The Difference Between Good And Evil?

     At first glance, Oedipus and Creon are two very different people. But as time progresses their personalities and even their fates grow more and more similar. In Sophocles’s play “Oedipus the King”, Oedipus and Creon are two completely opposite people. Oedipus is brash and thoughtless, whilst Creon is wise and prudent. In “Oedipus the King”, Oedipus effectively portrays the idea of the classic “flawed hero”. He becomes arrogant and brash. He accuses Creon and Tiresias of treachery. Even worse however, Oedipus goes against the gods. This causes them to punish him severely. Creon is the exact antithesis of Oedipus. He thinks before he acts. Creon is wise and loyal. In Sophocles’ other

Creon, unlike Antigone, shows all of the characteristics of a Greek tragic hero. He is an ordinary person, with way to much power. This is one situation as to why the sole ruler form of government was soon diminished. Creon’s actions derived from his human flaws or his fear of loosing his place as king. Creon also ends up facing suffering because due to his prideful attitude, it caused the death of three loved ones, his son, niece, and wife. Even though a tragic hero is nothing like a hero we would hear being describe today, they both teach important lessons. A hero teaches the reader right decisions and the correct course, while a tragic hero

In the play “Antigone,” Sophocles portrays both Antigone and Creon as tragic protagonists. Both characters become conflicted with each other after Antigone buries her brother Polyneices although Creon has forbidden anyone from burying or mourning him. This begins the conflict of the state which Creon represents the law of the state vs the family which Antigone represents the law of the gods or the underworld. On one hand, Antigone is enacting divine justice of the gods by bringing back the soul of her brother to the underworld. She goes against the law of man for the sake of the law of gods. While Creon believes to be carrying out what has to be done for the sake of the state, as he is the king and wants to bring justice in his way. He believed that Polyneices wanted to burn his fatherland and the gods. I believe this is Creon’s tragedy due to his hubris, or excessive prideful actions that have lead him to a loss of life by the end of the play. For a tragedy to be a tragedy as stated by Aristotle, the story must cause a catharsis, and by the end of the play we witness Creon realizing what he does wrong and States “everything I touch turns against me, my head bows to the fate that has leapt on it.”

In the plays Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles, Oedipus and Creon exert similar characteristics as leaders that ultimately result in their characterization as tragic heroes. They take a similar course throughout their stories, which leads to a similar fate, resulting in tragedy. Both characters tried to revive a city in need, but in the process, the hubris they possessed got in the way. Both men had the chance to see that their actions would lead to a tragic ending, but neither one could see around their pride. Because of their tragic flaws, these two rulers caused great pain to themselves, their family and the people of Thebes. Although Oedipus and Creon ruled over Thebes at different times, the truth

Classical Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, shows the tragic flaw by defining Creon destruction who put a young girl sentence to death. Creon was a king of Thebes, he was a tyrant who liked to enforce his laws on people. In Antigone Creon demonstrated as a tragic hero, who obligated an action and made mistakes which caused his downfall he believed that he can’t ever be wrong. His stubbornness cost a lot of people lives including his son. Creon suffered greatly in Antigone and learned a valuable lesson. Creon had chances to way out for his mistake, to free Antigone, and to forgive her crime. But he chooses not to because of his self-importance. This also shows that Creon is fated. Sophocles defined Creon character more on the negative side. Because there should be something that created a tragedy in Antigone.

The difference between right and wrong and good versus evil can be simplified in a basic short story text. Flannery O ' Connor bases its concept of good versus evil in "A Good Man is Hard to Find." The characters justify this theory. Flannery O 'Conner, as a Catholic, saw the nature of good vs. evil and centers around the literature "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by utilizing the roles of these characters.

Creon is the king, the leader of his people. He was put in place to do what’s right, but in the story Antigone, he does something controversial. Two brothers in the royal family kill each other in a fight. Creon thinks that one of them should be buried and the other should be left to rot, to be eaten by wild dogs, picked apart by vultures, because one of them was a hero and the other was a traitor. Creon is a tragic hero because he realizes the mistakes of his actions after he sees the consequences of them.

Good and evil are often considered to be very different, but are actually quite similar. They are both used to describe people who exceed the expectations of the typical citizen. Those terms describe different sides of the spectrum for the connotation within society with good typically viewed positively by society and evil usually viewed negatively by society. People enjoy believing that the common citizen can accomplish amazing tasks to keep their hope up. However, Socrates believes that only extraordinary people can accomplish extraordinary feats, good or evil, due to their intelligence, nature, and skills.

Sophocles is a famous Greek mythology writer, who wrote two of the most tragic plays: Oedipus the King and Antigone. The end of Oedipus the King was the beginning of Antigone. Oedipus the King is one of the strongest tragic Drama as it tells a serious story which evokes fear and pity through incidents that put sympathetic characters in threat and Oedipus the tragic protagonist (the king) who suffer more than he deserved. Although, Antigone resemble Oedipus the King in many faces such as it is a tragic Drama, also it has two tragic protagonists, Antigone and Creon. Both of Antigone and Creon showed traits of immoral and both ended up with a tragedy terminus as a consequence of their pride.

In this dark world, it is not a secret that we all need good news. We need this good news because there is also some very bad news. When God created the world, He created humans with the free will to choose God or to not. They lived in perfect communion with God, the highest good and creator. So the bad news is that even though these first humans were in paradise with God, they chose against Him. They sinned this first sin, called original sin. Because of original sin, sin entered the world and has been here ever since. It is the cause of all evil, but it is much more than that. It causes our separation from God in this life and our damnation in the next. We are fully deserving of eternal punishment in hell for our sins and there is now an irrevocable rift between us and God. Therefore, we need a savior.

“A warped piece of wood must wait until it has been laid against the straightening board, steamed, and forced into shape before it can become straight; a piece of blunt metal must wait until it has been whetted on a grindstone before it can become sharp." In this quote, Hsun Tzu, who was a philosopher (300 BCE), explains that the nature of humanity is evil. Therefore, there must be directions that indicate our way to good. Throughout the life of a human being, factors contribute to build personalities, while also creating labels in the social environment. Most of the time, humans reflect characteristics of those individuals surrounding them. Either those characteristics are good or evil, they construct

What makes a person good or evil? Why are some people labeled as good and some evil? Why do some people have traits or characteristics of both good and evil? Are people truly evil or do they just make bad choices? Throughout our lives we are faced with making decisions about our lives and often the choices we make can determine the path we follow. Depending on our life choices we can be labeled as either good or evil. Good and evil are relative; one person can be good while another evil. Some people can possess a combination of both good and bad traits. But even those who are considered bad can be rehabilitated to display good qualities such as empathy or kindness.

The Greeks considered tragedy the greatest form for literature.  However, the tragic ends for the characters were not ordained or set by fate, but rather caused by certain characteristics belonging to that person.  Such is the case with the characters of Sophocles' plays Oedipus the King and Antigone.  Oedipus from King Oedipus, and Antigone and Creon from Antigone posses characteristics, especially pride, that caused their tragic ends.  As the play progress, other characteristics appear and further add to the problem to such a point that it is inevitable that it will end in tragedy.  Therefore the tragedies were not a result of a plot by the fates, but rather a result of the

The nature of good and evil is a phenomenon that humans have tried to explain since inhabiting the earth. Religions vary in their views of understanding good and evil. The explanation of good and evil sets the stage to understand human nature and also its views on the afterlife. Some religions share similar views of good and evil and some could not be further apart in their beliefs. In this paper I’ll examine the views of good and evil of the following religions: Indigenous, Hinduism and Jainism, Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism, Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, and some New Religious groups.

As Eric Burdon stated, "inside each of us, there is a seed of both good and evil." Eric was trying to explain how individuals constantly debate which side will win, and how individuals struggle with both sides. Even though one may have a crime backround, he or she could have understandable reasons for the act committed. In the book The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima, the differences between the clan people and the wizards clash. Han "Cuffs" Alister had a history as a thief, and was part of a gang called the Raggers. The "Cuffs" in his name is meant for the permenantly attached silver bracelets he wears on his wrists. Han lives among the clan, and is an indigent individual. Han had stolen money and food for his family, but he also had a