Positive Effects Of Rebellion

Rebellion is the act of revolting against a person or cause to make change in the world we live in. Society has mixed views on rebellion and the effects of it. The citizens revolt against corrupt governments and governments have to either change their ways or lose their citizens respect. Citizens need to rebel to show their feelings and needs when no one listens. The effects of rebellion are positive by bringing the power to the people, creating change in society, as well as ending corrupt governments.
As Lorde puts it best in one of her songs "Everybody wants to rule the world." People want to matter and don't want to be told what to do. When governments do things that people don't agree with, the citizens do one of two things: follow the

law or fight for their opinion. This is shown in the beginning of Sophocles' play Antigone when Antigone is asking Ismene to help her bury Polynices' body. "Will you share in the labor and the deed?" (Doc A pg. 15) Antigone did what she believed in and disregarded the law. Antigone knew that rebellion has a greater effect when multiple people are involved.
Citizens rebel against the government to create change in laws and to change how leaders think or rule the people. Antigone tries to make Creon aware of his foolish leading by literally calling him a fool, “If, however, I seem to you to have acted foolishly, then perhaps I owe my foolishness to a fool.”(Doc A pg. 31) Today, our elected leaders host public meetings to hear the people’s opinions on laws and rulings in order to prevent the necessity of rebelling.

Many corrupt governments have been taken down by rebels, without these rebels The United States of America would not have been freed from the rule of King George the third.