Ismene talked about giving burial rights to their brother Polynieces‚ which Antigone did‚ Creon ordered Antigone to be arrested and sentenced to death. Creon’s arrogant pride made it seem like Antigone wasn’t a part of his family‚ which she is. [Lines 1005-1035] Creon killed his brother‚ who was the first in line to claim the throne‚ so technically he wasn’t even the real king of Thebes. Creon’s pride seals his fate. Haemon told Creon that the people of Thebes cared about Antigone‚ but
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Euripdes’ Medea‚ the minor female characters Ismene and the Chorus determine the protagonists’ actions and fate. Ismene serves as the compassionate but rational and prudent counterpart to Antigone’s headstrong style of decision-making with no regard for consequence. In the beginning of the play‚ Antigone starts off on the wrong foot. She defies the order set by Creon to not bury Polynices‚ her brother. She starts to perform the burial rituals on Polynices and resolves to honor her brother at all
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In reference to greek literature‚ an unburied body is considered disrespectful to the gods and could cause damage to the community in a religious way. This is shown in the greek tragedy Antigone when Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ declares that Polyneices‚ a man who turned against Thebes‚ is to remain unburied. In this
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Contrast Creon and Oedipus In the plays Oedipus the King and Antigone Creon and Oedipus both are similar‚ but are different in many ways too. They both share in common their overbearing determination‚ but different in their care for the people of Thebes. Initially‚ both Oedipus and Creon exert an overbearing determination that can be the tragic flaw that destroys their lives. Oedipus was determined to find the killer of King Laius saying‚ “As for the criminal‚ I pray to God- whether it be a lurking
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ENG 9 HONORS MINICOZZI ANTIGONE SEPT ANTIGONE ENRICHMENT HW QUESTIONS [pic] PROLOGUE AND PARADOS VOCAB: |Decree | |Gouge | |Defy
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end of the novel as he takes in genuine concern for his children and Thebes as opposed to the self-absorbed Oedipus seen throughout the course of the novel. No longer is the focus on his power and whether he is the plague of Thebes or not‚ but he takes action for his people. He exiles himself by saying‚ “Let me purge my father’s Thebes of the pollution” (77)‚ marking his heroism and maintaining his promise that he would rid Thebes of plague at any cost. He shows concern for his family by saying‚ “Take
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the people of Thebes. Although Oedipus and Creon ruled over Thebes at different times‚ the truth is that they both are similarly defined by their tragic actions because of their overbearing determination‚ uncontrollable fate‚ and enormous grievances. With the intentions of making Thebes a better city‚ Oedipus and Creon both set laws they thought would help the people‚ but they both made themselves blind to their own fates and sped their demise. When Oedipus began his reign‚ Thebes was suffering
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Catharsis is the audience and the people of Theban empathize with Creon for try to correct his wrongdoings. The last section of the chorus talks about Creon “that‚ seeing the stricken heart/Of pride brought down‚ /we learn when we are old”(162). It took Creon to lose his family to understand his mistake and he should have listened to the divine law then mans. The lesson to learn from
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is explaining to the Chorus why he blinded himself and he is saying that why would I need my eyes if they never saw the truth at the beginning. When the Chorus responds‚ Oedipus says‚ “No‚ old man! Dont preach to me nor tell me that what I did was wrong! If I still had my eyes‚ how could I face Hades in the underworld? How could I face my parents after what I have done to them? For such atrocious acts‚ suicide is too small a price to pay. ”pg29. Oedipus is telling the Chorus that if he still had
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Tiresias‚ the blind prophet‚ is the only person in the whole of Thebes that is able to alter Creon’s stern view on the situation with Antigone. He says “You plunged a child of light into the dark” (239) implying that he wrongfully sentenced Antigone‚ and she will die because of Creon’s mistake and hubris. When Creon’s
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