... to defy it. At Ismene's protest of not defying the king's orders, Antigone states that there are higher obligations to the dead and the gods. She points out (lines85-91): "I will bury him myself, and even if I die in the act, the death will be glory. I will Hall 3 lie down with the one I love. I have longer to please the dead than please the living here: in the kingdom down below I will lie ... forever. Do as you like, dishonor the laws the gods hold in honor." Antigone feels it is her duty to bury her brother ... . He insists on his own way and is angered easily by those who do not hee...

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... Thebes, is too great to relent to her request. This shows that Oedipus values the disclosure of the truth morose than the outcome he has just begun to consider. The third and fourth episodes expose the truth that is known to the reader throughout the play. A messenger comes from Corinth, the land of which Polybus is king. The courier brings news that Polybus has died and that Corinth has established Oedipus as ... proven wrong. Oedipus explains that he still can not return to the land of his youth because his presumed mother still lives. He still fears part of the prophecy proving to be...

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... " prophecy, Oedipus is not only rejecting his identity, but also denying the power of the gods over mankind and him. This confidence stems from his perception of himself from others as godlike. An example of this public perception is in the beginning of the story when the priest proclaims, "We thought of you as of a God (line 31), and "this land of ours calls you its savior since you saved it once (lines ... therefore does not exalt him as such. He does not see Oedipus as the all-powerful king that the people of the city see him as, but rather recognizes his fallibility through his proph...

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... do. Antigone's pride is her characteristic downfall. At the beginning of the play, she talks with her sister, Ismene, about giving their dead brother a suitable burial. Antigone asks for Ismene's help and explains to her the consequences of breaking the law for burying their brother. At this point however, Antigone doesn't fully realize the reality of the situation. Her pride is overtaking her and telling her ... you feel like a leader. This feeling of leadership is a very obvious feature in the character of Creon. After his brother's death, Creon gains control over the land. For the mo...

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... . I myself would not have risked my life to ensure a proper burial for anyone, whether it was in modern times or back then. To go against authority and break the laws given by the monarch was a plain senseless act. When someone is dead we now know there is nothing else anyone or anything can do for them at that point. It is too bad ... the Greeks did not believe that. As I stated before, afterlife to the Greeks was more important than living life itself. The Greeks seemed to spend most if not all of their lives preparing in some way for ... their kings because they are the almighty lawg...

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... not the laws of god are truly upheld. Human law is the type of law that is set up to govern the land and the community. As it is stated on the internet site, Encyclopedia.com, human law can be characterized as rules of conduct of organized society, enforced by threat of punishment (Encyclopedia.com law). Human law is usually set up by the head of a community or by the governors of the land. This type of law ... is normally enforced by people known as officers or guards. They make sure that the law of the land is followed accordingly. There are people in communities that do ... undo wha...

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... take a lot of courage. However this picture of the fifth century Athenian woman that the plays show, do not concur with what is known about the women that lived in the time that these plays were written. In the Athenian polis, women had their specific place, which was often in the home and were denied many aspects of public life. They were not allowed to own land and were married ... off very young to total strangers. From childhood the divide between the two sexes can be seen. Young boys would attend private schools while girls women were forced to stay home with the mother. However th...

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... later on he found out about all of this. Fate is also what led Creon to be the new king of Thebes and what led his nephews to be on opposite sides of the war. The fate of the two brothers winds up ultimately killing both of them on opposite sides during the war. Antigone's ultimate fate was to die trying to honor her dead brother and show loyalty what is ... most important to her, her family. In the first paragraph of the play it reads, "My darling sister Ismene, we have had ... at her side, to better understand why she did what she did, but instead he acted stubborn and therefore was ...

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... wife Eurydice to their final resting places. As Creon sentences Antigone to death, he has no sympathy for this poor girl. "This young girl-/dead or alive, she will be stripped of her rights, / her stranger's rights, here in the world above." (975-977) He is determined to condemn her because he feels she has defied his word. Creon's stubbornness and thoughtlessness cause ... greeted with a spiteful and unappreciative man who does not see the true purpose of Nora's deed. Similarly, Creon, instead of seeing that his niece Antigone placed family and the Gods before the law of the land, sole...

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... bride, back with Jason to meet the princess. Within moments the results are relayed by a messenger, "Medea, you who have done such a dreadful thing, so outrageous, run for your life, take what you can, a ship to bear you hence or chariot on land" (Euripides 665). The messenger then bears the news that the princess, as well as her father, is dead. Medea's plan is almost complete; Medea ... 's children are the last victims. "O your heart must have been made of rock or steel, you who can kill with your own hand the fruit of your own womb" (Euripides 669). Medea's plan was successful ... . I...

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