... impulsively. She sort of sees what Creon intends with his edict, and that he must set an example. Antigone rejoins that she, the nasty, willful brat, does not understand. The family has always told her to understand, to not play with water or earth, to not eat from every dish at once, to not run in the wind, or give empty ... age, whether he has children and if he loves them, and how long he has served in the Guard. The Guard rambles about his pay, the extra rations for his family, promotions, and quibbles between sergeants and guardsmen. "I see," Antigone replies, barely audible. She a...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the eventual consequences of his actions and the implications which they possess. What becomes of his fateful journey out of Corinth leads to the downfall of an entire city and family line. If he had not murdered King Laius, the Sphinx would have never descended upon Thebes, he would have never fulfilled the prophecy, and all would have lived on in ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... and kill his father. Believing this oracle, he ran, and ran straight into a traveller whom provoked Oedipus to murder him. Afterwards, Oedipus married the recently-murdered king's widow, and starts a family. After a soothsayer, a shepherd and a messenger, Oedipus finally understands that everything the oracle (and Tiresias) said actually came true. The traveller he murdered was his own father, the king's widow was ... ...

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