Oedipus Rex And Antigone Essay

In Antigone and in Oedipus Rex, there are a lot of different themes and lessons that are developed throughout both stories. These themes are everything from simple life lessons to complex events that happen that shape the plot of the story. Both stories are very similar because they are centered off one big event, and the rest of the story involves the characters dealing with that event. In Oedipus Rex, that event is who Oedipus real parents are and who killed king Laius and in Antigone, it is Creon not allowing her to bury her brother. These two events setup the action in the story, as well as teach the readers different lessons as the stories go on. In the story Antigone focuses on the conflict between human law and the law of the gods when following both sets of laws at a time seems to be difficult. Antigone wishes to honor the gods by burying her brother, but the law of Creon says that he shall have no burial since her brother is technically a traitor to the state. Antigone has determined to give her brother, Polynices, the proper burial even if it cost her own life. Antigone said to Creon:
A lot of the events that happen in Antigone are based off of what her parents have done. This theme is also touched on in Oedipus rex. Oedipus rex also teaches you that people cannot controller avoid destiny; destiny alone does not absolve them from being responsible for their actions. All of the events in Oedipus all happen because of the decisions that the characters make. King Laius mad the decision to leave a baby Oedipus in the woods for death all because he was scared of what the oracle told him. Oedipus and Jocasta made a lot of their choices off of what the oracle told them as well. They are trying to avoid their destiny so much that they didn’t make the right choices to change it, nor were they responsible about their