of the Theban royal family‚ Antigone was a woman who was born out of her mother—Jocasta—and her father‚ and brother—Oedipus. Thebes has always been a peaceful place for its people until curses start to ravage the entire place. A curse starting from Oedipus’ sin for mating with her own mother and killing his own father started to wreck Thebes under his tyrannical rule. When Oedipus’ rule ended‚ Creon‚ who was Jocasta’s brother‚ ascended to the throne and became the new ruler. Creon’s rule
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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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up in harmony and peace. Until their father‚ Oedipus‚ realizes that he had fulfilled a prophecy that his parents were trying so desperately to avoid. Oedipus who was abandoned by his parents as a child fulfilled the prophecy by unknowingly killing his father and marrying his mother‚ Jocasta‚ the queen. Everything in their life had been turned upside down. After Jocasta realized she married her son she hung herself and Oedipus stabs his eyes out. Oedipus goes into exile and leaves his sons to join
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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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(queen Iocaste) and the name the baby oedipus‚ and ___oricals __told the king when oedipus gets older he will be strong enough and would kill the king (or his dad) so they sent him away far away from them but the carrier couldn’t hold the guilt so instead he gave oedipus to another family that lived in another land ruled by another leader and the king kept it and raised it as his son‚ but the someone recognised him and told him he was going to kill his dad but oedipus thought that that was his dad so
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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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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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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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