... where as Polynices was attacking it. Creon reeks of sexism during his first speeches. Right away a reader can for tell what will happen, from the opposite personalities of Antigone and Creon. "Therefore, I have to hold law, and will never betray it-least of all for a woman. Better be beaten, if need be, by ... and bury their brother, because it is what the gods want. Ismene is older fashioned, and blends in more to the time period that Antigone takes place. Ismene truly does not want to see her brother pecked at by birds, or dragged by wolves, but she cannot bring herself ... not list...

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... and sentence both of them to death and remove them from the palace. Haimon, Creon's son, seek to change his father's mind base on reason. Because Antigone was going to be Haimon's wife. But his father tells Haimon that he is too young to make these decisions. Haimon tell his father that it does ... not matter if he is young, what matter is that he is right. Haimon also reports to his father that the citizen of Thebes believes what Antigone is doing is right, but they are afraid to speak their minds. Then Creon accused his son of selling out to a woman. As Creon sees that ... Haimon's ey...

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... refusing to turn her back onto her family whether that acts they have been committed were good or bad. This to me speaks powerfully about Antigone's personality and character. She chooses to disobey the rulers order, even though she understands the stated consequences of deaths as she earlier in the ... relative in ancient Greece). Haemon her fiancé, who is also Creon's son, leads to one of the main reasons of Creon's strong connection to Antigone. What initially puzzled me about this is that Creon didn't seem to have any humble understanding of the situation. I seem to believe that he ...

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... The main theme concerns human happiness and its price. In her search for ideal and spiritual truth in burying Polynices and defying the law, Antigone rejects the world's formula for obedience and happiness. She refuses conventional happiness, as it is too human, a word unworthy of her heroic sacrifice ... happiness, and their lives are defined by their routine duties as policemen and their small time pleasures, like playing cards. Images and Details: Antigone realizes that she is disobeying a higher power, Creon, and does not care. She places her moral values and religion before everythi...

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... to modern day beliefs. I am sure the Greeks would have considered us to be heathens and put us to death for our ways and beliefs. I think Antigone thought her act was courageous and valid. I myself would not have risked my life to ensure a proper burial for anyone, whether it was in modern times or ... please the Gods. I feel that she deserved her punishment because of the fact that she knew what fate was to come of her actions. Just because Antigone thought she was doing the right thing does not mean it was right. Many criminals believe they are doing the right thing at the time of thei...

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... She was no longer welcome in her own home or in Thebes. Creon showed a great lack of compassion toward Medea, and the same cold heart to Antigone. Antigone had two brothers that had fought on opposite sides during a war to control Thebes. Both of her brothers had died on the battlefield. When Creon came into ... banish her and her children and spoke of wishing only happiness upon Jason and his new love. Creon knew she was lying and banished her anyway. Antigone on the other hand never denied burying Polyneices. She knew in her heart that burying her brother was the morally correct thing ...

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... Polyneices because he was seen as a traitor. He was to be left in the spot where he died for the dogs and vultures to eat his corpse. Antigone is troubled by this ruling because she has pride for her brother, and doesn't want him or his spirit to be shamed. She also does not want ... she is not discovered while committing the act. Once the news of Polyneices" burial gets to Creon he orders the capture and execution of the culprit. Antigone is captured and sent to locked away in a tomb where she could either die or find a way to escape. Then Haimon, the son of Creon and ... his course is...

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... make them heroes. Oedipus was the king of Thebes, whose world was turned upside down with the revelation of a few certain events. His daughter, Antigone, also went through a string of events that led to her untimely demise as well. Oedipus was a confident king who was revered for solving the ... already was. Her brother Polyneices was killed by her other brother, Eteokles. Creon, the king, gave Eteokles a proper burial, but refused to bury Polyneices. Antigone felt that her brother, Polyneices, deserved a proper burial, no matter what the cost. She proceeded to bury her brother, and whe...

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... considers him a traitor. This means that Polyneisces will go to hell. The God's laws say that if you don't receive a burial, then you go to hell. Antigone, a daughter of Oedipus, cannot live to see her brother die without a proper burial. She goes against the laws of man to follow the God's laws, and ... the thrown to Polyneisces. These are the reasons why King Creon had potential for greatness. The flaw that Creon made by not burying Polyneisces and punishing Antigone makes him the tragic hero. He had just made his new law and was going to follow it. The pride that Creon had influenced h...

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... was not about to break them, not out of fear of some man's wounded pride, and face retribution of the gods. Die I must" (Antigone, page 82, lines 509-512).For Antigone her choice to bury her brother was with purposeful intentions as she was aware of the consequences in which results in her death .Her justification for her ... to her for going against the laws of a man. "Do as you like, dishonor the laws the gods hold in honor" (Antigone page 63, lines 91&92;).as Creon is notified of Antigone actions he immediately commands for her to be locked away to die. Yet he doesn't notice that his c...

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... death, she believes it will bring honor to her and her families name. This is why she intentionally got caught. Antigone's family name has not been the best name to have in Thebes during the past three generations. Her grandfather was having a run of bad luck when his son, Oedipus, killed ... and did not stop sleeping with Oedipus. Horrible things happened in Thebes, famine the death of the Queen, Oedipus stepped down from the throne and the death of two brothers. Antigone intentionally does her act during a time when she knows she will be caught. Going out in mid-day to dig a grave wi...

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... out of fear of punishment. Thus, a woman disobeying the King's decree is even more shocking. Creon is as equally determined to enforce his law, as Antigone is to defy it. He refuses to surrender himself to the strength of a woman. Creon declares, "While I"m alive, no woman is going to lord ... them. She believed her actions were morally and ethically just. It is more important to obey the laws of divinity than the laws of the land. Antigone says to Creon, "I did not think your edict had such force that you, a mere mortal, could override the gods, the great unwritten, unshakable ... is i...

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... unafraid to embrace her destiny. One can see from merely looking at the prologue the foundations being laid for a virtuous character. When analyzing Antigone's opening remarks in conversing with Ismene, her sister, the reader notices that this superwoman is not just going to sit around and let ... the determined mindset of her sister, serving as a foil that highlights the good, and hero-like qualities inherent in the latter. For, against Ismene's protests Antigone chooses to walk, willingly, into the hands of danger, " what I shall suffer will be far less dire than dying an ignoble deat...

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... Bennett and Moira Kerr, is a story about a young man named "Oedipus", son of the Corinth, who attempts to escape his fate of killing his father. In "Antigone", by E.F. Watling, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, wants to give her traitorous brother, Polynices, a proper burial. But, her uncle "King Creon" is against helping the traitor and decides to ... punish Antigone with a death sentence. Through their actions, Oedipus and Creon experience peripeteia by avoiding their fate, becoming king, and making the wrong choices, which made them suffer tremendously. It is evident ... ? Blood up...

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... the citizens of Thebes and not wanting any type of power but, when Oedipus life disintegrates, Creon takes to the throne immediately. In Antigone, Creon resides comfortablely in the place of power. Creon holds the same unquestioned supremacy that Oedipus once held, Oedipus now holds nothing but ... , once Creon achieves the stability and power that he sought and Oedipus possessed, he begins to echo Oedipus's mistakes. In Oedipus and Antigone, Sopholcles portrays Oedipus and Creon as once good kings who have lost their ability to reason since they both have been corrupted by power ... ; ...

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... from the citizens of Thebes and not wanting any type of power but, when Oedipus life disintegrates, Creon takes to the throne immediately. In Antigone, Creon resides comfortablely in the place of power. Creon holds the same unquestioned supremacy that Oedipus once held, Oedipus now holds nothing but his ... course, once Creon achieves the stability and power that he sought and Oedipus possessed, he begins to echo Oedipus's mistakes. In Oedipus and Antigone, Sopholcles portrays Oedipus and Creon as once good kings who have lost their ability to reason since they both have been corrupted...

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... share one third of Thebe's riches with Oedipus and Iocaste, and he is a devout follower of the oracle of Apollo and a loyal friend to Oedipus. In Antigone, Creon is a most significant character, the Ruler of Thebes, who prevails when the two sons of Oedipus die. He appears to be comfortable to be powerful and ... cause him to be a fraudulent character and Sophocles teaches us to watch for people who could be more (or less) than they appear to be. Creon, in Antigone, opens as an apparent patriot because he sounds like a democratic speaker. He describes his concern for the safety of the sta...

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... destruction. Creon's unyielding pride, stubbornness, and power blinds his perception of wisdom, and causes him to indulge in poor judgement. Antigone is a mythological Greek play that begins with Antigone, a strong-willed woman determined to bury her brother, Polynices, with the acceptance that punishment will follow because King Creon's forbids ... an early doom of living in a tomb. Haemon, Creon's son, tries to persuade him to open his eyes, and see that the Thebans are on Antigone's side, but Creon's pride overcomes him and begins to insults his son. In outrage Haemon leaves, and a se...

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... the gods have for him. Throughout the book Thesues rarely acts without consulting the gods for guidance. Another example of strong beliefs in literature is the story of "Antigone" from the book Adventures in World Literature. In this story Antigone's brother Polyneices is killed by the king and since he is the kings enemy he is denied burial and left to rot ... , "I deny nothing" (Applegate 149). In the end the king's son kills himself because he hates his father because Antigone, who was to be his wife, is dead along with Ismene. Antigone faced death to do what she felt was right. This ...

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... Hector's family have his body. This suggests that Achilles lost his reasoning in the moment and was too rash in his decision-making. In the play, Antigone, Creon strikes back against Antigone after she breaks a law. Antigone followed natural law and buried her brother, Polynices" body. Creon had decreed it forbidden for anyone to bury Polynices" body; the punishment for this would be ... death. When Creon found out that it was Antigone who buried the body he sentenced her to death, as he had previously decreed. From Creon's actions we can tell that he believes in human law above all oth...

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... the King of Oedipus from the famous tragedy plays "Oedipus Rex,"" retold by John Bennett and Moira Kerr, and the King of Creon from the plays "Antigone ", are examples of how heroes can suffer from different degrees of remorse due to the consequences they have received. It is obvious that Oedipus exhibits a ... the tragic catastrophe at the end. As a new king, Creon cannot tolerate others to break his law. Therefore, he killed Antigone after he finds out that she insists to bury the body of her brother, Polynices, which was inimical to his order. Unfortunately, the death of ... Antigon...

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... . They placed a course on him that will haunt him and his entire bloodline throughout the plays. In the play "Antigone," Creon forbid the burial of Antigone's brother Polyneices because he turned against Thebes. After he(Polyneices) died, he was left were he fell. Antigone tried burying him twice, both times proved to be unsuccessful. After she was caught and imprisoned, the bodied was ... brother who cast him from his city. He too tries to get Oedipus to side with him so that he will be victorious as the Oracle said. In the play "Antigone", Antigone is portrayed to be a good, strong-wil...

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... King, shows the former king in old age, ragged and blind, cast into exile by his sons, but still accompanied by his faithful daughter Antigone. Creon becomes the successor of Oedipus's throne in Thebes and his sons, Eteocles and Polynices, are skirmishing for the overthrow of Creon and the ... ninety. Although at an old age, Sophocles creates some of his finest lyrics in Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus has been wandering like a beggar with his daughter, Antigone, and has reached Colonus, a suburb of Athens. They reach a grove, which is a shrine of Eumenides, that admission is forbidden. A man...

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"Oedipus Rex Essay Number 1- The stories Antigone and Oedipus Rex were written by a Greek philosopher named Sophocles. In both stories there were two very important prophecies. Those prophecies played a vital role in the story. ... of murder. Then Tiresias gave him the prophecy. The prophecy was that now Oedipus could see but in the near future he would become blind. In the book Antigone, the prophecy given to Creon was very interesting. Tiresias told Creon that the gods were angry at him and that his own flesh meaning his family would die in ... Oedipus had now come true. Oedipus had become b...

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... has risked or sacrificed his or her life, then the heroes of Greek Mythology do not qualify. The Greeks define a tragic hero differently. Oedipus, Antigone, and Hecuba all fit this description of a tragic hero. Their qualities were exhibited throughout the whole of their respective stories. There are certain distinguishing ... characteristics that many Greek heroes have in common. Others are simply exceptions, and have their own unique qualities. Antigone is the biggest exception. Usually it is found that most Greek heroes do not die at the end. Most often they live with the ... burden ...

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