Eurydice of Thebes

brothers were feuding. It led to a duel between the brothers that killed both of them. Creon, the king of Thebes, decides that Eteocles, one of Antigone’s brothers, should be buried and the other brother, Polynices, should be left unburied to rot because he fought against his brother and the palace of Thebes. They were feuding because Eteocles and Polynices agreed to take turns to rule Thebes, but Eteocles did not want to give up the throne, so they clashed. Antigone did not agree with Creon’s actions

Thebes was invaded by Oedipus’ son, Polynices, and his followers. As Oedipus predicted in the previous play, Polynices and his brother, Eteocles, killed each other during battle. Creon, the king of Thebes, ruled that Eteocles should have a proper burial with honors and Polynices, the invader, be left unburied to rot. Antigone was dejected with Creon’s ruling and decided to bury Polynices herself. She tried to enlist Ismene to help her, but Ismene was to afraid. Antigone furiously continued

Creon, The Tragic Hero of Thebes In the play “Antigone”, written by Sophocles, the story contains a tragic hero. This tragic hero is Creon. Creon is classified as a tragic hero because of his actions. The actions that lead to how Creon is a tragic hero is the causing of deaths in his family. Creon’s selfishness, mentality, and personality created his actions that killed his son Haimon, Antigone, and Eurydice. But, the deaths were caused indirectly from Creon, not murder. Creon indirectly, or not

were unhappy with. They both tried to change their fate and failed, leading to their inevitable downfall. Oedipus’ downfall lead to the death of Jocasta and Oedipus stabbing out his own eyeballs and Creon's’ downfall lead to the death of Haemon, Eurydice, and Antigone. In both Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles, Oedipus and Creon’s attempt on avoiding fate and failing shows that fate is real and that Oedipus and Creon were both foolish for trying to change it. Throughout the play Oedipus Rex

In Antigone, Sophocles introduces the struggle between loyalty to civil law versus familial loyalty and divine law, which is a central conflict in the play. Antigone has a firm belief in upholding family values and honoring the gods and deceased by burying her brother. In contrast, Creon wants to do what is best for the city which is, in his opinion, forbidding the burial of Polynices. Both Antigone and Creon believe that their point of view is more important, and neither is willing to change perspective

set by their government without question, natural law versus man made law, and civil disobedience or a justifiable rebellion by Antigone, a fierce female heroine. • Protagonist: Theban Princess Antigone, daughter of Jocasta and Oedipus, the King of Thebes best fits the description as the protagonist for defying Creon, her uncle who now rules in Oedipus’s stead and forbids the burial of her brother Polynices. The play centers not only on Antigone’s willingness to accept the consequences of her actions

Antigone is a story that takes place after a war. The story seems to center around two people. One is Creon the brother of the late queen of Thebes. The other is Antigone the daughter Oedipus, the late king of Thebes. Which one is the main character? There are many reasons that can come from one’s reasoning and textual evidence that support which one is the main character. By reading the play one can find evidence that Creon might be the main character. Out of all the characters that speak, Creon

adverse outcome, condition, or end’. Sophocles discusses fate vs free will in his plays. In the play Oedipus Rex there was a prophecy that Oedipus was destined to kill his father and marry his mother, he attempts to escape his destiny by running away to Thebes where he meets his fate. In the play Antigone, that main character Antigone decides to go against Creon’s (her uncle who has inherited the throne) decree and bury the brother, Polynices, knowing the consequences would lead to her death. In Sophocles’

The play Antigone is the last of a tragic trilogy of Sophocles works, the original order was Oedipus Rex, then Oedipus at Colonus and then Antione. Antigone and Ismene are about the last of Oedipus children, Antigone wishes to give her brother Polyneices a proper funeral, but because he was dammed a traitor by Creon, he states that the harshest punishment would be to let the animals and birds eat at their corpse. Antigone and her sister are caught by the Chorus and temporarily imprisoned due to Antigone

king and queen of the city of Thebes, Laius and Jocasta. When born, Oedipus is given a prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother. To avoid conflict entirely, Laius and Jocasta decide to terminate the baby. This is done by piercing his ankles with shackles and leaving