the wife of Creon. Her character is not much prominent in the play. She is a weak character, who stands behind her husband all the time. She is the representation of an ideal traditional wife who follows her husband in every matter. She supports Creon in his every decision. However, after the death of her son Haemon, she takes her own life. Haemon commits suicide as a result of Creons decisions, which wrecks the mothers heart. At that point, she stops following her husbands footsteps, and ends her own life.
The three characters show a contrasting personality to each other. Antigone represents a lionhearted persona, whereas Ismene is a scaredy-cat. Antigones character is way ahead of her times, as during the older generations, women were expected to be submissive and meek like Ismene. Therefore, the bravery manifested by Antigone is a crucial part of the play. All the female charcaters of the play share a similarity among themselves. Each of the women has an undying love for their family members. Antigones love for her brother forces her to go against Creons rules. She is even ready to sacrifice her own life as a punishment of burying her brother Polynices. Ismene too shares love for her sister Antigone. Therefore, she tries to pursuade her to change her decision of going against Creons orders. Eurydice takes her own life when her son Haemon commits suicide. Antigone chose to give her life instead of bowing down before the absurd law passed by Creon. Eurydice commits suicide for the love for her son. At that moment, the love of a mother weighed heavier than the duty of a wife. For the first time in her life, she chose to take her own decision, which was ultimately to end her life.
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