Burial At Thebes

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    Women In Creon's Burial At Thebes

    have come up throughout this unit that support this claim, and some of the strongest pieces of evidence have come from literary and historical documents from around that time period. Some of the strongest pieces of evidence are found in the book Burial at Thebes. One of the main examples from this book is during Creon’s first encounter with Antigone, Antigone begins to challenge Creon’s actions and he quickly snaps back with “Go then and love your fill in the underworld. No woman will dictate the law

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    Antigone Antigone is a tragic play that was written by Sophocles which was based off an unfortunate prophecy that took place in Thebes. One day a prophet came to Oedipus’s parents, Iocaste and Laios and told them a prophecy that one day their son was going to kill his father and marry his mother so they sent him away for adoption. Oedipus’s parents did this in order to to stop the prophecy from coming true. Their plan fails and the prophecy soon comes true.Oedipus and Iocaste have four children

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    Antegone

    picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends. This play is based on the life story of Antigone, the daughter of Oeudipe and Jocaste. It is a legend of her sacrifice for her loved ones, her believes and her honour. Antigone’s brother Polynice had betrayed his country and died during the war. Creon, the king of Thebes had refused to give him a burial. Antigone is outraged by this decision and goes as far as sacrificing her life, to give her brother a burial he deserves. Even law of the king does

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    Antigone

    role of victim when, in her heart, she knows what is right. Antigone is the daughter of the late king of Thebes, Oedipus. After the death of Oedipus, Etecoles and Polyneices take turns in ruling Thebes, but ultimately die by each other’s sword. Antigone has just learned that Creon, the new king of Thebes (and her uncle), has just issued a law stating that Eteocles will have a proper burial whereas Polyneices, who was considered a traitor, will not be mourned or wept over. He will be left for the

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    Motives Of Kreon In Antigone

    a strong leader is Thebes’ only hope of regaining stability. The tragedy that is the end of the play leaves Kreon looking like the only one to blame for the death of Antigone, Haimon, and his wife. Kreon does not deserve to be blamed for the death of these characters, because he was not the one who directly ended

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    Oedipus Rex Summary

    Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King Summary When the play opens, Thebes is suffering a plague which leaves its fields and women barren. Oedipus, the king of Thebes, has sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the house of Apollo to ask the oracle how to end the plague. Creon returns, bearing good news: once the killer of the previous king, Laius, is found, Thebes will be cured of the plague (Laius was Jocasta's husband before she married Oedipus). Hearing this, Oedipus swears he will find the murderer and

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    Examples Of Wrong In Antigone

    effective, perhaps, If I knew its purpose. Come: what is it? SENTRY: A dreadful thing… I don’t know how to put it–– CREON: Out with it! SENTRY: Well, then; The dead man, Polyneices…. out there… someone, new dust on the slimy flesh! Someone has given it burial that way, and Gone … CREON: And the man who dared do this? SENTRY: I swear I Do not know! You must believe me!” (199-211) This uses the use of dramatic irony because the audience knows who buried Polyneices, which was Antigone, but the characters

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    Antigone And Creon Conflict

    concepts. Antigone, the cursed daughter of Oedipus and the mourning sister of Polyneices and Ismene, continues to collide with the King Creon for what she believes to be the right thing to do. Antigone is desperate to give her brother the rightful burial that she believes he deserves, while Creon is determined to uphold his laws and traditions to keep order with the values that he holds so dearly. Throughout the course of the play, the reader is stricken with the decision and dissolution of what is

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    Antigone

    Antigone’s loyalty is exemplifying one’s perseverance to clear her family’s name of slander due to the mistakes of her ancestors. When her brother, Polynices, is refused a burial after dying in war, Antigone fearlessly challenges Creon to salvage her brother’s honor knowing the consequences that will follow for defying the Ruler of Thebes. In the Greek tragedy, “Antigone”, by Sophocles, the protagonist must overcome the challenges that lie ahead in order to give the proper respect her brother deserves

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    Citique on Oepidus

    insists that Tiresias tell Thebes what he knows. Provoked by the anger and insults of Oedipus, Tiresias begins to hint at his knowledge. Finally, when Oedipus furiously accuses Tiresias of the murder, Tiresias tells Oedipus that Oedipus himself is the curse.” In this section, the characteristic swiftness of Oedipus’s thought, words, and action begins to work against him. When Tiresias arrives at line 340, Oedipus praises him as an all-powerful seer who has shielded Thebes from many a plague. Only

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