4- 1. Do you think Socrates got what he deserved? Why didn't he accept exile?

Socrates was the type of man who put honor and dignity before everything else. If he were to just accept exile, that would mean running away from the problem at hand, which was that his people no longer wanted him. Though I do not believe that Socrates got what he deserved, I also believe that his act of accepting execution showed the nobility and pride in his character that had gotten him to be such a great leader in the first place. People followed him because if there was ever a time Socrates didn't know what was going on, he  was very good at hiding it. He knew how to comfort others, even in times of great distress, such as his exile. When his followers were losing control as his hour of death came closer, Socrates remained calm and acted as if he was just going to sleep for a while. A few hours before he drank his poison, it is said that he was acting so calm that the most he was worried about was bathing. "Simmias and Cebes and you others, will each make this journey later when his time comes, as it is now, fate, as a tragedian would say, is already calling me, and it is nearly time that I go to the bath, because I think it is clearly better to bathe myself before drinking the poison and save the women the trouble of bathing a corpse."  Acting this was was most likely comforting to his followers who didn't think they could handle this turn of events. I do not believe that Socrates got what he deserved, however. I see his execution as Athens needing a scapegoat for everything that the Persian empire had put their city though. Socrates was the only one to openly question authority, and it got him into trouble. However, if no one speaks up, then nothing ever changes, and change is the reason our world keeps turning. I find it ironic that the reason Socrates was executed in the first place was because of the events that he had spoken up against to begin with, and that is the action that got him into trouble.