sisters‚ Antigone and Ismene‚ are perfect examples of foil characters because although they were raised by the same parents‚ in the same kingdom‚ their attitudes contradict. Antigone is not afraid to speak up to Creon‚ but Ismene begs Antigone not to break the law because she fears King Creon. Ismene believes that she should follow the men’s orders even though her brother did not receive a proper burial‚ however Antigone is willing to become a criminal if it means putting Polyneices’ soul at rest. As
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Obituary #1 Polynieces- age unknown Newspaper Rough draft Oedipus and Jocasta were Polynieces’ parents. His siblings were Eteocles‚ Antigone‚ and Ismene. Polynieces was a husband to Argea. He shows that he is able to go after he wants and ignore fate. Oedipus left Eteocles and Polynieces with his power over Thebes but the did no handle this well. The brothers killed each other which is how Polynieces died. At King Creon’s request‚ no burial will occur. Anyone who expresses sadness of Polynieces
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Control The Greek play‚ Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ sheds light on whom and what a leader truly is. Antigone is a strong representative of the people. Antigone is a listener to the people and knows true judgment. She fences the logical state Creon is in pertaining to his power in law. The doomed daughter of Oedipus believes “the eternal laws of Heaven” were the only laws powerful enough to teach morals‚ not Creon’s. (Scene 3 line 69) Greek gods were the only beings who know how to justly law
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became Oedipus’ tragic flaw. A big part of his anger came from the murder of the King of Thebes‚ Laius‚ his father. Part of Oedipus believed that he had killed the King‚ however he refused to admit it and displaced his anger into blame towards Creon. Doing this‚ Oedipus caused many people of the city to lose trust in him. He also displaced denial into anger. For example‚ he shut down the oracle‚ when it said that Oedipus slept with his own mother. Oedipus could not believe it‚ and would not
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Page 271 (Oedipus) Epithet: “O Tiresias‚ master of all mysteries of our life…” Page 275 (Oedipus) Apostrophe: “O golden daughter of god‚ send rescue‚ radiant as the kindness in your eyes!” Page 272 (Oedipus) Rhetorical question: “What! Has not Creon to the tomb preferred one of our brothers and with contumely withheld it from the other?” Page 2 (Antigone) Analogy: “You see how all the trees on winter torrent banks‚ yielding‚ preserve their sprays; those that would stem it break‚ roots and all;
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cursing the old King’s killer‚ putting a plague upon any whom may even unknowingly shelter him. At the first whisper that he himself is the murderer he seeks Oedipus lashes out‚ enraged and paranoid‚ instantly suggesting collusion between Teiresias and Creon. Teiresias is carful not to divulge much information at first for fear of the King’s reproach. Oedipus quickly looses his patience with Teiresias‚ accusing him of the crime himself‚ “Thou methinks thou art he‚ Who planned the crime‚ aye‚ and performed
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In Scene one of the play Sophocles expresses his own ideas when he writes‚ “Antigone: ‘It was public. Could I help hearing it?’ Creon: ’And yet you defy the law.’ Antigone: ‘I dared. It was not God’s proclamation. That final justice that rules the world below makes no such laws. Your edict‚ king‚ was strong‚ but all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded
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Sophocles’ Oedipus the King was considered by Aristotle to be the faultless model of a tragedy. The reason Aristotle considered Oedipus the King to be matchless was due to the fact that it flawlessly adhered to his stringent criteria of an effective tragedy. In Aristotle’s The Poetics he describes how Oedipus the King meets his principles of dramatic composition by its use of a complex plot‚ simultaneous discovery and reversal and finally the character of Oedipus (291). Aristotle’s principles of
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Antigone by Sophecles‚ begins where she arrives at Thebes. She realizes that both of her brothers are dead but Eteochles was allowed to be buried. Creon‚ the king and also antigenes uncle‚ would not allow the same for Polynecies because he believed he was a traitor to the family. Antigone decides to go against Creon’s rule and buries her brother anyways. Creon
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Oedipus p1. We have been through everything and now this proclamation. Anyone ho buries Polynices shall be stoned. Ismeme is not worthy as she did not do her family duty. She shuns her sister “though you desire you shall not share what I do.” Creon asserting his civil power p8 Antigone Loyal- “I shall not prove disloyal” (p.2) “Far longer is there need to satisfy those nether powers‚ than powers on earth; for there must I ever lie” (p.3) “I know that those approve whome I most need to please
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