Apology

I found the Apology to be a wonderful account of Socrates methods of teaching and also shows that he strongly believes in what he is doing; regardless of if society deemed him as corrupt and blasphemous.  Socrates was never going to apologize for what he feels is noble and good for society.  He turns the trial into a fiasco because in his eyes he did no wrong but, he knew that his persecutors were never going to see it his way so he incites them to fury with his statements so that they too can feel how ridiculous and absurd Socrates viewed the charges against him.  They thought that Socrates idea to reward him for his actions was absurd but, with those kinds of statements, Socrates projected the absurdity of the charges brought against him and revealed the contempt he had for the trial and entire court process.  Socrates was probably a bit hurt and angry that the City had turned against him so he wanted to give them a dose of their own madness.  He would rather have died then to say his actions were anything but worthy to the world.