ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY In the tragedies of Sophocles, human responsibility plays an important role to the significance of the characters. ... He starts out as a good king, and finds out laios is killed, threatening the killer to a severe punishment. ... Oedipus replies, I cannot yield my right to know the truth". ... As soon as her play begins, she is planning to defy Creon's order and bury Polynices. ... Whereas Oedipus defies Tiresias, the prophet who has helped him so many times, and whereas he seems almost to have forgotten his encounter with Laius at the three-way cro...

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Oedipus Rex, what a sad poor man. ... Imagine if you will, the scene with the blind sage telling the King about his past, present and future. ... In Antigone, we again follow the bloodline of Oedipus, through his daughters and sons. ... Again we see our old friend Tiresias, although I feel the role he has in this play isn't quite as influential to the story line as he was in Oedipus King. ... Why have these plays succeeded where others fail? ...

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Over 18 of his plays won 1st prize at Great or City Dionsia of Athens. ... These citizens would relate to the numerous prophecies in the play. ... He pleads with King Theseus to allow him to reside in the city. ... In the first of the trilogy, Oedipus the King commits a heinous crime and is banished from his own city-state. ... In the play, Oedipus triumphs over person to person. ...

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Challenging authority is a main theme which emphasizes the justifications of many actions that are made in the plays "Oedipus the king" and "Antigone" and show how both make moral choices and suffer the consequences. Oedipus assumed that by moving away from his parents there would be a less of a chance of him killing his father and marrying his mother, as it turns out that it lead to a higher chance of doing so. ... Likewise Oedipus could not fight his fate as he continued to make choices that did not work right for him .His ignorance of his actions did not require fate as it was proved ...

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., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. ... Although Antigone was written before Oedipus the King, the generations involved in Oedipus the King precede the ones in Antigone. In Oedipus the King, Creon is a lesser character who plays the brother of Jocosta and is the brother-in-law to Oedipus. ... I see that Creon truly knows the power that Oedipus holds above him as king. Then, when the play ends, Creon, as the new King of State, eagerly assists Oedipus with his exile. ...

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Oedipus had killed his father, king of Thebes, not knowing it was his father and then took over Thebes. ... Iocaste's cousin, Creon, had taken over as king of Thebes. ... Creon denied Polyneices proper burial because he was an enemy and that where this play begins.Fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where we begin this play. ... Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. ... In the first paragraph of the play it reads, "My darling sister Ismene, we have had a fine inheritance from Oedipus. ...

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Antigone The play Antigone by Sophocles is a play like no other. ... The first major theme of fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where they were when the play began. Fate is why Oedipus winds up killing his own father and eventually ended up marrying his own mother and then later on he found out about all of this. ... In the first paragraph of the play it reads, "My darling sister Ismene, we have had a fine inheritance from Oedipus. ... This just shows how terrible fate has treated the family of Oedipus. ...

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Throughout the play helping to understand it better is the chorus. ... Throughout the entire play the chorus serves many roles such as the narrator, framing the play with a prologue and epilogue, and appearing at key moments to comment on the play's action. ... Starting the play off the chorus begins to give narrative background on the characters and the events that come into play. ... Another character the chorus tells of is King Creon. ... Also at the end of scene two the chorus tells of the sorrow upon all of Oedipus" children. ...

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The Greek playwrite, Sophocles, wrote many exceptional plays. ... The play is named after Oedipus's daughter, although it is primarily about her Uncle Creon. ... She is the catalyst for the chain reactions that occur in the play. ... But King Creon says that burying Polynices was illegal and punishable with death. ... This is the reason why Sophocles titled the play Antigone instead of Creon. ...

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"The play dramatizes the perpetual struggle to which all civilization that is genuine is doomed" (Alexander 184). ... In Oedipus of Colonus, Sophocles illustrates these qualities that Antigone possesses. ... The children: Nora plays with her children and treats them like dolls. ... Sounds of the city play on the house speakers" (Hwang 21). ... "To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. ...

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Their last lines of this opening choral passage, however, introduced king Creon, making him seem quite noble yet mysterious to his loyal subjects. ... The chorus's next appearance blatantly shows their biased attitudes against Antigone and her exiled father Oedipus. ... At this point they are actually feeling pity towards the rebellious young woman: "But now, even I'd rebel against the king. ... Although this selection by the chorus is virtually unbiased, it is crucial for introducing a key situation in the play. ... At first the members of the chorus act as ...

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Polyneceis and Eteocles fought in a war for Thebes, the town that Creon the powerful King ruled. ... Eteocles and Polyneceis were sons of Oedipus, and Creon was Oedipus's brother in law. Creon promised to watch and take care of them when Oedipus died. ... Suddenly, Creon saw things from a new perspective, which was a good thing because he noticed what a bad father and King he was being. ... Antigone played a role of a person that stood up for what she believed was right. ...

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She has good intentions throughout the entire play; her one downfall is her tragic flaw of pride and being driven by emotions. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the king, and she truly belongs in the high position of princess in the royal family of Thebes. Antigone has good morals and intentions throughout the play. ... Although Antigone is disobeying her king, she is very loyal to her family and the ones she loves. ... She is Oedipus" daughter, which makes her next in line to the throne if anything should happen to her brothers. ...

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In the play, Antigone by Sophocles, Creon and Antigone have distinct conflicting values. ... Throughout the play, Antigone somehow manages to retain the traditional role of woman, while at the same time challenging the patriarchal depiction of what a woman should be. ... Creon, being a new king, wanted to prove his abilities as a firm, strong administrator. ... Ismene being too weak is afraid to defy the king. ... If Antigone had been born the son of Oedipus, rather than his daughter, it would not be Creon's place to decide because his crown would rest upon Antigone's head. ...

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The Chorus then turns to the powerfully built Creon, king of Thebes. When he was younger, and Oedipus ruled, he was an art patron. The death of Oedipus and his sons bound him to the weary duties of rule. ... Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene's father, also had two sons, Eteocles and Polynices. ... The brothers killed each other in a duel, leaving Creon king. ...

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But even the ones that yield to his rule always snap back up, just like people overthrowing a king. ... Also, Teiresias says, "Our hearths and altars are stained with the corruption of dogs and carrion birds that glut themselves on the corpse of Oedipus' son"" (231). ... Symbolism is also widely used throughout the play. ... In "Antigone"," a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles, Antigone, buries her dead brother even though the king, Creon, forbids anyone to do so. ... In the play, literary elements like foreshadowing, symbolism, and imagery are effectively expressed, adding vividness and ...

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Nora and Antigone, True Tragic Heroines Sophocles" Antigone along with Ibsen's A Doll's House are plays that place the main characters in tough personal situations which must be overcame by personal strength. ... Within the first several scenes of the play we see Antigone pleading with Ismene to help her bury their brother. ... Antigone is a daughter of the late King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta. ... After the death of her father, Antigone's uncle, Creon, became King of Thebes. ... Creon in Antigone and Torvald in A Doll's House act as the antagonist of each play; both a...

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The play Antigone, written by Sophocles, is one play from a serious of tragic plays that all partake in the same consecutive events that are separated in three different parts. The last of the Oedipus Plays is Antigone. ... Antigone is the daughter or King Oedipus. ... Haemon is consequence, also commits suicide, which leads to all of the tragic events of the play. ... Antigone presents her bravery and strength in more ways though out the play as well. ...

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Anitgone Essay In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon the new king of Thebes, is stubborn and arrogant just like his brother in law Oedipus. ... At the beginning of the play Creon is very direct to the towns people and senators. ... During Creon's speech he states a few things that a person should do to be a good king. ... As the play carries on, the Sentry brings news to Creon of a person that has buried Polynices... Ismene feels guilty that at the beginning of the play, she did not want to help Antigone bury Polynices. ...

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The central question of this play is a political one. ... Antigone is a representation of the divine laws of the gods, and she remains steadfast to her beliefs that the wishes of the gods should overpower the wishes of the king. ... Antigone also remained loyal to her father in Oedipus at Colonus. ... Her loyalty to her brother supersedes any orders given by the king. It is family loyalty along with the political nature of the play which make Antigone more effective without a conversation between Antigone and Haimon alone. ...

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Antigone, in Greek legend, was the daughter of Oedipus. When her brothers Eteocles and Polynices killed one another, Creon, king of Thebes, forbade the rebel Polynices" burial. ... It shows support in the play by the way she is so outspoken about what she had done after she is caught and while she is being questioned. ... Ismene seems to have a change of heart when she is brought to the king. ...

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The first words spoken by Antigone and the first words in the play demonstrate the vivid danger that Antigone is capable of imposing on other characters in the play, especially Creon: My own flesh and blood-dear sister, dear Ismene, how many griefs our father Oedipus handed down! ... There's nothing, no pain-our lives are pain-no private shame, no public disgrace, nothing I haven't seen in your grief and mine. (1–8) Antigone is referring to the familial grief that seems to be "handed down" from her father (Oedipus) to his son, her brother (Polynices). ... Creon is s...

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Out of 100 plays of Sophocles, only seven of them have been reminded until now. Among those plays, Antigone is a play about the struggle between state and family. ... Creon, the new king of Thebes, has sworn to uphold the law. ... His arrogance and anger are both displayed repeatedly throughout the play. ... Our hearts and altars Are stained with the corruption of dogs and carrion birds That glut themselves on the corpse of Oedipus" sons. ...

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The title of the play is Antigone. 2. ... Major Characters Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, late king of Thebes. ... Through out the play Creon and Antigone never back down from each other. ...

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