Many who believe in fate believe in a higher being, usually a God of some form, that has ultimate control over our lives. ... Then, Creon receives another prophecy when Tiresias proclaims that the one who killed Laius is both father and brother to his own children. ... Jocasta is representative of those who believe we control our own lives through free will. ... - --Oedipus Rex, Lines 1068-1078 Later, Oedipus and Jocasta have a disagreement over the power and truth of prophecies. ... - --Oedipus Rex, Line 606 This is a prime example of how Oedipus' use of free will only contin...

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Oedipus accepts responsibility as a tragic hero, as does Antigone. ... Oedipus" basic flaw is his lack of knowledge of his own identity. ... Take for example a part of the last conversation between Jocasta and Oedipus. ... Oedipus replies, I cannot yield my right to know the truth". ... Whereas Oedipus defies Tiresias, the prophet who has helped him so many times, and whereas he seems almost to have forgotten his encounter with Laius at the three-way crossroads, Antigone begins her play by talking about the many grief's that her father handed down to his children. ...

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Sophocles' Oedipus, the King is a great representation of Greek tragedy and of the human experience. ... Most generally it was that it was prophesied that Laios and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes, would give birth to a child who would grow up to murder his father and marry his mother. ... Moreover, that he was found by a wandering shepherd who took him to the nearby city of Corinth where he was adopted by the childless King Polybos and Queen Merope who raised him as a son and prince in the royal household. ... The story begins after some time after Oedipus has taken the throne and when...

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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. ... 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 by the war, and what they think should happen. ... Creon was also ignorant towards the gods similar to Oedipus. ... Haemon, who is Creon's son, does not believe in the recent decision to have Antigone killed, and when he finds Antigone hanged ...

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When Oedipus had figured out who he was and what he had done he moved away and cut out his eyes. ... Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and he cut out his eyes. Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. ... This tells just how bad fate had treated the family of Oedipus. ...

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When Oedipus had figured out who he was and what he had done he moved away and cut out his eyes. ... Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. Fate then tortured Oedipus and he cut out his eyes. Fate had made Creon new king of Thebes and then have Oedipus' sons kill each other. ... This tells just how bad fate had treated the family of Oedipus. ...

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For those people who don't believe that fate is real they should read Antigone, it is a perfect example of fate. ... Who is the man here, she or I, if this crime goes unpunished"(503). ... As Oedipus showed us, you cannot escape fate no matter how you try. ... Oedipus tried to change his destiny, but he couldn't. ... Both Oedipus and Creon demonstrated this. ...

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Tiresias is a blind prophet from Thebes, who is loyal to his city and wants good fortune for it. ... Tiresias was the one who told Oedipus of his prophet only because Oedipus insisted. ... He helped Oedipus when Tiresias gave Oedipus his prophet by standing by Oedipus during the pain he was going through. ... Now who looks like the fool? ... Antigone won the battle over Creon on who had the power. ...

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The play Antigone, by Sophocles, is based after the story of Oedipus. ... The shepherd feels sorry for Oedipus and raises him as their own. Without knowing it, Oedipus grows up fulfills the prophecy. ... Creon's concept of who should receive an honorable burial is shown as he states, "Eteocles, who died as a man should die, fighting for his country, is to be buried with full military honors but his brother Polyneisces, who broke exile to come back with fire and sword against his nature cities it to have no burial."" ... Creon automatically misjudges people who he thinks are involved in...

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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. ... Creon's law, to set an example, for political purposes, was death to any who would bury Polynices. ... Antigone is the product of that ill-fated union between Oedipus and Jocasta. ... Sophocles, Antigone & Oedipus the King, in Antigone, Oedipus, Electra, trans. ...

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Women were to remain indoors to superintend the servants who worked indoors and to receive the incoming. ... In today's times women who manage the household were called homemakers. ... In the story of King Oedipus of the Sophocles Tragedy, his wife Jocasta keeps a haunting secret from him. ...

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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. ... When Oedipus becomes aware of his deeds he put out his own eyes, and laid himself down to die. ... After Oedipus is dead, Polyneices and Eteocles battle each other for the thrown. ... Shortly after she is discovered by Creon, who has been left behind to live a life of pain and regret. ...

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Creon felt he had to make this law to enforce that anyone from Thebes who served against Thebes would be harshly punished for it. ... Eteocles and Polyneceis were sons of Oedipus, and Creon was Oedipus's brother in law. Creon promised to watch and take care of them when Oedipus died. ... Creon had big business to do with Haemon suicide because Creon was nothing but an unconcerned, insensitive, egotistic person, who made it difficult even for his own son to ration with him. ... "Lead me away, A rash weak foolish man, A man of sorrows, who killed you son so blindly, and you my wife-so blind...

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The response Creon gives his son who was trying to help proves how Creon is not open to other peoples help but only whom he deems would be able to help him. ... Almost too often people who are not open minded to others opinions and let one be deaf to other ideas because it is not what one wants to hear. ... This also takes the pressure off the Sentry and toward the person who broke his law. ... The only person who Creon deems worthy enough to give him advice is Tiresias, who was right about Oedipus and his fate due to hubris. At this point, Creon puts his pride away at the end so he does not e...

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It wasn't Zeus, not in the least who made this Proclamation-not to me. ... However, this decision on who is to enter the underworld was a judgment reserved for the gods. ... He decrees, "...nor could I ever make that man a friend of mine who menaces our country. ... Such is the case in Antigone, both Antigone and Creon is faced with a conflict that entails loyalty to the state of Thebes, loyalty to the house of Oedipus, and most importantly, loyalty to the gods. ... She stood by the house of Oedipus, and more importantly, she adhered to the highest form of the law, that of the gods, as a ...

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The video of Antigone is as sad as the story of her father, Oedipus the former king of Thebes. ... Long ago Polyneices left Thebes to be with his father, Oedipus who was thrown out of Thebes because of an edict. ... And as she makes her way in the palace she blames Creon for the death of both of her sons, Haimon and Megareus, who was killed in the battle of Polyneices and Eteocles. ...

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When he was younger, and Oedipus ruled, he was an art patron. The death of Oedipus and his sons bound him to the weary duties of rule. ... Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene's father, also had two sons, Eteocles and Polynices. ... Furthermore, any who attempt to bury him will be put to death. ... The Second Guard compares her to a nut who exposed herself in the main square the other day. ...

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The first major theme of fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where they were when the play began. ... In the first paragraph of the play it reads, "My darling sister Ismene, we have had a fine inheritance from Oedipus. ... This just shows how terrible fate has treated the family of Oedipus. ... Creon labels those who dare to act against him as traitors, and his justice is quick and cruel. ... Creon honors the laws of the land but he doesn't acknowledge the laws of the gods who swore him into that position. ...

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The play starts with the kingdom in absolute chaos due to the death of Polyneices and Eteocles, the two sons of the former king, Oedipus. They die by each others swords and this leads to confusion as to who should take over the throne. Creon, the brother of Oedipus and uncle to Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone and their younger sister, Ismene ascends the throne as he is the nearest surviving kinsman. ... As for a man who considers someone he loves to be more important that his country, I say that he is nothing. ... It doesn't even occur to Creon that it could be a woman who might have carri...

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The last of the Oedipus Plays is Antigone. ... Antigone is the daughter or King Oedipus. ... Creon has strongly emphasized that death will bestow anyone who dares not to abide to his ruling. ... Haemon her fiancé, who is also Creon's son, leads to one of the main reasons of Creon's strong connection to Antigone. ... She stands up to her beliefs and acts upon her actions based off of what is morally correct, and for her burying her ˜mother's son' since it is someone who is a part of her family. ...

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Reading Report Six Sophocles Sophocles was born around 496 BC. He served as treasurer of the imperial league in 443 BC. Sophocles was also one of only ten generals chosen for the war against Samos. In 411 BC, he was selected to be on a special council to ...

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Once the king's mind is changed about killing her Antigone had already taken her own life, and lying with her dead is her love who is also the king's son. ... Almost at the beginning and end of each scene there is either the chorus giving information on something such as a character's background or Choragos, who is the leader of the Chorus, assisting the King on something. ... Also at the end of scene two the chorus tells of the sorrow upon all of Oedipus" children. ... Throughout the entire story there is one person in the chorus who is almost an assistant to the king and comme...

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Antigone is a daughter of the late King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta. A curse was placed upon her father, who caused much anguish for the city of Thebes and his family. ... Krogstad, a man who is thought to be a criminal. ... Creon in Antigone and Torvald in A Doll's House act as the antagonist of each play; both are males who are arrogant and egotistical. ...

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Strong-willed people who are not willing to go with the flow get torn down first and people that submit to his laws are safe. ... Also, Teiresias says, "Our hearths and altars are stained with the corruption of dogs and carrion birds that glut themselves on the corpse of Oedipus' son"" (231). ...

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Anitgone Essay In Antigone by Sophocles, Creon the new king of Thebes, is stubborn and arrogant just like his brother in law Oedipus. ... Creon states that anyone who buries Polynices will die. "...came back form exile intending to burn and destroy his fatherland and the gods of his fatherland, to drink the blood of his kin, to make them slaves- he is to have no burial, no mourning from anyone; it is forbidden. ... As the Sentry finds out who buried Polynices he brings her into the palace, and the perpetrator is Antigone...

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