Eteocles

occur previous to Antigone which cause the conflicts to arise. Oedipus was predestined to kill his father and marry his mother. In order to escape this fate he runs away only end up completing his prophecy. With his mother he fathers four children: Eteocles, Polynices,…

There are three cracks in his crown to epitomize the deaths of Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice. They are connected to indicate that the death of Antigone caused a chain reaction of suicide. At the bottom of the poster, there is Eteocles’ and Polyneices’ grave stones. Eteocles’ burial ground is clean and beautiful while Polyneices’ is filthy and unsettled. The burial of the one brother is the start of all the downfall in Creon’s kingdom. It is pictured in the poster because it is essential to the…

play  In lines 109-115, Sophocles uses a simile to compare the army from Argos to what? Why do you think he chose this comparison? A sharply crying eagle flying to our land  Which side in the war does the chorus favor? They support Thebes, or Eteocles' side  There are four gods that the chorus refers to in their first appearance. Name the gods and their duties. Zeus-god of all gods, Ares-war god, Bacchus-wine god, Hephaestus-fire god  What is Creon's attitude toward the chorus? Why…

the drama of “Antigone” and the “Detroit Public Schools” article shows acts of civil disobedience. On multiple occasions the main character Antigone showed compassion and love for her two brothers. Antigone felt it was wrong for King Creon to bury Eteocles and leave Polyneices unburied. Next, in the DPS article, teachers and the students from Cass Tech and Renaissance high school stood together. The teachers and students were fighting over the lack of educational resources and building problems.…

throughout the course of the story. This play takes place in the glorious city of Thebes, which has seen many deaths in the royal family. Starting with Oedipus, the father of Antigone, Eteocles and Polyneices, the brothers of Antigone, who fought each other for the throne, and Jocasta, the mother of Antigone. Eteoclês was honored at death by proper burial, but Polyneices was not. Because of his actions…

in any situation. Sophocles’ story of Antigone, daughter and sister of Oedipus, shows Antigone as a rebellious character who believes her religion and morals over her government’s demands. Following a great battle both Eteocles and Polynices, brothers of Antigone, die and Eteocles receives a proper military burial and honouring but Polyneices is deemed a traitor and is left to rot in the fields and in turn being denied an afterlife. Finding this to be ridiculous and horrible, Antigone proceeds…

He controlled what happened to Antigone, sentencing her to death by cave, which in turn killed his son and his wife as well. The stories of Oedipus, his sons, and Creon differ widely. While Oedipus was not really determined by free will, Creon’s, Eteocles’, and Polynices’ seem like they were. So which one wins out, free will or fate? In the case of all these characters, their pride strips away their perceived free will, even when they lose it. So it has become apparent that the more pride there…

It is true that pride, honor and loyalty can make or break a man. Take the play Antigone, written by the Greek author Sophocles. The overall theme of this play is pride, honor and loyalty, especially when it comes to the kingdom and family. Antigone wants to bury her fallen brother Polynieces to honor him but Creon their uncle and king is strongly against this because he dishonored the kingdom so Creon decided that his punishment should be that he not be buried but fed to the dogs and the fowls…

This devastating event began only a few days before with the deaths of Polyneices and Eteocles. The two brothers both died fighting for the power of Thebes, and Creon became king. Polynices attacked the city and Eteocles defended Thebes. As a result, Creon decided that Eteocles be buried with honor unlike Polynices. This ruling sparked tension with Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and sister of Polynices who believed that Polynices…

Who is the tragic hero of Antigone? When the word. ‘Tragic hero’ is mentioned, many individuals visualize a tragic hero as a character whom plays the role of both a victim and as a hero of a plot of the story. Occacionately, others view a tragic hero as someone who derives from being a main hero, or main character, to being the compassionate victim. The tragic hero of Sophocles Antigone, was Creon. Creon was a very headstrong and arrogant man who would never take advice from anyone and would…