ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY In the tragedies of Sophocles, human responsibility plays an important role to the significance of the characters. ... Oedipus" basic flaw is his lack of knowledge of his own identity. 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". ... Because she knows how harsh her fate was, she has no fear of what may happen to her as a result of her actions. ...

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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. ... Creon's character is essential to Oedipus the King in that it shows how the apparent loyalty of Creon to Apollo and to his sister and brother-in-law lead us to believe that Creon is one worthy of approval and admiration whereas nothing is as it seems. ... Creon is not able to recognize other f...

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The first major theme is fate, on how the play comes about and the turn of events that come about throughout it. ... This just shows how terrible fate has treated the family of Oedipus. ... Creon acknowledges his great mistake in being prideful and realizes how his pride caused suffering. ... This is one of the reasons why the play Antigone has referred to as one of the most influential Greek tragedies written. This is truly a tragedy, and this never would've have happened if only King Creon hadn't made up the law that nobody could bury Polyneices because he was a traitor. ...

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Hamlet Prince of Denmark, a Shakespearean tragedy, tells the story of a young man, by the name of Hamlet, who gained the knowledge of a terrible incident that his kingdom had suffered. ... In Oedipus of Colonus, Sophocles illustrates these qualities that Antigone possesses. ... Without a female role model to show her how a woman is supposed to act, there is no one to raise her as a woman. ... Therefore, most of the narrator's comments are related to how the characters move on stage, and how the stage itself looks like; "They start to walk about the stage. ... This quote, when read again a...

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Creon does not uphold the meaning of a king. Having the responsibility of a king is being accountable for mistakes, not getting a big head and especially closed-minded. ... Sophocles even lets readers know a little before how "dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong," symbolizing how despite Creon's role as king, this does not make him perfect (Scene I). ... The only person who Creon deems worthy enough to give him advice is Tiresias, who was right about Oedipus and his fate due to hubris. At this point, Creon puts his pride away at the end so he does not end up like hi...

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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 brothers killed each other in a duel, leaving Creon king. ... The Chorus appears and announces that the tragedy is on. ... Tragedy is clean, restful, and flawless. ...

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Tiresias was the one who told Oedipus of his prophet only because Oedipus insisted. Once Oedipus was banished from Thebes, Creon took over as King. ... Creon will bring tragedy to his life. ... He helped Oedipus when Tiresias gave Oedipus his prophet by standing by Oedipus during the pain he was going through. ... She lost her life for her brother and that shows how loyal she is to giving her best qualities. ...

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In the speech, he speaks a metaphor about how in flood time, the trees that bend are safe and how the inflexible trees get uprooted. ... But even the ones that yield to his rule always snap back up, just like people overthrowing a king. ... When he talks about how the trees get uprooted during flood time, the reader can picture heavy rain and wind tearing through the earth, and trees getting deracinated. 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). ... In "Antigone"," a G...

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Major Characters Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, late king of Thebes. ... They tell him their opinions on how good he is handling the situation. ... This imagery helps the reader understand how long the body of Polynices has been left unburied. ... The birds foreshadow that tragedy is going to happen. ...

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