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". ... Whereas Oedipus defies Tiresias, the prophet who has helped him so many times, and whereas he seems almost to have forgotten his encounter with Laius at the three-way crossroads, Antigone begins her play by talking about the many grief's that her father handed down to his children. ...

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In Oedipus at Colonus, Oedipus is the protagonist. ... Plot: Oedipus at Colonus begins with Oedipus arriving with Antigone in Thebes. ... Polinices is also in conflict with Oedipus, trying also to return Oedipus to Thebes. ... By rejecting his two sons (particularly Polynices who is present), Oedipus" peace will be ensured in Athens. ... The final denouement of Oedipus at Colonus is Oedipus" death in solitude. ...

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Oedipus Rex, what a sad poor man. ... In Antigone, we again follow the bloodline of Oedipus, through his daughters and sons. ... Again we see our old friend Tiresias, although I feel the role he has in this play isn't quite as influential to the story line as he was in Oedipus King. The one scene in this story that I feels shows that supporting and minor characters are just as important as the main few, is the scene where Creon is talking to the Sentry who just was guarding his fallen brothers body. ... They seem to make you care about even the simplest of characters, the ones who never ...

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In Oedipus the King, Creon is a lesser character who plays the brother of Jocosta and is the brother-in-law to Oedipus. ... In Antigone, Creon is a most significant character, the Ruler of Thebes, who prevails when the two sons of Oedipus die. ... When we first see Creon during Oedipus the King, Oedipus is suggesting the arrival of Teiresias, a prophet, to discover who has murdered Laios. ... His words are nothing that the people cannot hear, unless he already knows that Oedipus is exactly who Apollo wishes to expel from Thebes because he is the murderer. ... This, Creon knows, is what his ...

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When Oedipus had figured out who he was and what he had done he moved away and cut out his eyes. ... Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and he cut out his eyes. Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. ... This tells just how bad fate had treated the family of Oedipus. ...

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For those people who don't believe that fate is real they should read Antigone, it is a perfect example of fate. ... Who is the man here, she or I, if this crime goes unpunished"(503). ... As Oedipus showed us, you cannot escape fate no matter how you try. ... Oedipus tried to change his destiny, but he couldn't. ... Both Oedipus and Creon demonstrated this. ...

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Tiresias is a blind prophet from Thebes, who is loyal to his city and wants good fortune for it. ... Tiresias was the one who told Oedipus of his prophet only because Oedipus insisted. ... He helped Oedipus when Tiresias gave Oedipus his prophet by standing by Oedipus during the pain he was going through. ... Now who looks like the fool? ... Antigone won the battle over Creon on who had the power. ...

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Laura, she is the crippled and very shy daughter of Amanda who keeps her hard pressed to finding a husband. ... Jim OConnor is a friend of Tom from the factory who Tom invites to dinner and Amanda treats as Laura's first gentleman caller. ... 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. ... The children are always the ones who pay the price of the adults' mistakes. ...

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Creon felt he had to make this law to enforce that anyone from Thebes who served against Thebes would be harshly punished for it. ... Eteocles and Polyneceis were sons of Oedipus, and Creon was Oedipus's brother in law. Creon promised to watch and take care of them when Oedipus died. ... Creon had big business to do with Haemon suicide because Creon was nothing but an unconcerned, insensitive, egotistic person, who made it difficult even for his own son to ration with him. ... "Lead me away, A rash weak foolish man, A man of sorrows, who killed you son so blindly, and you my wife-so blind...

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The response Creon gives his son who was trying to help proves how Creon is not open to other peoples help but only whom he deems would be able to help him. ... Almost too often people who are not open minded to others opinions and let one be deaf to other ideas because it is not what one wants to hear. ... This also takes the pressure off the Sentry and toward the person who broke his law. ... 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 e...

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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. ... And as she makes her way in the palace she blames Creon for the death of both of her sons, Haimon and Megareus, who was killed in the battle of Polyneices and Eteocles. ...

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When he was younger, and Oedipus ruled, he was an art patron. The death of Oedipus and his sons bound him to the weary duties of rule. ... Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene's father, also had two sons, Eteocles and Polynices. ... Furthermore, any who attempt to bury him will be put to death. ... The Second Guard compares her to a nut who exposed herself in the main square the other day. ...

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The first major theme of fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where they were when the play began. ... 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. ... Creon labels those who dare to act against him as traitors, and his justice is quick and cruel. ... Creon honors the laws of the land but he doesn't acknowledge the laws of the gods who swore him into that position. ...

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The last of the Oedipus Plays is Antigone. ... Antigone is the daughter or King Oedipus. ... Creon has strongly emphasized that death will bestow anyone who dares not to abide to his ruling. ... Haemon her fiancé, who is also Creon's son, leads to one of the main reasons of Creon's strong connection to Antigone. ... She stands up to her beliefs and acts upon her actions based off of what is morally correct, and for her burying her ˜mother's son' since it is someone who is a part of her family. ...

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Reading Report Six Sophocles Sophocles was born around 496 BC. He served as treasurer of the imperial league in 443 BC. Sophocles was also one of only ten generals chosen for the war against Samos. In 411 BC, he was selected to be on a special council to ...

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The play opens after Oedipus' two sons Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other in a civil war for the throne of Thebes. Oedipus' brother in law Creon then assumes the throne. ... She vows that Polyneices' body will be buried, and Creon declares that anyone who interferes with his body shall be punished. ... Creon has no toleration for people who place personal beliefs over the common good. ... He therefore declares that throughout his life he had been the sort of man who never conceded anything to anyone contrary to the just. ...

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The chorus, a group of common people who follow the actions of the play Antigone, waver in their support of either Antigone or Creon, depending on their actions during a particular part of the story-line. ... The chorus's next appearance blatantly shows their biased attitudes against Antigone and her exiled father Oedipus. ... Several shorter passages from the chorus following this also make the reader perceive Creon as an unrelenting, heartless tyrant, who feels no remorse for his actions. ... (Lines 945-946) The small choral passage following this, however, states ...

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Once the king's mind is changed about killing her Antigone had already taken her own life, and lying with her dead is her love who is also the king's son. ... Almost at the beginning and end of each scene there is either the chorus giving information on something such as a character's background or Choragos, who is the leader of the Chorus, assisting the King on something. ... Also at the end of scene two the chorus tells of the sorrow upon all of Oedipus" children. ... Throughout the entire story there is one person in the chorus who is almost an assistant to the king and comme...

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Antigone is a daughter of the late King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta. A curse was placed upon her father, who caused much anguish for the city of Thebes and his family. ... Krogstad, a man who is thought to be a criminal. ... Creon in Antigone and Torvald in A Doll's House act as the antagonist of each play; both are males who are arrogant and egotistical. ...

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Strong-willed people who are not willing to go with the flow get torn down first and people that submit to his laws are safe. ... 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). ...

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Antigone is the main character who breaks both ancient and contemporary stereotypes of weak and subordinate positions in society. ... Antigone is a powerful woman who cites her own experiences of suffering as a basis for her power. ... But the ones who last it out, the great mass of them owe their lives to discipline. Therefore we must defend the men who live by law, never let some woman triumph over us. ... Ismene is obedient and passive, and sees men as dominant to woman who can be treated as second-class. ...

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This establishment is headed by her uncle Creon, who has just recently been crowned the King of Thebes. ... He used Antigone to set an example for the entire city of Thebes, because Antigone was the first person to ever deliberately disobey Creon's orders (not to bury her late brother, who has been declared a traitor of the city). ... Haemon's defiance to his father lead Creon to proclaim him a woman's slave, a man who is unfortunately sided with a woman. ... If Antigone had been born the son of Oedipus, rather than his daughter, it would not be Creon's place to decide bec...

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Anitgone Essay In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon the new king of Thebes, is stubborn and arrogant just like his brother in law Oedipus. ... Creon states that anyone who buries Polynices will die. "...came back form exile intending to burn and destroy his fatherland and the gods of his fatherland, to drink the blood of his kin, to make them slaves- he is to have no burial, no mourning from anyone; it is forbidden. ... As the Sentry finds out who buried Polynices he brings her into the palace, and the perpetrator is Antigone...

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"I have nothing but contempt for the kind of Governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the state" (Scene I 19-21)."... His hubris is revealed when the sentry who has been assigned to guard Polyneices" dead body comes to him with the news that someone has covered the body with a layer of light dust. Creon arrogantly questions the sentry, "And the man who dared do this?" ... (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...

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Major Characters Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, late king of Thebes. ... In this drama Antigone is the protagonist who fights for her families honor. ... Creon is the antagonist who believes that the rebel, Polynices, should not be buried. ... Tiresias Tiresias is a blind messenger, who is guided by a young boy, sent from the Gods. ... Sentinel The Sentinel is the one who captures Antigone. ...

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