... ," also lets the audience know that not only a suicide is planned, but the result of Creon's stubbornness will lead to yet another death of a loved one. Another example is the fury Antigone expresses when yelling at Creon, "I have not sinned before God. Or if I have, I shall know the truth in death. But if the guilt lies upon Creon who judged me ... the birds. When the gods are pleased with a person the birds are calm, content, and happy. However, when Creon begins his rebellion and selfishness the birds are "screaming in a whirring fury." The gods showed their anger to Creon very plainl...

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... of self-righteousness; Homer writes, "Should he draw sharp sword at his hip, thrust though the ranks and kill Agamemnon now? - or check his rage and beat his own fury down?" (371) Achilles's rage, or hamartia, is very apparent within his thoughts. Just being told that his prize was taken brought out a monstrous rage in him, a rage that contemplated ... ...

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... this huge sacrifice and believes his personal loss can prevent himself from killing his father and marrying his mother. This hard decision indicates Oedipus's wisdom of foreseeing and explains his fury when hearing Teiresias's accusation. Despite his denial of Teiresias's words, his wisdom retrieves his memory and makes him start to question himself. Every time he feels saved from shunning Apollo ... ...

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... Oedipus about a prophecy that stated, "You are the accursed defiler of this landI say that you are the slayer of the man whose slayer you seek." Raged with fury, Oedipus makes it his main priority to prevent the curse from happening. He goes through a series of unfortunate events that ultimately prove that he is, in fact, the tragic hero ... ...

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... accept any challenge, "Achilles put on his armor; he gashed his teeth, his eyes gleamed like fire, for his grief was greater than he could bear. Thus, then, full of fury against the Trojans, did he don the gift of the god." (Pg 236) Hector was another such man who had followed this arete code, he says, "Three times have I fled ... ...

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... , he became irrational and violent- for instance, when Tiresias wants not to tell Oedipus that he is the cause of the plague, Oedipus states, Oh I'll let loose, I have such fury in me-" and he proceeds to throw insult after insult at him. Later, Oedipus tells his wife that he killed a man where three roads met, because the old man himself ... ...

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... him he is concocting fantasies and the chorus gently tells him the same. Still, Oedipus believes what he wants to and is resolute in his conclusions and unmoving in his fury. Here the reader begins to see how Oedipus really is and how his knowledge is great yet limited and his ignorance of his past is most tragic. When Jocasta comes ... ...

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... father and his men pass before him, and Laius" herald killed one of Oedipus" horses. Oedipus" anger him to murder Laius" men and Laius himself. This was done out of fury and simply because he could. His youth and agility gave him an advantage and, in a blatant display of free will, he uses this advantage to complete the first half of ... ...

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Antigone is a play about a family that has been torn apart by the fury of combat. Antigone and her sister Ismene mourn the death of their two brothers, Etocles and Polynices. Etocles is buried with honors, however, Polynices is branded a rebel and left for ... ...

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