... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... as Oedipus and Medea portrayed many views of the Greek society and those of the playwrites themselves. One can see through the works of Greek plays such as, "Oedipus" or "Antigone", "Medea", and other historical accounts that the Greeks believed that there is no happiness where there is no wisdom. In the work of Sophocles" "Oedipus" and ... "Antigone" wisdom is one of the key elements in the shaping the characters and story line. Oedipus, who is the main character in "Oedipus", is used to show the audience how ... ...

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... White has much resemblance to the fore mentioned Oedipus as Snow White is destined to be killed but escapes death by being pitied by their executioners. As is illustrated in Antigone and many other fables, history is cyclic often with the next generation facing the same adversaries. Fairy tales are more ideological constructive, often with underlying themes "In myth there is ... ...

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... consequences of her action, and goes safely to Athens. Medea's success contrasts her completely from other Greek heroes. Ajax triumphs but he is dead; Oedipus wins, but he is blind; Antigone achieves victory after she hanged herself. Medea is quite sure, however, that the gods are on her side. From her first appearance has no doubt that the gods support her ... ...

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... 2,000 years. Sophocles Sophocles, the third of the great tragic poets of Ancient Greece, wrote more than 100 plays, all in verse. Only six complete ones have been preserved: Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus the King, Philoctetes and Trachiniae. Thucydides Thucydides was an Athenian general and historian. He is known for his History of the Pelloponesian War, the struggle between Athens and ... ...

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