... whole future. The play, Oedipus the King, illustrates that despite all consequences, the truth should be known. In the beginning of the play, Oedipus's brother-in-law Creon was sent to visit the Gods. There was a terrible pestilence in the city after the previous king's death, and Creon was supposed to find out how the city could rid itself of it. When Creon returned, he bore the message, "The man is dead; and now ... told. Along with the advice from the Gods, Oedipus himself gave a second piece of evidence that proves the truth should've been known throughout the play. Trying to follow ...

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... a swirling windstorm came, whipping clouds of dust up from the ground, filling the plain "some heaven-sent trouble"" (Line 470). When the idea is first posed by the Chorus that it might be the gods will to bury Polyneices, Creon defends his position by claiming that no god would bury a man that intended to burn their temples and pillage the land. Sophocles carefully presents Creon as ... a Character who is willing to enforce and maintain his own authority through violence and fear. The constant threats to the sentry and the chorus illustrate that he is a man more than willing to go to an...

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... now looks at him differently than how they first looked at him. The stubbornness and cruelty he gives to the land of Thebes makes him be feared and he feels as if he has the right word of everything. The sentencing of Antigone brings the first appearance of Creons tragic flaw. Antigone wants to bury his dead brother Polynices, but Creon opposes. Polynices wasnt allowed to receive a proper funeral like his ... brother Eteocles did because in the war only his brother fought for Creon. Antigone ... ...

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... no longer wants to inflict this plague on his people and shows that he wants to do what is best for his people when he tells Creon: "Drive me out of the land at once, far from sight, where I can never hear a human voice" (245). Oedipus is also very demanding; he insists Tiresias tell him ... the prophecy against Tiresias" wishes. When Tiresias tells him that he is the murderer he instantly accuses Tiresias of being involved in the crime (179). He later shows this same attribute when he screams at the shepherd to tell him who his parents were. Oedipus shouted at the shepherd, "You"re a d...

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... , Antigone, composed by Sophocles, illustrates the fight of a courageous young girl struggling to justify the burial of her brother. Although Creon, the powerful King of Thebes has established a law prohibiting the burial of Polynices, his sister, Antigone ignores his decree and honors her dead brother by giving him a proper burial. Creon considers Antigone's actions criminal, offensive, and disrespectful. For committing this crime, Creon sentences Antigone to die. Antigone's fight ... life to please them. She believed her actions were morally and ethically just. It is more important to ...

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... my fate graciously. For I will forever be in the favour of the dead. My deed done out of loyalty to divine law brings me pride, for I must please the dead far longer than I must please the living. I could never think that a decree of Creon's could override the laws of the Heaven. He thinks himself equal to the gods, but never has the rule of man touched the land of the dead. Creon believes that I should feel shame to not conform ... with others, but I commit an act by the hand of the people, for it was not only I that believed in protecting the honour of the dead and yet ... ...

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... his child, Heamon, kills him self. When he queen hers word of what has happened she runs off and also kills her self. So now Creon is left, with is dead son and wife to spend the rest of is hapless life blaming himself for the misery he has brought to upon him. The untimely dead of his two loved ones could have been prevented if he would ... have only not been so stubborn about his edict and allow the men to have a proper burial. So his down fall was all totally his fault. Oedipus is number two on my list. This was a hard chose to make because Oedipus's downfall is the most complex of t...

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... Antigone results from a major struggle between two sides. Creon is extremely stubborn and insists that the law of the state must be obeyed even when it conflicts with the higher moral law of the gods. Immorally, Creon orders that the dead Polynices is to remain unburied for his ungratefulness toward his city. Willing to risk her life in his honor, Antigone secretly buries her brother. A sentry ... bend to his will. Not only was this the cause of her death, but also the deaths of Creon's wife and son. Presently, disputes of various issues continue to appear that relate to this play. An e...

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... it Provide Justification for Crimes against the State? The importance of divine law versus the adherence to the laws of the state is a major theme explored throughout the play, Antigone. Creon (the king of Thebes) denounces Polyneices (Antigone's dead brother) as a traitor, for he battled against his own city in a war. He has left the dead body of Polyneices unburied and out in the open as carrion. The king then says that anyone who ... his/her decision. I believe Antigone's act was morally correct. First of all, she is only doing something that she truly believes in - that is, guarantee...

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... mention his plan to Medea before leaving her. Jason's act of betraying Medea hurt her greatly. After hearing what her husband had done, Medea cried out wishing to die. Medea cried "Oh, oh! What misery, what wretchedness! What shall I do? If only I were dead" (Euripides 20)! She also exclaimed "Come, flame in the sky, pierce through my head! What do I gain from living ... any longer" (Euripides 21)? These outbursts display the agony Medea experienced. Medea deserved sympathy. Medea loved Jason, and sacrificed everything for him. She gave up her ... for Jason and in return he left her ab...

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... with sepulture or lament, but leave him unburied, a corpse for birds and dogs to eat, a ghastly sight of shame," says Creon in his opening lines in Antigone. This line tells what Creon's main concern is as he takes over the throne to rule Thebes. The land and the people are very shaken up and distressed over losing their previous king, Oedipus, due to his incestuous ... arrogance, commands complete and total authority and takes no other opinion, not even the opinions of the gods, into consideration. Creon in no way represents the leader of a democracy; quite the opposite, actually, he c...

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... have the authority to change the laws" of the Gods that have been practiced before time. The Greeks religious believes and rituals are practiced unconditionally, regardless if the dead is a foe or friend. Creon does not have the power to change divine law, and place himself at a higher pedestal because he has the authority of the state. Creon shows great disrespect for the sanctuary of the Gods, and the laws that were put on the land of Thebes ... before Creon's time. Haemon boldly states, "Thou show'st no reverence, trampling on the laws the Gods hold sacred" ( ). He ... ...

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... , and thought his laws to be supreme over the land and the Gods. "How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong." (Sentry, Scene 5, Line 127) Creon's judgements were often wrong. Antigone, Creon's niece, went against his decree of forbidding burial of Ployneices and did so anyway. (Polyneices was Antigone ... wise." (Choragos, Scene 5, Lines 139-142) Just as Creon made bad judgements, Julius Caesar did as well. Julius Caesar was one of the central characters in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Caesar's faux pas in his judgement could have easily been avoided had he just listened to rea...

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