Antigone's pride is a great thing that leads her to death. She shows this pride by first burying her brother, Eteocles, after her uncle and king Creon made specific rules not to commit this act. ... Her pride made her do many heroic things that tragic heroes are proud to do. ... She in turn was sentenced to death by her Uncle Creon by being stoned to death. Her punishment was a little less harsh than Creon had planed on and just walled her up in a cave so every one would not turn on him. ...

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One way that shows she was not as good as we all thought was when she yelled at her sister Ismene. ... Here is another way, her pride got in her way, she yelled at Ismene, "Yes save yourself, I shall not envy you. ... She realized it when she was going to her death, and when the chorus said she had a choice. "You have made your choice your death is the doing of your conscious hand." (724). ... She did something and did not care what the punishment was, which made her proud. ...

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He stated that he would avenge the King's death as if Laius were his own father. He cursed the murderer, announcing "May he drag out an evil death-in-life in misery." ... If Oedipus had not been so determined to escape and prevent the prophecy, he would not have fulfilled it. ... Not knowing the truth, he cursed himself to an "evil death-in-life of misery". ... Oedipus was proud and determined, but if he had not acted on these feelings, he would not have sealed his fate by fulfilling the prophecy. ...

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It is not enough to be brave. ... I"m not afraid any more. ... Her emotional instability is a result of her inevitable death. ... She chooses death, and nothing could convince her to live. ... Antigone is many different things: innocent, confused, proud, and above all, she is heroic. ...

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Once he is king, he gives a proud and proper burial to Eteocles, but puts out an order to everyone in Thebes that no one is to burry Polyneices because he was seen as a traitor. ... She also does not want his rotting corpse to offend Zues, the ruler of all the gods. So she set upon her journey praying she is not discovered while committing the act. ... He pleads with his father to spare the life of Antigone, but is not successful. ... Eurydice, at this point in the story, is shocked and sorrowed by the death of her second son. ...

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She believes that the gods do not dictate through a ruler, but rather through individual beliefs. ... Antigone proudly stands before Creon and tells him "Zeus did not announce those laws to me ", saying that following the laws of the gods were much more important than following the laws of a self righteous man. ... In the bible there are several characters that are punished by death for staying one with their faith. ... Antigone knows the laws of Creon, yet chooses to follow the teachings of the gods and suffer the death that may follow, than ignore the divine law. ... Antigone, however, puts ...

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Not many of his plays can be accurately dated. ... She fears the death penalty, and she tries to persuade Antigone from burying it. ... He questions her, and she does not deny what she has done. ... Ismene tells Creon that she did it, but Antigone does not allow her to lie. ... The Chorus closes by saying that the gods punish the proud, but punishment brings wisdom. ...

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As the tragedy unfolded, Oedipus became frustrated his search for the truth of Laius" death. Oedipus did not want to believe that he was the killer. ... After he became the ruler of Thebes, Creon became proud and arrogant. An example of his pride and arrogance was shown when Creon refused his son's request to spare his bride from the death sentence. ... I"m not about to prove myself a liar, not to my people, no, I"m going to kill her! ...

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When the first death happens they change their minds. ... She is heartbroken over the death of Haemon. ... He is proud of the way Creon is handling business. ... Falling Action "When Eurydice found out about her son's death she ran off. ... Pride is good when it does not bring suffering to the proud. ...

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Since both men were proud, they refused to step aside so the other could pass. ... It started with Oedipus promising that the person responsible for Laios death will be driven out of Thebes. ... Oedipus was in shock and could not accept this. ... The falling action begins with Iocaste's death because she could not handle the truth that she married her own son. ... On the other hand, Iocaste chooses death to end her problem. ...

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Since both men were proud, they refused to step aside so the other could pass. ... It started with Oedipus promising that the person responsible for Laios death will be driven out of Thebes. ... Oedipus was in shock and could not accept this. ... The falling action begins with Iocaste's death because she could not handle the truth that she married her own son. ... On the other hand, Iocaste chooses death to end her problem. ...

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Since both men were proud, they refused to step aside so the other could pass. ... It started with Oedipus promising that the person responsible for Laios death will be driven out of Thebes. ... Oedipus was in shock and could not accept this. ... The falling action begins with Iocaste's death because she could not handle the truth that she married her own son. ... On the other hand, Iocaste chooses death to end her problem. ...

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Another admirable decision of Antigone is that although her sister did not agree to help, she pursued on. ... The beauty of family is that in either life or death we are all connected through the power of love, and no law could ever change that. In the words of Antigone, "It is the dead, not the living, who make the longest demands. ... Not only does Creon hurt his niece Antigone by making such a sentence, but his own son is heartbroken by learning death is to come to his fiancé. ... Had Antigone not been so stubborn and Creon not so proud, there could have been an equal balance for bo...

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By giving him a burial, she is setting his soul at rest so it may continue into death peacefully. ... However, Antigone does not complain. She is proud to die for something she believes in. ... His extreme will later leads to his son's death because his son has been corrupted by Antigone. ... Creon just did not realize this until it was too late to turn back. ...

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Fate is the will of the gods, and as is apparent in Antigone, the gods' will is not to be questioned. ... The King also threatens death to any persons attempting to bury Polynices properly. ... Though Creon ultimately decided to obey the law of the gods - to obey fate - it is the fact that he questioned fate's omnipotence in the first place that resulted in the play ending with the spectacle of an overconfident, proud, and opinionated king brought low by fate. ...

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He doest not learn his lesson until the end of the play when he speaks respectfully of the death that is continually hurting him. ... Haemon then tells his father that the public does not believe that Antigone deserves the punishment of death. ... Haemon calls Creon stubborn and proud. ... Socrates has argued that one must obey one's superior, someone who is relevantly wiser than oneself, the god in ethical matters, in any situation in which one's only reason not to obey is that obedience puts one at risk of death. ... Then the court orders him to abandon philosophy on pain of death....

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They were the first democratic society in a tumultuous world of kings and emperors, and they were proud of their ideology. ... Agamemnon is a great warrior, but not a great family man. ... The chorus predict his downfall: "The gods fail not to mark those who have killed many. ... It is not that he is a bad man; his motive is both self-less and selfish. ... Her reactions illustrate how easy it is to upset a nation's stability when its entire system of rule can be overthrown by the deaths of a king and his children. ...

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The death of Oedipus and his sons bound him to the weary duties of rule. ... The Messenger stands against the wall, brooding over his premonition of Haemon's death. ... Furthermore, any who attempt to bury him will be put to death. ... The family has always told her to understand, to not play with water or earth, to not eat from every dish at once, to not run in the wind, or give empty one's pockets for beggars. ... Antigone retorts that she is not beautiful. ...

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Thomas Gould states, "We are not "free," and we cannot blame anyone for anything: a man's character is made for him, not by him, and his every act is already determined before he is born" (52). ... (OR 1182-1186) The power of fate is further emphasized as Oedipus is able to escape his ordered death, and he begins his controlled life in a world where he can still kill his father and marry his mother. ... At a feast, a drunken man tells Oedipus that Polybus is not his real father. ... There are times when a feeling comes to the surface that even the gods cannot - or must not - influenc...

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