- --Oedipus Rex, Lines 1068-1078 Later, Oedipus and Jocasta have a disagreement over the power and truth of prophecies. ... Oedipus really had no choice but to accept his doom. ... Oedipus exhibits his free will at other points in the story, and similarly, these actions don't deter fate. Early in the story, Oedipus, out of compassion for his suffering people, orders Creon to go to Delphi and learn about the murderer. ... - --Oedipus Rex, Line 606 This is a prime example of how Oedipus' use of free will only continues to fulfill the prophecy. ...

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Oedipus accepts responsibility as a tragic hero, as does Antigone. ... Oedipus" basic flaw is his lack of knowledge of his own identity. ... Take for example a part of the last conversation between Jocasta and Oedipus. ... Oedipus replies, I cannot yield my right to know the truth". ... At the end of this tragic story, when Oedipus gouges out his eyes, it shows his willingness to accept his responsibility. ...

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Sophocles' Oedipus, the King is a great representation of Greek tragedy and of the human experience. ... His primary focus as the story begins and progresses is the growth of Oedipus from an unintelligible and unenlightened mentality to its antithesis. Because the story was one familiar to most of its viewers in its time, there are certain things that they are expected to already know. ... The story begins after some time after Oedipus has taken the throne and when there is a mysterious plague that sweeps the city. ... During this entire fray of minds "between Tiresias and Oedipus,...

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Antigone is the sequel to Oedipus and is the story of what happened in Thebes after Oedipus exiled himself. Creon, who is Iocaste's brother, is now the king after the deaths of Oedipus's two sons. ... Antigone only follows the rules of the gods, and similar to Oedipus, Creon is defying the gods by putting mans power over gods power. ... This is the main conflict of the story. ... Creon was also ignorant towards the gods similar to Oedipus. ...

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Antigone is a daughter of the former king Oedipus. ... When Oedipus becomes aware of his deeds he put out his own eyes, and laid himself down to die. ... After Oedipus is dead, Polyneices and Eteocles battle each other for the thrown. ... Then Haimon, the son of Creon and husband to Antigone, enters the story. ... Therefore, I think that her presence in this story is essential. ...

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In the story of Antigone, Antigone disobeyed Creons orders not to bury her brother, Polynices. ... In the story of King Oedipus of the Sophocles Tragedy, his wife Jocasta keeps a haunting secret from him. ...

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It is the story of young Antigone, daughter of the late King Oedipus, who is devoted to her brother Polynices. ... Her father, Oedipus, the King of Thebes, could not escape the fate that the oracle predicted for him; he was destined to kill his father (Laius) and marry his mother (Jocasta). Antigone is the product of that ill-fated union between Oedipus and Jocasta. ... Sophocles, Antigone & Oedipus the King, in Antigone, Oedipus, Electra, trans. ...

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The Tragic Hero of Antigone Sophocles" Antigone is the story of the battle between Antigone and Creon and their different views on laws placed by man and those placed by gods. ... Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the king, and she truly belongs in the high position of princess in the royal family of Thebes. ... She is Oedipus" daughter, which makes her next in line to the throne if anything should happen to her brothers. ...

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The Greek playwrite, Sophocles, wrote many exceptional plays. One of these is Antigone. The play is named after Oedipus's daughter, although it is primarily about her Uncle Creon. Creon is the focal point and it is his misjudgment and pride that causes his downfall. Yet, the title of this story ...

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The video of Antigone is as sad as the story of her father, Oedipus the former king of Thebes. ... Long ago Polyneices left Thebes to be with his father, Oedipus who was thrown out of Thebes because of an edict. ...

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The last of the Oedipus Plays is Antigone. The story is set in Thebes during the ancient Greece. Antigone is the daughter or King Oedipus. ... Currently in the story, the guards have brought Antigone in to the ruler and she openly admits to her deed. ... This quotation is very important to the overall story because to me it truly shows a huge side of Antigone's strength. ...

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Antigone tells the story of a brave girl's struggle to do what is right and the trials she had overcome to accomplish them. ... Also at the end of scene two the chorus tells of the sorrow upon all of Oedipus" children. ... The transition the chorus gives between each scene is much need information for a person to understand the story of Antigone. ... He is the leader of the Chorus and is very important to this story. ... Without the chorus in this play, this story would be very difficult to understand. ...

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Antigone and Ismene are the sisters of the dead brothers, and they are now the last children of Oedipus. ... Eurydice, Creon's wife and Haemon's mother, asks the Messenger if he will tell her the whole story. ...

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