Eteocles

Ancient god’s. Many people believe that the highest law is the law of the government and the people and that there is no such thing as a law of god’s. In some cases this might be correct depending on your religious beliefs. However in the play Antigone it is learned that the highest law is actually the law of the Ancient God’s. This is shown through a series of events that happen in the play and how King Creon is punished and suffers in the end. From the start of the play it is learned that a war has ended and the city has won. In this war was Antigone’s two brothers Eteocles and Polyneices. Eteocles fighting for the city defending it with his honor and, Polyneices fighting against it for the reason he believed he should be the next king. Ending near the end of the war Eteocles and Polyneices meet and battle, both killed by each other’s sword. King Creon the new king of Thebes, has declared that Antigone’s brother Eteocles will be given a proper burial and be shown as a hero. Polyneices on the other hand is to be left on the battle field “a sweet treasure for carrion birds to find as they search for food” stated by Antigone (Sophocles, prologue. Lines 21-22). The penalty of defying the law will be stoning to death in a public square. According to the ancient god’s, if a person was denied a proper burial of being placed under the earth there soul would haunt the earth and will feel the pain of what ever was done to their physical body. When King Creon decides this fate for…

For example, Eteocles was honorable by fighting for his country. His way of protecting his country made Creon very proud, and also made him an honor to everyone. On the other hand, Eteocles was also acting disgracefully by fighting with his brother, Polyneices, about who would get the throne of Thebes. Eteocles’ fight with Polyneices made him end up killing his brother. Because Eteocles protecting his country, Creon burried him with honor, and gave him an army like funeral. These are examples…

Antigone was a fascinating play/story. Oedipus and Jocasta had four children and they are Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene and Antigone. Eteocles Polyneices were the brothers which were very different Eteocles was very stubborn while Polyneices was fair, loyal and devoted. The two sisters were kind of the same but had slightly different traits. Antigone was determined, stubborn, devoted, loyal, brave, religious, and intelligent, she was also a selfless person. While ismene was considered more…

Sometimes you have to break laws to do the right thing. In Antigone, there are many occurrences that happen that the laws are broken. Even though they broke the law, it was still the right thing to do in their opinion. Antigone and her sister have lost both of their brothers in the same hour. Creon gives brother Eteocles military honors with a soldier’s funeral, but the other brother Polyneices, was not given a burial and Creon said he is not aloud to have one. Antigone says he should…

choices to respond by emotion of oneself or the law. In Antigone there was two brothers Polynices and Eteocles. Eteocles and Polynices were suppose to share the throne of their deceased father but Eteocles wanted it all for himself so Polynices challenged him to a duel. They both ended up dying and they left Polynices to rot. The ruler, Creon, is Antigone's uncle. In Antigone it's against the law to bury Polyneices because Creon says Eteocles has been the rightful leader of Thebes. Creon…

In Antigone Jocasta's and Oedipus’s children ( Eteocles/Polyneices/Antigone/Ismene) are divided some have honour and some do not, those who do not are full of disgrace. Antigone is brave, bold, courageous and honours her brother by giving him the burial she thinks he deserves, even if no one else believes he does and even when she is threatened with death by stones “Listen, Ismene: Creon buried our brother, Eteocles, with military honors, gave him a soldier's funeral, and it was right that he…

Sophocles, in his book “Antigone”, identities Creon as the tragic hero that falls due to his hubris: being prideful, stubborn, and arrogant. A tragic hero is one who is in or born into a high rank and later loses respect, power, or honor because of a tragic flaw that the hero had. Creon inherited the throne after fate took the lives of Polynices and Eteocles, Creon later makes a law that forbids anyone from buring the traitor Eteocles because he had killed his own people. He later sees himself…

Antigone is an Ancient Greek tragedy written around 442 BCE that tells the story of the daughters of the deceased king Oedipus; Antigone and Ismene. Some other significant characters in this drama are Creon, Choragos, and Haimon. The conflict in this tragedy is caused by Oedipus's two sons Polyneices and Eteocles. Polyneices and Eteocles were at war with each other over the throne because Eteocles would not step down, and the two brothers ended up killing each other. When Oedipus died, his…

In the story Antigone, the King of Thebes, Creon, showed that too much power will corrupt anyone. As Creon became the one with total control, his character, judgment, and his principals deteriorated. Antigone was written by Sophocles. He did an excellent job of showing how absolute power will corrupt absolutely. Using Creon's utmost authority, Sophocles told of how everything he once stood for had crumbled. Antigone begins by telling of a Theban royal family which is in much turmoil. There are…

Oedipus and Jocasta had four children all had tragic deaths, some of them honorable deaths while others had disgraceful deaths and the differences will be listed below. Firstly, Polyneices is one of the mistaken characters, people say that he is the traitor and the disgraceful one but he is actually honorable because when it was Polyneices’ turn to control Thebes and assume the throne Eteocles his brother betrayed him and refused to hand the throne over which ended up in a war between Thebes…