Oedipus at Colonus

in Colonus Hippius, located near Athens. He existed during the Golden age; his writing had a huge impact on this time period (“Sophocles—Biography”). His most notable pieces of work are The Theban Plays: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. “Sophocles was concerned to produce an exciting revenge drama, with no deeper meaning, and simply eliminated those features…

Sophocles’s plays, Oedipus the King and Antigone, the main characters both had a tragic flaw of arrogance. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus had a tendency to let his arrogance overpower him, and he was the one who caused the plague because he blindly killed his father Laius, the first king of Thebes. In Antigone, Creon is the king after Oedipus left the city. Creon wanted to be different than Oedipus, but really he wasn’t because he also let his arrogance blind some of his decisions. Both…

Great rulers only come once in Greek lifetime. Oedipus and Creon were both good rulers for Thebes, yet at the same time were men tragic of ill created fates and downfall. Oedipus was swift with action and had courage that could last a life time, while Creon was simplistic in nature and had a good head on his shoulders. Both kings, however had character flaws of stubbornness, as one tried to change and outrun his fate, while the other could not see past his nose, unable to make the right changes…

hold himself or herself above the people. He or she is able to put the interest of others in front of his or her own. In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, Oedipus is determined to find and punish the murderer of King Laius, stating, “...he will suffer no unbearable punishment, nothing worse than exile, totally unharmed” (171). When the Shepherd revealed the story of baby Oedipus, he realized that he was the one who murdered the…

Point of View Antigone is a play which involves two brothers who lead opposite sides in the Thebes’ civil war. They engage in a bloody siege whereby they end up dead. Oedipus dies while in Colonus. Antigone and her sister decide to return to Thebes with the intention of helping their other brothers. They avoid the prophecy which predicts that they will kill each other in the battle for the throne of Thebes (Honig, 2013). The play has a narrator. The narrator is called Antigone. The effect of…

Sophocles is an Ancient Greek tragedian. Sophocles was born during 496 B.C in Colonus in a village close to Athens. Sophocles was an original Greek boy from a wealthy family. Sophocles was born a few years before the battle of marathon. The exact year of his birth is unknown. Sophocles had an very educated family. Sophocles had two kids Iophon and Ariston both boys. Sophocles first wife name was Nicostrata and second wife name was Theoris. When he was not doing theater he was a member of…

Antigone was written by Sophocles in around 442 BCE, but it was not his only piece of literature (Classical Literature, 2009). Before the writing of Antigone, Sophocles had also written Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Seven against Thebes (Classical literature, 2009). Therefore, the story is categorized as drama in the classical period. Antigone was written when the national issues were held dear and were of great concern in Greece. For example, there was a thrilling and brutal war…

different things. In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Apollo was a very influential God as evidenced by his encounters with Oedipus which control his fate. Oedipus Rex, the first chronological play in the Oedipus Trilogy, was an Athenian tragedy written around the time of 429 BC. As Sophocles portrays fate in each one of his plays, destined fate is inevitable. Throughout the trilogy he expresses his ideas of fate from as well as what he and the people of his time believed. Oedipus, the…

In Oedipus the Tyrant, Oedipus chose wisely and decided upon seeking the truth when faced with the decision to pursue the truth or to live a “safe” life and end his search. Oedipus should have pursued the truth because if he hadn’t he would have been living a detestable life. In this tragedy, the main character fulfills a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother without his prior knowledge. Oedipus, the main character, should have pursued the truth of his origin for three reasons,…

Compared to Oedipus, Antigone or any other characters in the plays, excluding the Chorus, Creon is the only main character who spends the most time in all three plays and has a different personality in each play, which should give him the honor of having the play named after his name. His constant presence and pivotal words are so important to these plays that he cannot simply be disregarded because of his autocratic personality. His presence should rather be seen as the thread that stitches…