., 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. ...

• Word Count: 1517
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"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. ...

• Word Count: 2132
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For example, in the production of Antigone, a male will play the characters of Antigone and Ismene, the two daughters of Oedipus and Iokaste. ... In context and in performance, the tragic heroine of Antigone is in fact Antigone, niece of King Kreon, sister of Ismene, and fiancé of Haimon. ... At the end of the play, Antigone hangs herself in her cell, Haimon stabs himself in his own misery, and King Kreon is left alone. ... Antigone fits this description of Aristotle's ideal tragic heroine because her insistence on her desire to bury Polynices to the point of her own death locat...

• Word Count: 1410
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 1321
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2088
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1884
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School