Eurydice of Thebes

THE ARISOTLE’S PLAY By: Christina Kerbaj A tragic play called Antigone; written by Sophocles, who has created a stubborn, hubris, and cursed king; king of Thebes- a man named Creon. He had a son, Haimon, who fell in love, and was engaged to his cousin, Antigone. Antigone was royalty, with characteristics like her father. She was strong-headed, hubris and loyal to her family. Creon’s respect for Antigone vanished, because she buried her brother, Polyneices with pride and love. One of Creon’s law

committing an illegal act, therefore, making the act significantly worse. However, Sophocles does characterize her as ‘the voice of reason’. In the beginning of the play, Ismene rationalizes that as women, their place in society, as well as the law of Thebes forbids them from buying Polynices, pointing out the evident and ineluctable ramifications. For a brief amount of time, Ismene seems reasonable. But, when Antigone is sentenced to her death, she changes. Ismene

Haemon says on page 95, “But it’s for me to catch the murmurs in the dark, the way the city mourns for this young girl. ‘No woman,’ they say, ‘ever deserved death less, and such a brutal death for such a glorious action.” While no other citizen of Thebes had ever disobeyed Creon, they were all

and criticism. He never let himself feel that humility and was blinded of the fact that he was nothing but correct. It was the citizens under his ruling that were thinking incorrectly. Antigone begins once King Creon takes power of the kingdom of Thebes, replacing Polyneices and Eteocles. He stretches his rights as ruler by declaring Polyneices a traitor and denies him the right to a proper funeral. Out of rebellion,

Creon’s Family Doesn’t Know Suicide is a DEAD-END Creon, the king of Thebes, is the tragic hero of Antigone. A characteristic of being a tragic hero is possessing a tragic flaw, a hamartia, which in Creon’s case is his overbearing hubris. Creon admits to his pride, “but it is worse / To risk everything for stubborn pride” (Sophocles 699). As a tragic hero, Creon follows a path with several factors leading him to his demise. What sets Creon down this path is his hubris. His conceit, possibly caused

Savior of Thebes Imagine a world stricken with chaos and no law enforcement. Sophocles demonstrated in this Greek tragedy Antigone that disobeying the law can lead to various conflicts. For example Antigone violates the law and goes against King Creon’s decree; therefore she is faced with her death which later results in her fiancé Haemon and his mother Queen Eurydice taking their own lives. Creon is portrayed as a heartless individual due to his lack of sympathy towards his niece

The play Antigone written by Sophocles is a very interesting yet mind-blowing play. Sophocles’ stories are very weird because in some of his plays, the family commits incest and Antigone is not an exception. This play is what happened after Oedipus the King. Sophocles was an ancient Greek writer. He was born in about 496 BC and died in about 406 BC. He was born in the city of Athens Greece. Sophocles wrote about 123 plays and now only 7 have survived. When Sophocles was younger, he was an actor

their father in war, and then their brothers died in battle at the hands of one another. The one brother, Polyneices, was left on the field to die and unburied. This was because Polyneices, decided to fight against Thebes in battle and chose Argos. The brother Eteocles fought for Thebes and Creon. The two sisters are all that is left of Oedipus. Now in the play you feel pity for the two sisters having lost so much at this stage in life and that they have experienced so much death and in such horrible

had been more patient and less defensive, Creon may not have been as harsh in the punishment he set for her.  Creon, who received the throne after the banishment of Oedipus, begins “Antigone” with high status as the king of Thebes. He is fortunate to be honored as Thebes’ appointed king during her triumph over the army of Polynices, “Creon, son of Menoeceus, Whom the gods have appointed for us in our recent change of fortune” (Antigone, 130). After

through the writing of Antigone (Honig 7). Antigone is one of the two daughters of Oedipus. Her two brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, agree to rule Thebes in alternate years. However, when Eteocles refuses to relinquish his rule, Polyneices and his army attack and both brothers end up killing each other. Their uncle, Creon, gains royal power over Thebes and refuses to give Polyneices a proper burial. As for Eteocles, he will receive all the proper burial rituals. Even though Antigone rebels against