He is implicated in a man versus man conflict, more specifically, the father versus son conflict. ... Kreon's position on a son's role is that he must "stand behind [his] father's judgment in every way./For that reason, men pray to produce/attentive sons in their houses,"(lines 640-642). ... Comparing his son to a woman indicates the extent to which Kreon has lost respect for his own son and how deep of a scar Haemon's rebellion has left. ... The symbol of the double-edged sword refers to the fact that Kreon has lost a son but has gained wisdom and knowledge. ...

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You"d kill your own son's bride?" ... Haemon's support and respect towards his father is highlighted in the quote "No marriage could ever mean more to me than you..." Accolades are given by Creon for this and he goes so far as to say his son should be "subordinate to [his] father's will in every way." ... Despite Haemon's attempts to sway his father's decision regarding Antigone, saying the "...city mourns for this young girl... Only then does Creon realize his stubbornness and pride were fatal and proclaims "...father and son, the same blood-the misery!" ...

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"Oedipus Rex", by John Bennett and Moira Kerr, is a story about a young man named "Oedipus", son of the Corinth, who attempts to escape his fate of killing his father. ... His father had died. ... In the end, the prophet was right and Creon has indirectly killed his beloved son. ... Whereas Creon had the option to either spare Antigone's life and save his son or kill Antigone and his son. ... With the death of Antigone, Creon's son, Haemon, decides to die with his lover, Antigone. ...

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The video of Antigone is as sad as the story of her father, Oedipus the former king of Thebes. ... Haimon, Creon's son, seek to change his father's mind base on reason. ... But his father tells Haimon that he is too young to make these decisions. ... Then Creon accused his son of selling out to a woman. As Creon sees that his son would rather be on the side of Antigone then obeying his own father, Creon got enrage and declare that Antigone will die in front of Haimon's eyes. ...

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Oedipus had killed his father, king of Thebes, not knowing it was his father and then took over Thebes. ... Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. ... Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. ... In a conversation with his son Haemon, Creon said, "Am I to stand here and be lectured to by a kid? ... This just showed his pride stood in the way of even listening to his own son. ...

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Oedipus had killed his father, king of Thebes, not knowing it was his father and then took over Thebes. ... Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. ... Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. ... In a conversation with his son Haemon, Creon said, "Am I to stand here and be lectured to by a kid? ... This just showed his pride stood in the way of even listening to his own son. ...

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Here you see the father murdering, the murdered son-and all my civic wisdom." ... Picture this: A daughter passes out and a frantic father takes her pulse. ... Another scenario: A son and his father live alone in a small shack on the side of the road. The father is very ill and there is no money for medical care or food. The son steals a ham to bring home to his dying father. ...

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In the play "Antigone," Creon has sentenced his son's fiance', Antigone, to death because she has broken the law by burying her brother, Polyneices. Because Creon's son, Haemon, feels that his father is being irrational, Haimon tries to persuade Creon to stop the death of Antigone. Furthermore, Haimon has feelings for Antigone which raises his desperation to convince his father. ... Upon arriving, he hears his son's wailing and calls to Haemon. Haimon responds by spitting on his father's face and trying to kill him with his sword. ...

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Iokaste from the beginning of the play knew that her son was destined to kill his father. That is why from the time he was born, and she heard the prophecies she was determined to prevent her son from killing his father and marrying his mother. ... She does not realize that she is the one that put her son in all of his misery. ... This a very strange thing to say because naturally Iokaste should be feeling guilty for what she has done to her son, but instead in her head she doesn't even recognize the fact that it is her son that she once tried to get rid of. ... On the other hand, she ...

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Some would argue that all of his misfortune has been fated by the gods, because of the sins of his father. ... Jocasta reveals that an oracle told her husband that their son would one day kill his father and marry his mother. ... It is adopted as a son by the king and queen of Corinth, Polybus and Merope. ... He explains that he was a prince in Corinth, son of Polybus and Merope. ... If he had not left Corinth, Oedipus would not have met up with his father at the crossroads. ...

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Oedipus was not raised by his original parents, so when he is a man he unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. ... Then Haimon, the son of Creon and husband to Antigone, enters the story. He pleads with his father to spare the life of Antigone, but is not successful. ... (Her first son Megareus, died in battle defending Thebes). ... I have killed my son and wife. ...

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The story of Oedipus begins with Laius, King of Thebes, who learns from the oracle that his son will kill him and marry his wife Jocasta. When a son is finally born, the king orders his infant to be abandoned, with its feet pierced, on a mountaintop. ... As Oedipus grows up, he learns from an oracle that he will kill his father and marry his mother. Fearing he might kill Polybus, Oedipus sets out towards Thebes where he runs into a man, Laius, whom he kills due to a quarrel, ignorant of the fact that Laius is his father. ... Eventually, Oedipus accepts his fate, admitting that he was the m...

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Eteocles and Polyneceis were sons of Oedipus, and Creon was Oedipus's brother in law. ... "No woman ever faced so unreasonable, so cruel a death for such a generous cause", Haemon told his father, Creon, defending Antigone's stand for burring Polyneceis. ... Though Antigone wasn't the only thing Haemon had lost, he felt he was loosing his father. ... 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. ... "Lead me away, A rash weak foolish man, A man of sorrows, who killed you son so blindly, and y...

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Oedipus shows his arrogance in another way when he says, "the Oracle at Delphi has told me my destiny--to be my mother's husband and my father's murderer. ... This angered the gods and in a twist of fate, Oedipus ended up killing his father, marrying his real mother, and fulfilling his destiny. ... "Your father killed his father." (385). ... Oedipus was conversing with shepherd, "the child was in the palace of King Laius . . . the child was called his son." (377). Oedipus was born the son of Laius which made him heir to the throne. ...

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Eventually, he finds out the old man who he killed was his father and the Queen Jocasta was his mother. ... Unfortunately, the death of Antigone caused Creon's son and wife to commit suicide. ... Although he has realized that he made a mistake, but he is still saying that "the fate is too heavy for me" (Watling 17) without any punishment (If the deaths of his son and wife are not enough as a punishment). ... He, himself has no will to leave but to avoid the devastating fate "he was doomed to kill his father, whom he loved"" (Bennett 1). ... He is so scared and worried about the warnings f...

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The downfall of Oedipus seems to improve with the news of his fathers death, this means that Oedipus did not kill his father. The tables turns when Oedipus and Jocasta come to the realization that they are mother and son. ... Many scenes pass by with clues being thrown at Oedipus, telling him that he is the killer of Lauis and the son of his wife; but Oedipus does not put the pieces of the puzzle together in time. Throughout the play Oedipus is unaware that the stories he tells are only proving that he is in fact the beholder of the prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother. ...

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As of recent events, Haemon, Antigone's fiancee, hears the news of what his father did. ... Haemon says if he killed Antigone he would also lose a son. ... Both his son and Antigone are dead, and he has been wrong all along. ... Lead me away... that I have killed unwittingly my son, my wife. ... He is left without a son, wife, friends, and without a life. ...

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As the epic begins, King Lauis and Queen Jocasta of Thebes are told that their son is fated to murder his father and marry his mum. ... Because bother of Oedipus's sons are dead from the war where they killed each other, Creon assumes the throne. ... As a result, not only does Antigone die, but so does Creon's son Haimen. ...

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Creon shows no emotion when he executes Antigone, soon to be the bride of his son, Haemon. ... Haemon was so hurt by his fathers actions and despised him. Creon's rage had now cost him his son. King Creon's pride filled rage has sacrificed Antigone and sacrificed his relationship with his son. ...

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No one wanted to listen, but being the fiancé of Creon's son, Antigone was determined to be heard. Creon's son, Haemon, seems to obey his father initially, but then he turned against him and they ended up hating each other. ...

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Creon's son, Haemon, is Antigones husband. He begs and pleads with his father to release his sentence on Antigone. ... Eurydice, the wife of Creon, found her sons dead body. ... She has lost her son whom she dearly loved and cared for. ... She has lost her son whom she dearly loved and cared for. ...

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To prove his final act of power Creon informs his son that the person who buried Polynices is his fiancé Antigone and that he will kill her to make an example of his power to all the people under his rule that he would not be disobeyed. Creon's son Haemon does not want his wife to be to be put to death and pleads with his father. " I see my father offending justice wrong. ... ""(1287) Haemon reveals to the his father that if he continues with killing his wife to be he will flee his presence and kill himself for his love Antigone. ... That's dreadful too."" (1296) King Creo...

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To prove his final act of power Creon informs his son that the person who buried Polynices is his fiancé Antigone and that he will kill her to make an example of his power to all the people under his rule that he would not be disobeyed. Creon's son Haemon does not want his wife to be to be put to death and pleads with his father. " I see my father offending justice wrong. ... ""(1287) Haemon reveals to the his father that if he continues with killing his wife to be he will flee his presence and kill himself for his love Antigone. ... That's dreadful too."" (1296) King Creon re...

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Oedipus is known throughout the world for two reasons, he killed his own father and married his mother. ... Oedipus as a woman would not have been struck by the man in the carriage, who happens to be Laius, king of Thebes and Oedipus" biological father. In turn the prophecy of Oedipus killing his father would not have been fulfilled. ... If Oedipus was a woman, hence ending the prophecy of killing his father and marring his mother, she would not have suffered the same tragic and violent fate if she were a he. In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus" mother and wife, Jocasta, is so stricken with horror when...

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His father was a wealthy business man and an active politician. Despite his father's prestige and power in the state, Sophocles was drawn to the arts. ... Oedipus" extended curse against his two sons embodies these two conflicting forces in the climax. In it, Oedipus addresses his sons" betrayal of him and greed for power over Thebes. ... His two sons have betrayed him and his wife is long dead. ...

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