"These laws-I was not about to break them, not out of fear of some man's wounded pride, and face retribution of the gods. Die I must" (Antigone, page 82, lines 509-512).For Antigone her choice to bury her brother was with purposeful intentions as she was aware of the consequences in which results in her death .Her justification for her brothers burial is that only the laws that are set by god are followed, as the punishment she would receive did not matter to her for going against the laws of a man. "Do as you like, dishonor the laws the gods hold in honor" (Antigone page 63, lines 91&92;...

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He tells, "I would not have you speak through messengers and therefore I have come myself to hear you, "I, Oedipus, who bear the famous name"" (Sophocles 4). ... Okonkwo, however, dies more disgracefully. Although he tries to avoid becoming like his father, he dies a comparable death to Unoka, still considered an outcast. "When Unoka died he had taken now title at all"" (Achebe 8). Even so, Okonkwo dies a death of acceptance, similar to Oedipus. ...

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As Antigone has her final speech before she goes, she looks on the positive side for her own moral support, "But still I go, cherishing one good hope: my arrival may be to father, dear to you, my mother, dear to you, my loving brother, Eteocles" (105). ... "She will never die beside me- don't delude yourself. ... Before Antigone is forcefully taken away to her death tomb, Ismene finally realizes that she wants to die with Antigone. ... After Ismene begs Antigone for acceptance and to let them die together, Antigone retorts, "Never share my dying, never lay claim to what you never touched....

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When Oedipus was born, Lauis remembered what the oracle said and pierced his son's ankles with spikes and gave him to a herdsman to leave him on a mountain to die. ... The oracle warned him not to return to his homeland for he would kill his father and lay with his mother. ... "My Oedipus Complex" by Frank O"Connor is the story of a very young boy named Larry who lived during World War I. ...

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" I now possess the throne and all its powers. ... That she'll die but her death will kill another... " I know it myself- I'm shaken, torn. ... Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? ... I killed them, I, god help me, I admit it all!...

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He can't control the power of being over other people and he lets the power go to his head. " I now possess the throne and all its powers. ... That she'll die but her death will kill another... In the end Creon realizes that his pride has lead to the destruction of his life and his kingdom. " I know it myself- I'm shaken, torn. ... Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? ... I killed them, I, god help me, I admit it all!...

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Foremost she dies doing what she believes to be right. ... Here lays her noble quality. ... He refers to his manhood when he says "I swear I am no man and she the man/ if she can win this and not pay for it" (11.528-9). ... I think that Creon lacked the clarity within himself to support his wishes. ...

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"I will bury him myself. And even if I die in the act, that death will be a glory an outrage sacred to the gods! ... I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory.... It is she who will be the puppeteer, laying out and directing the plans, while Macbeth will be a mere puppet, executing her orders. ... When questioned how she had the gall to break the law, Antigone replied, "These laws - I was not about to break them, not out of fear of some man's wounded pride, and face the retribution of the godsAnd if I am to die before my time I consider that a gainThis is nothing. ...

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They watch with little concern, for they are not to die tonight. ... He does not know his engagement only earns him the right to die sooner. ... She knits and will go on knitting until the time comes for her to go to her room and die. ... Ismene enjoins her to be sensible, since only men die for ideas. ... He asks if the Pace would die for him, and he replies that of course he would defy the Guard with his shovel. ...

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