The play opens after Oedipus' two sons Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other in a civil war for the throne of Thebes. ... She says that she fears, not men's condemnation, but penalties from the gods if she does not act The painful evils that beset her life (the loss of mother, father, and brothers) make death a gain in her eyes By contrast, if she had left her mother's son unburied, she would have grieved She expects to win glory for her gesture to the gods. ... To Antigone and most of the Athenians, possessing a wise and logical mind means acknowledging human limitat...

• Word Count: 1730
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

While Antigone is not portrayed as the radical, polar opposite of a stereotypical tender, loving woman, she still possesses the stable heroic qualities that differentiate her from the fragility of a tender, loving woman. ... She arranges how King Duncan will be killed, how his guards will be distracted, and how even the knives used will be from the guards. ... Though she does not kill King Duncan in the end, it is her ability to employ sinister, evil thoughts for her fell purpose without succumbing to horror, guilt, and regret that differentiates her from the stereotypical acquiescent woman....

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... I killed you. I killed you my dear"(1078-1079). ... Antigone possesses the qualities everyone admires. ...

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