Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Dishonesty and Disbelief

Today in the modern day we find liars very dishonored people who aren’t very intelligent and weren’t educated. I believe that in Ancient Greece they felt the same about people, thinking that they deserved to be killed. “Be gone! Or neither your false claims of glory nor parentage shall protect you.” This shows how some people react against dishonest people. These people loose the confidence of everybody having nobody to help them when they are in problems because of the fear of it all being a lie.

In the other hand we have those who judge liars to fast, this means they don’t give chances to the humble and honest people. “I come as a guest. If you honor illustrious descent, I claim Jupiter for my father; if mighty deeds, I plead the conquest of the Gorgon. I seek rest and food” We can see that the voice of this person seems true. Anyways the other person in this scene judges the person as a liar and makes him feel unwelcome. Usually for these people the honest person shows them their error in judging him so early. “Since you value my friendship so little, deign to accept a present;” and turning his face away, he held up the Gorgon’s head. Atlas, with all his bulk, was changed into stone.” This shows how the honest person makes the judging person pay.