comparison of Euripides’ Medea and Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. Sophocles writes the story of Oedipus‚ who is trying to save his city from pollution‚ while simultaneously running from his own prophesied fate. His
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Greeks believed that women were nothing but objects‚ and they were only to be seen and not to be heard. Antigone reveals that is not always the case and that women have a right to say and stand up for what they believe in. Antigone was written by Sophocles‚ who demonstrates different views of political and religious principles of Antigone and Creon‚ along with conflict of blood relationships and honor in the fight for what is right. Antigone reveals bravery in a political‚ social and religious sense
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cause of his fall from grace. Initially‚ the author uses foreshadowing to hint at the upcoming turn of events. Choragos statement during the Parodos “For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues;” warns that no man is above God’s wrath (Sophocles 1327-8). This prediction comes to fruition as the rotting corpse brings disease and wild beasts to Thebes. The
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to what she and her family could gain. In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ Antigone makes a decision to bury her brother Polynieces‚ a traitor to her homeland of Thebes‚ because he is her brother and it is the duty of the women of the family to bury their family members if no more men are around to bury them (Sophocles‚ lines 30-65).
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too much alike they seem to clash‚ just like Antigone and Creon do. They are both characters that think greatly of obedience‚ yet neither subordinate themselves concocting contradiction. Sophocles contradicted himself to develop stubbornness and manipulation in his characters‚ creating suspenseful plays. Sophocles wrote many plays‚ and each one has it’s own set of irony creating themes of contradiction. The contradiction in his plays creates suspense‚ making the audience wonder what will happen next
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parents made choices leading to his birth and it angered the gods. They then laid a prophecy out that the baby they bore would kill the father‚ marry the mother and have her children. Trying to outrun this‚ they chose to get rid of the baby. In Sophocles play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus is told he is destined a terrible fate. He makes choices throughout the play that seems to lead him to his his downfall. His choices helped determine his fate rather than his fate being set in stone and this shows readers
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situation goes awry; guilty or innocent? When reading the play‚ Oedipus the King‚ written by the playwright Sophocles‚ there were many instances that could be used to declare Oedipus guilty or innocent. Oedipus is very much guilty because he should not have thought he had higher authority than the gods and he should not have insisted on continuing to look for the answers to all his questions. Sophocles did a fantastic job at placing themes throughout the the play. One of the more important themes being
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merits that the author requires and melding them with new attributes‚ an author can craft a new tale that can display their message by using a bit of the new mixed with the old. The original story of Antigone was written by ancient Greek tragidarian Sophocles. It was the last of the three Theban plays that pertain to the Theban legend that preceded them and resumes from where Aeschylus’
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was doing was the right thing "; but I will bury him: well for me to die in doing that. I shall rest‚ a loved one with him whom I have loved‚ sinless in my crime" (Sophocles‚ 442 B.C.E). Antigone was hurt by the way that her uncle Creon treated her brothers corpse; although he fought for the other side‚ he was still family. Sophocles portrays Antigone as a protagonist in the play Antigone‚ and in this play she is a tragic heroine. She learns of her brother’s death in the civil war over her father’s
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contrasting each woman’s role in their story and how their roles impact the characters and the stories. Antigone is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles in 441 BC as part of a trilogy based on the Greek myth of Oedipus (Bloom). While Antigone is written first it is staged last in the trilogy that portrays the life of Oedipus as imagined by Sophocles (Bloom). During the course of this play we experience a concept that was revolutionary at the time period during which the play was written and performed
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