., 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. ... When we first see Creon during Oedipus the King, Oedipus is suggesting the arrival of Teiresias, a prophet, to discover who has murdered Laios. ... I see that Creon truly knows the power that Oedipus holds above him as king. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... The king's friend the Leader tries to convince Creon to change his mind by telling him "My king, ever since he began I've been debutin...

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• Has Bibliography
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In Oedipus of Colonus, Sophocles illustrates these qualities that Antigone possesses. During the first twenty years of her life, Antigone spends her time secluded from society with her blind, exiled father, Oedipus. ... When the king denies her brother a proper burial and makes it illegal for anyone to bury him in Sophocles' Antigone, Antigone decides it is up to her to take justice into her own hands and give him a proper burial. ... OEDIPUS:"Oh my piteous children, known, well known to me are the desires wherewith ye have come: well wot I that ye suffer all; yet, sufferers as ye are, t...

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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...

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• 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. ... Ismene seems to have a change of heart when she is brought to the king. ...

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• 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...

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• Grade Level: High School

He stepped up to be a new king his first duty was to decide which of the brothers were to receive a proper burial. ... Creon, the new king of Thebes, has sworn to uphold the law. ... Creon has overwhelmed as being a new king as he has carried his excessive pride over ruling his country. ... (Scene II 54-55) Creon displays his arrogance as the king who uphold the law; once again when he replies, "And yet you dared defy the law" (Scene II 57). ... Our hearts and altars Are stained with the corruption of dogs and carrion birds That glut themselves on the corpse of Oedipus" sons. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

AP ONE SHEET- Antigone 1. The title of the play is Antigone. 2. The author is Sophocles. The book was written and performed in the late 440s BC 3. The country of the author is Colonus, which is a part of Athens. 4. Major Characters Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, late king o...

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