Antigone was indeed of noble birth as most tragic heroes are‚ but there’s something about her family tree that makes her a little bit 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
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1.) Eteocles and Polynices were the paternally cursed fratricidal brothers who fought for control of Thebes after their father Oedipus abdicated. 2.) Eteocles and Polynices were the paternally cursed fratricidal brothers who fought for control of Thebes after their father Oedipus abdicated. 3.) Creon’s edict‚ was to deprive Polynices from his proper funeral burial. The decree issued with its annexed penalty became law‚ and as the law it was incumbent on every citizen to obey it. 4.) Antigone
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end. In the beginning of Antigone the two sisters‚ Antigone and Ismene‚ are discussing their mal situation of their dead brothers‚ Polyneices and Eteocles. The prideful brothers had fought against each other for the thrown in battle‚ only to both be killed by the other. Creon had now taken rule of Thebes and made the decision to only give Eteocles a proper burial‚ and to leave Polyneices out to rot. This infuriated Antigone because without a proper burial ones soul cannot go to the after life
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though Ceon her uncle prohibited anyone to touch his corpse and to let it decay. This shows that Antigone has a lot of loyalty towards her family and her brother. Ceon wanted Polynices to have the least honorable death‚ this is because Polynices was against Ceon and the Plebs‚ so Ceon wanted to give Eteocles a honorable burial because Eteocles was on fighting for the Plebs (Shmoop).Through the story of Antigone you see Antigone’s loyalty to her brother when she’s talking to her sister Ismene‚ Antigone
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recover from it. Someone might even commit suicide because they might think nothing can help them anymore and that they were a lost cause. It’s happened before‚ and I don’t think it will stop anytime soon. The stress could sometimes even turn people against one another. It might make the person think “If he/she wasn’t here‚ everything would be better”‚ and they might do some things they’re going to
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safely put to rest. Antigone was a very loving and caring sister to her brother‚ Polynices. She had lots of respect for her brother. She refused to let her brother ’s soul wander around aimlessly therefore‚ she wanted to bury him. However‚ it was against her uncle ’s orders to bury Polynices but she refused to listen. Since she had so much respect for her brother‚ she didn ’t care what her uncle ’s orders were. Therefore‚ she was going to do anything she could to bury him‚ even if it meant that
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Creon‚ his uncle‚ took the power as king and planned a cue d’état in which both Antigone´s brothers died in battle. On the one hand‚ because Eteocles was fighting for Creon‚ he was given an honorable funeral. On the other hand‚ Polynices‚ who fought against Creon and Eteocles‚ was destined to rot his body and exposed to public shame. According to what was just mentioned‚ it becomes easier to realize the equalities in which Antigone such as Mandela lived. Creon‚ in his visceral way‚ thought that everything
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In the play‚ The Seven Against Thebes‚ the sons of Oedipus teach a valuable lesson of how to treat family. While family is a very important aspect of Greco-Roman culture‚ this family seems to be extremely divided. The brothers are forced to split the ruling of the kingdom of Thebes‚ and at the seventh gate‚ the sons of Oedipus battle each other which leads to the death of the two brothers at the hands of the other. In the play‚ The Seven Against Thebes written by Aeschylus‚ the reader can find a
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Mia Britton Mrs. Baker DRA 110 4 March 2013 The Burial at Thebes The play Burial at Thebes is a modern translation of Antigone by Sophocles and Seamus Heaney is credited for this recent translation. The plot structure used in Heaney’s work can be described as episodic. This play stands out as episodic because of its early point of attack. For example‚ at the start of the opening scene Antigone approaches her sister Ismene with news that King Creon has issued a proclamation that their brothers
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Valerie S Watson Humanities 101 May 16‚ 2013 W. A. The Walls of Thebes The Walls of Thebes 1. The significance of The Walls of Thebes is some twenty-five hundred years later Bertolt Brecht‚ a refugee in Denmark‚ wrote a poem which began‚ “Wer baute das siebentorige Theben?” Who built seven-gated Thebes? In the books stand and recorded the names of Kings. The Kings haul the broken rock. It was of course the working class that built Thebes. Euripides+Hermes would give the job to Zethus the practical
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