really are‚ for better or worse. In Antigone‚ a tragic play by Sophocles that takes place in Greece in around 441 B.C.‚ a man named Creon takes over as king of Thebes after the exile of his brother in-law and former king‚ Oedipus. He starts to really show his colors when Antigone‚ Oedipus’ daughter‚ attempts to bury her dishonored brother‚ Polynices. Sophocles’ message of power in this instance and throughout the book is simple: sovereignty exposes the whole person. Throughout Antigone‚ the power of the
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September 11‚ 2001‚ two planes crash into the World Trade Center‚ people diving out windows to their deaths‚ a plane crashes into the Pentagon‚ hijackers overtaken by passengers and crash the plane into a field in Pennsylvania. December 2003‚ mass graves uncovered in Iraq‚ compliments of Saddam Husayn. May‚ 2004‚ a web page shows terrorists cutting off the head of Nick Berg. August 2004‚ over 350 children are executed by terrorists in a school in Russia. Democracy is being threatened by enigmatic
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quotation means that everything that is evil was once pure. I agree with the quotation because when your are pure of anything contaminated‚ the environment can create evilness in a person. Through the use of symbolism in Lord of the Flies‚ and irony in Oedipus the King‚ William Golding and Sophocles shows the readers that corruption stems from innocence. William Golding uses symbolism in Lord of the Flies to prove that everything bad began with goodness. Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys from
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advantage of their pride and hold it against others. In Antigone there were an exotic amount of examples of pride. Pride can from many characters; although the main signs of pride came from Antigone and Creon. It all started with the sons of Oedipus. Oedipus’ sons were completely full of their own pride. Neither one of them could come to an agreement as to what was the best decision for the city of Thebes. Eteocles wanted the power to rule everything and so did Polyneices. Instead‚ Polyneices and
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different from the rest. Her father‚ Oedipus‚ also happens to be her brother. The story is that the King and Queen of Thebes had a son that was supposed to grow older‚ kill his Dad‚ and‚ uhm‚ “lay” with his Mom. Okay‚ a little creepy right? So the King and Queen gave their son to a sheppard and said‚ “go kill this kid‚ he’s weird.” The problem though‚ is that he didn’t. What he did do was take poor little Oedie to the next village and let him live. Long story short‚ Oedipus comes back‚ kills his Dad‚ and
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right or losing your family? In the play Antigone‚ Antigone’s dad Oedipus wasn’t very fortunate he was to kill his dad King Laios and marry his mom Queen Jocasta. Which he had done unknowingly. Then he had four kids with his mom Jocasta they had two girls and two boys‚ Antigone‚ Ismene‚ Polyneices‚ and Eteocles. When Oedipus and Jocasta found out that he had actually fulfilled the prophecy. Jocasta had committed suicide and then Oedipus blinded himself and had left Thebes to later on die. Which leaving
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Antigone is basically the beginning and the end of the playwright. From the prologue to the final scene‚ the play hinges on her acts of defiance or heroism. In the beginning of the play‚ Antigone is basically the ugly sister in regards to Ismene. Antigone is kind of grossly described to be honest. She’s small‚ scrawny‚ and practically a spoiled little girl. Antigone makes choices for herself without any real regards to advice or others opinion. So all in all I would say she makes pretty unjust
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the play Antigone‚ the two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles had the opposite characteristics of each other. Polyneices showed that he was couargeous‚ and determind‚ Eteocles displayed that he is arrogant‚ competitive‚ and stubborn. In the play when Oedipus died (their father and brother) both agreed that they would take turns of being king of Thebes. When it was Polyneices’ turn Eteocles disagreed to let it be his turn and he was unfair to his brother. Eteocles forbid Polyneices to enter Thebes because
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Oedipus had a mayor role on Antigone’s life; they were similar in some ways. When Oedipus was king of Thebes he was a noble man in every sense of the word. Surely‚ he belonged to the high class by being the king‚ but also he was a nobleman in the sense that he had that special connection with his
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a sin in the past. This explains Oedipus’ curse and fate. Conversely‚ the “enemy god” could also be human pride. Such arrogance in mortals is both an enemy of the gods and leads to man’s compulsive rage. Now Antigone and Ismene are the remaining children in Oedipus’ line‚ the last flower. They are still young and have just begun to drink the sunlight of life on earth; the sunlight in Thebes‚ the city of the sun god. Antigone is also the first in Oedipus’ line whose faith in the gods‚ overrules
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