... the same gods that she just doubted. And in the end, all prophecies are painfully true. This reveals Sophlocles' belief in prophecies and fate. Oedipus really had no choice but to accept his doom. He tries futilely throughout the play to escape his fate, only to learn that the gods have ... attempting to obviate the prophecy, but the wishes of the Gods prevailed in the end. Oedipus exhibits his free will at other points in the story, and similarly, these actions don't deter fate. Early in the story, Oedipus, out of compassion for his suffering people, orders Creon to go to Delphi and lea...

• Word Count: 934
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... also going to compare and contrast their characters. In regards to the heroic code, they both fulfill the requirements that would make them heroes. Oedipus was the king of Thebes, whose world was turned upside down with the revelation of a few certain events. His daughter, Antigone, also ... of the killer. The blind prophet, Tiresias, was led to Oedipus, and he began to tell Oedipus the reality of the situation. The problem was, Tiresias spoke in riddles, making the story very difficult for Oedipus to understand. Oedipus finally gave up trying to understand the riddles, and went about ....

• Word Count: 1238
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... . This masterpiece was written when Sophocles was nearly ninety. Although at an old age, Sophocles creates some of his finest lyrics in Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus has been wandering like a beggar with his daughter, Antigone, and has reached Colonus, a suburb of Athens. They reach a grove ... that the burial place of Oedipus will bring continued good fortune to the city which owns it. Oedipus pleads to Theseus, king of Athens, for refuge. In return, Oedipus discloses his tragic story to the sympathetic king. Theseus pledges his protection to Oedipus and also promises him ... a proper bur...

• Word Count: 679
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... another shepherd. The prophecy of Oedipus is to murder his father, husband his mother, and have children with his mother. After being revealed this prophecy, Jacasta, mother of Oedipus, sends a shepherd to bring the baby to the mountains and to kill it. The basis of the story is revolved around this prophecy ... and started when the second shepherd gave young Oedipus to Polybus, king of Corinth, and Merope, queen of Corinth. Oedipus fails to understand all the evidence about his prophecy that is brought to him, ... , a messenger from Corinth came bearing good news. The messenger first ex...

• Word Count: 805
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... has no proof, or anybody to back him up on his word. When Oedipus speaks to Tiresias about how Laius was killed, Tiresias then tells Oedipus of how he is danger. Oedipus then becomes irrational. He starts asking obscene questions. Oedipus asks tiresias, "Was it Creon, or you, who has invented this story?" Tiresias says, "It is not Creon who harms you-you harm yourself ... ."(pg.26) Oedipus took the advice from Tiresias with a grain of salt, and continued with ... his ignorant belief about Creon. Ignorance flows deep within Oedipus. His irrational thoughts are not only ignorant ... ...

• Word Count: 601
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... out laios is killed, threatening the killer to a severe punishment. He doesn't know, however, that is was actually him that killed him until later. Oedipus' unyielding desire to uncover the truth about Laius' murder and the mystery surrounding his own birth, led him to the tragic realization of his horrific deeds. ... . For it is in his own vain that he must solve the final riddle of his own life. At the end of this tragic story, when Oedipus gouges out his eyes, it shows his willingness to accept his responsibility. He fulfills his punishment to the killer of Laios as promised earlier,...

• Word Count: 588
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Antigone is the sequel to Oedipus and is the story of what happened in Thebes after Oedipus exiled himself. Creon, who is Iocaste's brother, is now the king after the deaths of Oedipus's two sons. He has a burial for one brother, but denies a burial for the other. Antigone wanted to bury him to justify his death to ... the dead, even if they were your enemy, so for Creon to defy the burial of Polynices, he was defying the gods, in a similar manner to Oedipus. The deaths of Eteocles and Polynices were the result of a recent war, and The Chorus is there to represent the people who were effected...

• Word Count: 374
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The play "Antigone" is a tragedy of Greek Mythology. This story is about a young girl named Antigone and her struggles with a king named Creon, who is the newly titled King of Thebes. Antigone is a daughter of the former king Oedipus. Oedipus was not raised by his original parents, so when he is a man he unknowingly ... killed his father and married his mother. They had four children together; Antigone, Isemene, Polyneices, and Eteocles. When Oedipus becomes aware of his deeds he put out his own eyes, and laid himself down to die. "Antigone" is the recollection of his two daughters, Antigone ...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Antigone The tale of Antigone, Oedipus and his two sons have already died. Polyneices and Eteocles, left to battle for the throne of Thebes. In their combat for the ... With his power, Creon announces that Polyneices must be left to decay on the scene of battle; he is the humiliation to any Greek. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, is left hurt and torn between government of family, and in the end, chooses family over government. Aside from Creon's judgment with extreme danger to herself, ... Antigone puts herself in great danger to bury the body of Polyneices. Antigone is in fact, a tragic hero...

• Word Count: 687
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Characters and Plot: "Antigone" by Jean Anouilh is an adaptation of the original "Antigone" written by Sophocles. It is the story of young Antigone, daughter of the late King Oedipus, who is devoted to her brother Polynices. In a power struggle to see who should inherit the throne of Thebes Polynices was killed by her other brother Eteocles. This brotherly struggle ... material comfort. Determinism, or fate, crushes people in tragic circumstances over which they have no control. Antigone is fated to follow in the footsteps of her doomed father. Her father, Oedipus, the King of Thebes, could ...

• Word Count: 762
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... tragic plays that all partake in the same consecutive events that are separated in three different parts. The last of the Oedipus Plays is Antigone. The story is set in Thebes during the ancient Greece. Antigone is the daughter or King Oedipus. Antigone and her sister Ismene, are the last two left carrying the burden of the family curse that has been passed ... of Thebes) ordered the citizens not to dare any attempts. Creon has strongly emphasized that death will bestow anyone who dares not to abide to his ruling. Currently in the story, the guards have brought Antigone in to the ruler ...

• Word Count: 957
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... the story of the battle between Antigone and Creon and their different views on laws placed by man and those placed by gods. Antigone is the classic tragic hero in the Greek tragedy. She has good intentions throughout the entire play; her one downfall is her tragic flaw of pride and being driven by emotions. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the ... address Creon about her feelings instead of immediately disobeying his law, the law of man. Antigone belongs in her high and royal position as the princess of Thebes. She is Oedipus" daughter, which makes her next in line to the throne if...

• Word Count: 597
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The video of Antigone is as sad as the story of her father, Oedipus the former king of Thebes. It started off with her brother, Polyneices trying to invade the city-state of Thebes with his Argive army. Long ago Polyneices left Thebes to be with his father, Oedipus who was thrown out of Thebes because of an edict. But now he his back ... ...

• Word Count: 923
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... up/ and bursts drumming death upon the windwhipped sand"(II.2-6). Also at the end of scene two the chorus tells of the sorrow upon all of Oedipus" children. From generation to generation his children have tasted the wrath of God, and the deaths are very harsh. There is nothing on earth that ... escape the path love has chosen. The transition the chorus gives between each scene is much need information for a person to understand the story of Antigone. Throughout the entire story there is one person in the chorus who is almost an assistant to the king and comments on the king's every act...

• Word Count: 908
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... , a group of common people who follow the actions of the play Antigone, waver in their support of either Antigone or Creon, depending on their actions during a particular part of the story-line. Early in the play it is evident that they are extremely pro-Creon, but a short time later they seem to sway into the direction of Antigone and support her ... are utilized by Sophocles as a suspenseful introduction to Creon's orders concerning the body of Polynices. The chorus's next appearance blatantly shows their biased attitudes against Antigone and her exiled father Oedipus. At this point th...

• Word Count: 809
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... today's times women who manage the household were called homemakers. Also in the Sophocles tragedy women were to keep quiet and to obey there kings, or husbands orders. In the story of Antigone, Antigone disobeyed Creons orders not to bury her brother, Polynices. Her sister tells her," We are Women, it is not for us to fight against men, our rulers ... put to death. It wasn't in a woman's role to do anything about what went on throughout her kingdom, besides the servants that she supervised in her home. In the story of King Oedipus of the Sophocles Tragedy, his wife Jocasta keeps a haun...

• Word Count: 511
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... , Sophocles, wrote many exceptional plays. One of these is Antigone. The play is named after Oedipus's daughter, although it is primarily about her Uncle Creon. Creon is the focal point and it is his misjudgment and pride that causes his downfall. Yet, the title of this story is still Antigone. This is because it is her actions that lead to Creon's fall ... ...

• Word Count: 334
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... decided that Eteocles will be honored and Polyneices will not be buried. Antigone and Ismene are the sisters of the dead brothers, and they are now the last children of Oedipus. Antigone brings Ismene outside the city gates late at night for a secret meeting. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices' body, and Ismene refuses to help her. She fears the death penalty ... Chorus delivers an ode to Dionysis. A messenger tells them that Haemon has committed suicide. Eurydice, Creon's wife and Haemon's mother, asks the Messenger if he will tell her the whole story. He says Haemon and Antigone have b...

• Word Count: 571
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... , courageous and determined. Antigone follows the laws of gods before those of men and she has a strong sense of her past due to her knowledge the tragedy of her father, Oedipus. Antigone knows her family has been cursed from the beginning, or so it seems, therefore she is not afraid of death. Ismene would like to bury Polynices, but she does ... ironic that Antigone's strengths also lead to her flaws. Antigone's death was by her own hand; she hanged herself in the cave. Antigone is truly the Tragic Hero of this story. She had completely fulfilled all aspects of the tragic hero. Creon ma...

• Word Count: 617
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School