... tragedy. During their recitation, the stage goes dark, a spotlight illuminates the faces of the Chorus, and the characters disappear through the left arch. Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene's father, also had two sons, Eteocles and Polynices. Upon his death, it was agreed that they would each take the throne ... a maid would have taken the edict seriously. Antigone replies that she has never doubted Creon would put her to death. Creon curses the pride of Oedipus. Like him, her death seem the "natural climax" to her life. For them, human happiness is meaningless and human misery unable to sat...

• Word Count: 4678
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

... Athens would accept a woman who is guilt of killing her own children. There are also allusions to the Oedipal myth. Just as Thebes was struck by plague on account of Oedipus' unintentional murder of his father, Athens shall not be spared by gods for having sheltered one who deliberately got involved in matricide. The Greek myths instruct us that Medea settled ... ...

• Word Count: 3814
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School