later on. So Oedipus arrives at Thebes a stranger and finds the town under the curse of the Sphinx‚ who will not free the city unless her riddle is answered. Oedipus solves the riddle and‚ since the king has recently been murdered‚ becomes the king and marries the queen. In time‚ he comes to learn that he is actually a Theban‚ the king’s son‚ cast out of Thebes as a baby. He has killed his father and married his mother. Horrified‚ he blinds himself and leaves Thebes forever. This story portrays
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people’s minds on how they see and think of their family by trying to do the right thing by the God’s and have a burial for her brother Polyneices like everyone at that point in history should have been. Sophocles tries to persuade the readers by making the prologue of the play the conversation between the two sisters by showing us that Antigone is doing the right thing by wanting the burial to take place and he always shows how Ismene is a perfect example of the role and attitude of many of the women
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cousin Haemon and still be filthy rich‚ but‚ she was not going to let that control her life. When Antigone hears about Creon’s law against the burial of her brother Polynices‚ she knew that someone had to make things just. She knew that Creon is the only man that believes a proper burial for Polynices is a crime. Antigone stands up to the most powerful man in Thebes while knowing the consequences‚ which is truly heroic because she chooses her own destiny. Although Antigone comes out as exceedingly ruthless
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of the Oedipus legend. It illustrates how the curse on the House of Labdacus (who is the grandson of Cadmus‚ founder of Thebes‚ and the father of Laius‚ whose son is Oedipus) brought about the deaths of Oedipus and his wife-mother‚ Jocasta‚ as well as the double fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices. Furthermore‚ Antigone dies after defying King Creon. The play is set in Thebes‚ a powerful city-state north of Athens. Although the play itself was written in 441 B.C.‚ the legend goes back to the foundations
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as a very stubborn ruler for Thebes. I think he goes wrong with not being able to see all aspects of not wanting to bury Polynices. Polynices was not just a traitor that tied with other countries‚ to attack his brother in order to become the king of Thebes. Creon fails to recognize the familial ties between Antigone and her brother Polynices. Antigone just wants her brother to have a proper burial. Creon rules that anyone who tries to give Polynices a proper burial will be stoned to death. His
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and just lost both her brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices‚ in a war between the city-states of Thebes and Argos. Eteocles was fighting the war on Thebes’s side‚ Thebes is where they live‚ but Polynices was fighting for the Argos army. Creon‚ the king of Thebes as well as Antigone’s uncle‚ has made a law that Polynices may not be given proper burial rights on the account of him being a traitor to Thebes. Antigone feels personally victimized by this law‚ she feels as though Creon has created this
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have on the characters’ lives Antigone is a daughter of the marriage between King Oedipus of Thebes and his mother Jocasta. She is the subject of a popular story in which she attempts to secure a burial for her brother Polynices‚ even though he is seen as a traitor to Thebes and the law forbids even mourning for him‚ punishable by death. The burial of Polynices takes place during Oedipus’ reign in Thebes‚ before Oedipus marries Jocasta. Sophocles’ tragedies Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone‚ it occurs
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Polyneices‚ Antigone performed a burial that was seen as honorable. Although after the body was uncovered‚ the second burial she performed on her brother was seen as dishonorable. This was changed because the second burial was done in order to spite Creon and get glory for exposing his wrongdoings. By performing the second burial Antigone’s honor was ruined and she was looked down upon for her actions (Sophocles‚ 71). Antigone‚ if she had only performed the first burial‚ would have been honored and not
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1.) Eteocles and Polynices were the paternally cursed fratricidal brothers who fought for control of Thebes after their father Oedipus abdicated. 2.) Eteocles and Polynices were the paternally cursed fratricidal brothers who fought for control of Thebes after their father Oedipus abdicated. 3.) Creon’s edict‚ was to deprive Polynices from his proper funeral burial. The decree issued with its annexed penalty became law‚ and as the law it was incumbent on every citizen to obey it. 4.) Antigone
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palace of Thebes. Thebes is ruled by Creon‚ whose sister‚ Jocasta‚ was the wife and mother of infamous Oedipus Rex. Oedipus was King of Thebes until he expelled himself from the kingdom‚ leaving his children Polynices‚ Ismene‚ Eteocles‚ and Antigone‚ along with the throne‚ in Creon’s care. The two brothers Polynices and Eteocles die as opposing fighters in a war for the throne. Creon declares that since Polynices brought about the war‚ he will not have the honorable and traditional burial that his
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