the law over his own family‚ and did wrong judgment on them as he condemned them all to death‚ leaving him alone and broken from his flaw. The play begins with the death of two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polyneices‚ and their burial plans from Creon. Polyneices came back into Thebes after being exiled by Creon‚ and killed his own brother while his brother killed him. So Creon plans to give a grand funeral to Eteocles‚ who died protecting the city-state‚ and is not going to give one for Polyneices. Instead
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the fact that he will die after Antigone because of his own doings. Tiresias says: “And your house will be full of men and women weeping‚ and curses will be hurled at you from a far cities grieving for sons unburied‚ left to rot before the walls of Thebes. These we my arrows‚ Creon: they are all for you” (Scene 5‚ line 84). Because of what Creon did to Antigone‚ and because the gods found favor with Antigone’s decision not Creon’s‚ everything will die. This line would suggest that the gods will not
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by many. Placing her own personal and familial values above the laws of the state is an incredible act of selflessness on her part. Antigone admits from the beginning that she wants to carry out the burial because the action is ’glorious ’ and ’good ’ in her eyes and also the eyes of the city of Thebes. She shows a great amount of pride for the Gods and honoring the laws that they have set in place for everyone to abide by. "We have only a little time to please the living‚ but all eternity to love
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life on a deserted island for going against his wishes. Creon comes to his senses a little too late‚ losing his family in the process. On the other hand Antigone feels that if the state is going against the law of God by Creon not giving proper burial honors to Polynices‚ then a person has the right to take matters into their own hands. When Antigone is caught by the sentries it didn’t surprise her‚ she is expecting punishment for her actions but is willing to accept a form of it for her family
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insects to survive 4. Agricultural Revolutions: A series of separate transformations that occurred when agriculture arose independently in many different places around the world. 5. Megaliths: A complex of stone structures in Egypt that included burial chambers‚ a calendar circle‚ and pairs of vertical stones that frame the sun on the summer solstice. 6. Sumerians: The people who lived in Mesopotamia at the start of the “historical period.” They were
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<b>ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA</b><br>Theater was born in Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros
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and Antigone grapple with the complex issues of free will and destiny‚ the combination of which drives them to ruin. As Creon returns from Delphi‚ where he has received word from the Oracle of Apollo that Laius’s murder must be avenged to save Thebes from the grip of the plague‚ Oedipus addresses the supplicants proclaiming‚ “Whatever the god commands; if I disobeyed it would be a sin.” (pg 187) Here he appears forthright and humble enough‚ but as he continues his speech takes an ominous turn
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In the beginning of the play‚ when the multitudes of Thebes are suffering‚ Oedipus makes it clear that the pain felt by his multitudes is also felt by himself‚ and that he will do anything to alleviate their unhappiness. He is willing to do the proper thing and help his people‚ rather than turn a blind eye
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prophet explains that all men make mistakes but only a good man will stop when he knows he is doing something wrong and try to fix the damage he has created. The play opens up with Antigone trying to convince her sister Ismene to be on her side with the burial of their brother‚ and while Ismene yields to what kind Creon wants‚ Antigone’s pride keeps her mind set on wanting what she wants best for her brother. “ But I will bury him; and if I must die‚ I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with
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it is difficult. Moral courage is taking action no matter what the consequences. In Antigone‚ the play begins with a dispute between Eteocles and Polynices about the ruling of Thebes. The battle ended when both Eteocles and Polynices died by each other’s hand. Creon‚ the new ruler‚ ordered that Eteocles have a proper burial and Polynices be left unburied and anyone who attempted to bury Polynices’s body will be put to death. Antigone decides she must disobey; a law which violates a law by the gods
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